Retail TouchPoints

DECEMBER 23, 2024

But in the world of gaming, digital twins also empower players to express themselves more creatively and authentically online , using skins and other digital goods to customize their avatars. The Walmart API managed the entire payment process, presenting it to customers in a seamless and familiar checkout flow.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 13, 2025

Ready to jump start the new year learning about the latest and greatest in the global games industry? Pocket Gamer Connects is the leading international conference series for the global games industry. From indie to AAA, were looking forward to meeting the vast array of leaders and professionals in the gaming industry in person.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

FastSpring CMO David Vogelpohl was recently a guest on The Heres Waldo Podcast a podcast that features top visionaries and creatives in the video game industry to discuss how direct player engagement and a strong D2C strategy can help drive growth. How D2C monetization strategies differ between free-to-play and premium games.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

FastSpring, a leading global payments platform for over 3,500 growth-stage companies including top video game publishers, has hired Chip Thurston as Head of Gaming. Thurston formerly served as Director of Product at Scopely and Monetization Lead at SciPlay. SANTA BARBARA, Calif.

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Kissmetrics

JANUARY 1, 2021

Games as a Service (GaaS) was introduced as a barrier between consumer cost concerns and user engagement. It offers a way to bring down customer acquisition costs and has been proven to keep users in a game for far longer than the pay-to-play method. What Is Games as a Service (GaaS)?

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 13, 2021

App monetization is essential to the success of your mobile app. Whether you plan to charge for downloads or use subscription services to generate income, your app will never be profitable without a monetization strategy. There are many ways to monetize your app and even more tools to help you do it. Offer Paid Premium Accounts.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

FastSpring is thrilled to announce our participation in gamescom asia, a premier event that offers unparalleled business opportunities both within and beyond Southeast Asia. Mark your calendars for October 17-18, when the gamescom asia business area will transform into a hub of opportunity, networking, and knowledge sharing.

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FastSpring

MARCH 26, 2025

FastSpring was recently a sponsor at Pocket Gamer Connects London, a premier event in the global gaming industry, and FastSpring Head of Gaming Chip Thurston represented FastSpring at an awesome session about D2C monetization. Learn more about Nexuss game-optimized web shops with FastSpring payments and tax compliance here.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2025

About FastSpring FastSpring is how gaming publishers sell in more places around the world. For nearly two decades, FastSpring has been a trusted payment provider you can use to sell games or in-game items on your website, web shop, or embedded directly into your game with fully customizable and branded checkouts just for you.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 30, 2024

FastSpring is thrilled to announce our participation in the Tokyo Game Show 2024 (TGS2024), one of the world’s premier gaming events. The theme for TGS2024 is “Trailblaze the World with Gaming” and will take place in a hybrid format, which will include both physical and virtual venues along with official streaming.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 30, 2024

FastSpring was recently the leading sponsor at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki, one of the premier events in the global gaming industry! Panel discussion with four industry experts: “Is Using a Web Shop or Third-Party Payment Solution Worth It?” To learn more about how FastSpring supports game developers, visit fastspring.gg/.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Monetizing your desktop or mobile game effectively in the rapidly growing and changing video game industry can be very challenging, and choosing the right distribution channels is just one piece of the puzzle. That’s why we’ve released a new guide to implementing D2C sales for video games using FastSpring.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

These events are more than just sales — they are massive ecommerce festivals that drive consumer behavior, presenting significant opportunities for even SaaS, software, mobile game, and other digital product companies to boost revenue. Among these, Singles’ Day on November 11 stands out as the biggest. December: 12.12

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. Various tools you can use to monetize apps and games outside app stores. Highlights from recent U.S. Interested?

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 19, 2023

If you’re selling video games direct-to-consumer (DTC), there’s a good chance you may be taking advantage of a “merchant of record” payment platform like Xsolla and others. Is your business ready? Reduce Downtime Risk Sometimes, technical issues arise that create downtime for your primary payment provider.

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Retail TouchPoints

JUNE 7, 2021

The most common product categories purchased were: Video games and accessories ( 44% ); Toys and hobbies ( 29% ); Jewelry and watches ( 26% ); Apparel and accessories ( 25% ); and Books or audiobooks ( 23% ). The Interactive Advertising Bureau reported that social media ad revenues reached $41.5 after Google, accounting for 25.2%

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Retail TouchPoints

OCTOBER 30, 2023

One such payment option that has demonstrated its effectiveness in streamlining these transactions is Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC). Retailers offering DCC should collaborate with trusted payment processors that provide a best-rate guarantee. Revenue growth DCC introduces a profitable revenue stream for retailers.

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 8, 2021

Watered-down, mobile-targeting tactics are costing you conversions, clients, and revenue. Here’s why (and how) you should revisit SMS marketing to generate revenue. It gets straight to the point with “free chips and guac” if you play their game. But that’s a myth. The Many Advantages of SMS Marketing. It’s short and sweet.

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FastSpring

MAY 15, 2024

An evidentiary hearing in the Epic Games v. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ order to allow app developers to “steer” users to third-party payment options outside of the native App Store. fees for payment processing. It sounds to me as if the goal was to maintain … the revenue that you had in the past.’”

