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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

As mobile game and app developers gasp for air under a player-gouging 30% duopoly-tax on nearly all mobile game revenue worldwide, Epic Games has emerged as the de facto leader of the gaming community in the fight for open computing on mobile. There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game. But the world has changed.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

FastSpring

Pix, Brazil’s instant payment system introduced by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020, has rapidly gained popularity among consumers as a preferred digital payment method. Director of Payments, Risk, and Compliance at FastSpring.

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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. The subscription management system doesn’t support multi-product transactions.

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Finding the Next Wave of Growth: S-Curves and Product Sequencing

Casey Accidental

It looked like this: We eventually re-architected our engagement loops to be based around personalization instead of around friends. Eventually, the company needed to layer in new advertiser focused loops to monetize, but I’ll skip that detail for now. billion exit, Grubhub made a lot of mistakes.

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The Marketer’s Guide to Gain Brand Mileage on Google Maps

Neil Patel

Google also realizes that your business is ‘special.’ And, it released an algorithmic update, in July, 2014, to favor local businesses for neighborhood-focused mobile device queries. After making a series of company acquisitions, Google started its desktop web mapping service in 2005. But, guess what?

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Micro Startup Acquisition: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Selling Small Startups

Neil Patel

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. The platform is free, private, and has no middlemen.

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Subscription Management and What You Should Know

Baremetrics

Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Interested in reading about true experiences, challenges, and what the road to success really looks like for businesses? However, the platform process is not always automated.