FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview gaming D2C and creator marketing expert Justin Sacks of Nexus about his thoughts on: What winning strategies AAA and AA publishers use for D2C in mobile. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Jump to video. Jump to transcript.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

The future of ecommerce shines brighter than ever. Despite global economic uncertainty, ecommerce continues to thrive and grow at a steady rate. is the second largest ecommerce market in the world, with $586.9 And like how every shiny thing isn’t gold, starting a thriving ecommerce business isn’t easy.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

With a bit of work and the right platform behind you, you can create an online store that generates that kind of revenue (and more). She quit her job to start an online clothing store based around her Indian heritage. She built her online store using Shopify, one of the best ecommerce platforms on the market.

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Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 23, 2021

Over the last decade, service marketplaces have sprung up and distributed how we work and live. For instance, Airbnb , a marketplace for vacation rentals, has over four million hosts who have welcomed over 800 million guests. Food delivery service marketplaces are expected to reach $154.34 That’s not all.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Every great online store starts from the same place—with an ecommerce website builder. These tools make it easy for anyone to launch an ecommerce business by building a website from scratch. But as you’ll soon discover, ecommerce website builders come in all different shapes in sizes.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Consumer marketplaces are essential to connecting businesses with consumers looking for services. However, it can be hard for smaller businesses to compete with well-known brands in their market. That is where B2C niche marketplaces can help. What Are B2C Niche Marketplaces? The Benefits of Niche Marketplaces.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Walmart Marketplace is among the fastest-growing e-commerce stores out there, so if you’re looking for an Amazon alternative, it’s a serious contender. But how do you make the most of Walmart Marketplace ? What is Walmart Marketplace? Why Should I Sell on Walmart Marketplace? There’s so much autonomy.

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FastSpring

JUNE 21, 2024

Per Kyodo News , “The law will prohibit the providers of Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone operating systems, app stores and payment platforms from preventing the sale of apps and services that directly compete with the native platforms’ own.” Get tips on How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores.

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? Platforms-as-a-service. What makes a SaaS business so hard?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Joined by Katie Wickham, Payrix’s Director of Marketing, Butler shares essential tips on accelerating your business to $100 million ARR and beyond. . Understanding your ICP is a foundational and organization-wide decision because it impacts your downstream sales and marketing efforts. . Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 13, 2024

Apple has revised its App Store rules to be better compliant with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), but the fees associated with Apple’s revisions are still considerably high according to an article from The Verge. But the 12-month ongoing fees resetting at updates or reinstalls is what makes them potentially “endless.”

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As a global leader in payment solutions for game developers, our presence at this dynamic gathering underscores our commitment to supporting the burgeoning gaming industry across the region and around the world. At FastSpring, we’re more than just a payment provider — we’re your partner in growth. Go D2C with confidence.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million We raised a $1.5-million

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

RD Station is an inbound marketing platform targeted at small and medium-size businesses. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Listing your online business on Olist is compared to having your shop in the largest department store in the region.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? For example, at FastSpring, we have a lot of data about online shopping carts. But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Is it the interface?

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FastSpring

MARCH 25, 2019

If software companies don’t allocate resources towards making it easier for customers to buy online, customers will get frustrated and abandon their shopping cart. Successful software companies across the globe understand that partnering with a full-service ecommerce platform is the key to growing their business.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

These systems make it possible for everyday users to build websites and post content without having to write code or learn programming languages. There are tons of different content management systems available on the market today. This guide will help you choose the best content management system for your website.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Intellum Platform includes all the tools an organization needs to create, manage, track and improve highly-personalized learning experiences for customers, partners and even employees. Tilled was created to empower software vendors, marketplaces, and SAAS companies to start generating revenue from accepting credit cards.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 14, 2020

If you’re selling physical products, and you’re only relying on ONE channel to bring home the bacon, it’s time to switch things up with Facebook’s social commerce platform, Marketplace. You don’t need a website to sell. What Is Facebook Marketplace? Facebook Marketplace Is Safer than Other Platforms.

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SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

BlueSnap helps businesses accept payments globally. Our All-In-One Payment Platform is designed to increase sales and reduce costs for all businesses accepting payments. The result is faster time-to-market, increased top-line growth and massive operational savings.

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Stax

MAY 6, 2025

As your business grows, the tools powering it need to evolve tooand that includes your payment solution. In this blog, well unpack what scalability really looks like in a payment solution and how to choose one that wont hold you backwhether you’re just beginning to start accepting payments or scaling to new markets.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 14, 2021

What Is LinkedIn Marketplace? Given this new dependency on freelance laborers, it makes sense that LinkedIn, the most successful professional social networking site, would set its sights on creating a marketplace that allows freelancers to connect with companies searching for contract talent. How Does LinkedIn Marketplace Work?

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2019

There comes a point in your company’s lifecycle when you must decide between outsourcing your ecommerce operations or continuing to keep everything in-house. In-House Ecommerce Solution. Having an in-house solution means your company invests resources into building an ecommerce solution for use exclusively within your organization.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Play Store. Google , 37 attorneys general maintain that Google uses illegal, anticompetitive, and/or unfair business practices that restrict competition, drive up prices, and limit choices, all of which harm consumers that purchase games and other digital goods through the Google Play store. What is the Google antitrust lawsuit about?

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 22, 2020

One such method is an influencer promotion campaign. In this guide, we will break down these unconventional forms of marketing. Influencer marketing is the practice of working with well-known social media users to grow your brand. Marketers like influencer promotions too. E-commerce is a highly competitive market.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

Shopify, since last year, has nearly tripled in market cap driven by the rise of e-commerce, but also the digital payments and the QR code system they provide for contactless payments. Zoom’s market cap grew over 4X to reflect that. Then if we look at the top five public cloud companies. Hello Unicorns .

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Intercom, Drive Conversational Experiences For A Future-Ready Customer Support Strategy , revealed that 54% of teams can’t personalize support with their tech stack and 50% waste time jumping between tools. All without burning out your team or budget. It includes: Live chat.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

Marketers sure are good at jargon, aren’t they? But when it comes to digital businesses where all transactions and fulfillment take place online, there’s a whole new set of terms you need to know in order to keep up. Affiliate marketing. Amazon Marketplace. The largest 3rd party ecommerce platform. Authorization.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Notey Labs create digital solutions to help companies handle international online space. Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands. ViSenze recommends items to customers on websites and social media.

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FastSpring

JULY 14, 2020

The cost of fraud is two-fold, there is obviously the return of a sale and the associated fees in your online store, but there is also the commission owed to an affiliate. The most common is by enabling options for actions to “lock” before they are finalized and payments are owed to affiliates.

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FastSpring

JULY 2, 2024

Apple is the first company to be charged by European Union antitrust regulators under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), an act which is intended to “ comprehensively regulate the gatekeeper power of the largest digital companies.” billion (about $2 billion) due to anti-steering practices in Apple’s App Store.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The country recently published guidance requiring providers of electronic services — select digital products and services — to register for VAT if they meet certain criteria and thresholds. Foreign e-services provider requirements What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services? What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services?

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Despite the audience Amazon offers, you may want to look for other online venues to list your items. Second, selling on a wider range of marketplaces gets your products in front of a larger audience. However, by setting up multiple accounts with different marketplaces, you’ve got greater flexibility if things go wrong.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Interested in learning more about software-led payments or joining the current Embedded Payments conversations in your organization? This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today. This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today.

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