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GetElastic

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a recent webinar, Monetizing Content in a World of Digital Disruption , we covered a number of examples from across industries of innovative ways to leverage eCommerce best practices to get paid for digital products and content. This model pre-dates the common use of the Internet - think pay-per-view movies and sports and arcade games.

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FastSpring

APRIL 25, 2025

March 17-21 was a big week in San Francisco for the gaming industry, and FastSpring had a crew in SF for all of it! In case you missed it, heres a recap of what we saw and what we shared at Pocket Gamer Connects (PGC), Game Developers Conference (GDC), and Community Clubhouse. If you stopped by our booth, you may have chatted with Sr.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

TL;DR : Stripe markets themselves as a payment services provider (PSP), 2Checkout is a payment service provider with an upgrade option to make them your merchant of record (MoR), and FastSpring is a comprehensive merchant of record from the outset. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?

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BigCommerce

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Variable Closing Fees: These apply strictly to books, music, videos, DVDs, video games, consoles and software (BMVD products), and they will vary according to category, shipping destination, and the type of shipping service used. However, occasionally that refunded payment never makes it back to the seller’s account. Product sourcing.

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Kissmetrics

JULY 16, 2018

The $500,000 didn’t get me the company, KISSmetrics, or any of the revenue streams. I’m assuming they are very calculated because they are an analytics company, so they probably ran the numbers on how much revenue the inbound traffic was generating them and came to the conclusion that the $500,000 price tag seemed worth it.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Regardless of whether you believe that Epic Games or Apple won in the recent U.S. Pending Apple’s appeal, the Gonzalez Rogers ruling would enable developers to link to external payment systems (like FastSpring!) for in-app purchases — good news for companies that monetize with an upsell or upgrade pricing model.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. How FastSpring is supporting digital product and gaming companies with these methods.

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FastSpring

JUNE 21, 2024

and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies that want to distribute and monetize their own apps on Google and Apple devices. Federal Judge and Epic Games Challenge Whether Apple Has Complied With Order to Allow Payment Steering (May 2024) News: U.S. Get tips on How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

FastSpring is thrilled to announce our participation as the leading sponsor at Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2024, one of the premier events in the global gaming industry. As your trusted partner in D2C payments, we’re pulling out all the stops to make your experience unforgettable. Go D2C with confidence.

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BigCommerce

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Well, Brandon did a few things: He used digital wallets intelligently, allowing customers to use one-click payment options like Apple Pay , Amazon Pay and PayPal One-Touch on mobile devices. The revenue just rolled in. Revenue impact for the retail industry. Digital wallets change the mobile commerce game. Mobile: 1.5%.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 13, 2024

in which a federal judge questioned whether Apple had truly complied with the order to allow app developers to “steer” users to third-party payment options outside of the native App Store. Get tips on How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores. Already using a merchant of record to monetize your game directly to consumers?

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

FastSpring is excited to announce our role as the leading sponsor of GamesBeat Next, a premier event on the gaming industry calendar. This year’s theme “Back to Growth,” is in response to the wake of recent challenges, the video game industry stands resilient, poised to reignite its momentum. Go D2C with confidence.

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Retail TouchPoints

AUGUST 19, 2020

Why should they have their brand experience live inside another marketplace, when there are so many ways to dramatically boost revenue, increase brand loyalty and provide customers with an outstanding experience outside of it? Hidden Revenue Opportunities. The easier option is in fact to move away from giant e-Commerce marketplaces.

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Retail TouchPoints

MARCH 29, 2021

But simply buying all of those platforms — CDP, POS, Loyalty, Promotions, Ecommerce, package payment terminals, and pricing and inventory management software — doesn’t automatically put retailers on the path to success. In just a handful of years, retail media revenue at Amazon is already at 20% of Facebook’s entire annual revenue.

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FastSpring

APRIL 16, 2024

Today, we’re excited to announce new payment method improvements available on the FastSpring platform: Apple Pay Pix Preferred Payment Method Apple Pay: Seamless Transactions Within the Apple Ecosystem As Apple Pay adoption continues to grow, incorporating Apple Pay into payment options becomes an essential part of your digital strategy.

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Retail TouchPoints

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Experts report that chargebacks will cost merchants over $100 billion in 2023, and false claims and abuse of the chargeback process are a growing threat to merchants. And yet many retailers remain unaware of chargeback fraud and its harmful impacts on business revenues. Internet payments mean more purchases.

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Kissmetrics

APRIL 9, 2021

One of the most popular VOD services is Netflix, which started as a DVD mailing service and kept ahead of the game by adopting streaming early. As a result, you could monetize your brand faster and easier via VOD. This method is best suited to subscription-based businesses. Monetizing VOD. What Is OTT?

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Kissmetrics

MARCH 12, 2021

Like any business, creating an app requires laying the groundwork before launch. Here’s a five-step guide for getting ready to launch your app, including how to do your research, ways to monetize your app , and what to include in your business plan. How are they monetized? Build an App Step 1: Do Market Research.

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