X Pro, the popular Twitter management tool, now requires a subscription as part of the X Premium service introduced by Elon Musk. The service, now called X Pro, allows users to view and customize multiple feeds in real time. This change comes as part of...
The days of sitting down to enjoy your favorite television show on traditional broadcast or cable are rapidly declining. For the first time, the total share watched among American viewers was below 50% in July, according to Nielsen’s The Gauge report Tuesday (Aug. 15). Streaming services such...
Netflix is rolling out a limited beta test of games to a small number of members in Canada and the U.K. on select TVs. Within the next few weeks, it will do the same on PCs and Macs through Netflix.com on supported browsers, Netflix Vice...
The House That Mickey Built may be following in Netflix’s footsteps when it comes to subscriptions. During the company’s Q3 2023 earnings presentation last week (Aug. 9), Disney announced plans to raise monthly fees on Disney+ and Hulu, crack down on password sharing and create...
In the competitive retail subscription space, offering flexible plan options is strongly linked with merchants’ success. By the Numbers PYMNTS’ study “Decision Guide – How Retail Subscription Merchants Can Win and Retain High LTV Customers,” created in collaboration with sticky.io, examined how different subscription features line...
As direct-to-consumer (D2C) businesses look to woo budget-conscious shoppers with subscription deals, Taylor Chip Cookies’ “Cookie Club” is seeing loyalty remain strong, but reaching new customers is proving to be a challenge. In an interview with PYMNTS, Doug Taylor, co-founder of the cookie brand, which operates a...
As more of 2023 is in the rearview mirror than in front of us, subscription businesses are having a tough time, according to FlexPay CEO Darryl Hicks. From FlexPay’s vantage point, serving a slew of subscription firms across a variety of verticals, “we see quite...
A pair of seemingly unrelated payment issues are bedeviling Patreon creators and their fans. As The Verge reported Thursday (Aug. 3), some creators cannot access their earnings due to an issue with a payout provider that began earlier this week. As this is happening, some subscribers are getting notified...
As restaurant aggregators look to win consumers’ loyalty and gain share from competitors, subscriptions are a key tool, and DoorDash and Uber both are doing everything in their power to drive up usage among members. For DoorDash’s part, the company’s strategy has been to start...
