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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ownership has been largely replaced with so-called subscription commerce. Instead of owning DVDs, consumers subscribe to Netflix, and rather than buying — or even downloading — albums, consumers pay a monthly fee to Spotify to access practically any music they might want. Books and games...
In late May, millions of fans streamed the finale of the popular fantasy series Game of Thrones (GoT). When the series ended, however, HBO faced a different kind of battle: how to keep millions of fans subscribed to its streaming service in the post-GoT era....
