Subscription Commerce

Subscription Commerce
Disney+ Streaming Service To Launch In November
August 19, 2019

Disney’s anticipated launch of Disney+ will roll out on Nov. 12 on most major streaming platforms, CNBC reported on Monday (Aug. 19). People can subscribe to Disney+ via numerous devices and platforms, including Apple TV and iOS, Android and Sony PlayStation 4. Amazon’s Fire TV...

How Merchants Can Reverse The Subscription Churn Curse
August 19, 2019

In many ways, consumers are living in a golden age of subscription commerce, with streaming services like Netflix offering award-winning series’ and movies, while Amazon Prime provides members with access to a growing bundle of content and services. These prominent platforms are raising the bar...

Subscription Commerce
Deep Dive: Online Gaming Struggles With Subscription Competition
August 02, 2019

The video game market was one of the first to move into the subscription economy, even before gaming went online. Companies like GameFly cropped up back in 2002, sending physical discs and cartridges to customers. Gaming subscriptions shifted direction as the world moved online, making...

Subscription Commerce
Keeping Subscription Boxes Secure From STEM To Stern
August 01, 2019

From clothes to toys, there are 200 children’s subscription boxes on the market. But when it comes to security vulnerabilities, nothing is child’s play, with fraudsters testing stolen cards and staging full-on account takeovers. In this month’s Subscription Commerce Tracker, Bill Onderdonk, COO of the...

Subscription Commerce
Google Exploring Subscription-Based Access To Premium Apps
August 01, 2019

Google is in the testing stage for a monthly subscription that would give Android users something similar to Apple’s Arcade, which is launching in the fall, Android Police reported on Wednesday (July 31).   The service, called Play Pass, would offer users access to premium apps...

Subscription Commerce
Blue Apron Turns 7 As Meal Kit Industry Grows Up
July 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. But no matter the label, this much is true: As of August, the meal kit pioneer is 7 years old. We...

Subscription Commerce
Spotify Soars Past Apple Music’s 60M Subscribers
July 31, 2019

Sweden-based Spotify closed its second calendar quarter with 108 million paying subscribers worldwide and 232 million total monthly active users, up 31 percent compared to the same period last year, 9to5Mac.com reported Wednesday (July 31). In contrast, Apple Music has just a little over 60...

Subscription Commerce
How KiwiCo Keeps Fraudsters Boxed Out
July 31, 2019

The subscription commerce market has grown at an impressive rate, having increased by more than 300 percent over the past seven years. American consumers are subscribed to an average of three different subscription services, up from 2.4 services five years ago, and 34 percent say...

Subscription Commerce
News Streaming Service Coming To Firefox
July 07, 2019

A new subscription service for news is in the works from Mozilla, according to a report. It said that Mozilla had previously “announced an upcoming collaboration with Scroll aimed at finding a way to help fund news outlets. The organization appears ready to finally launch...