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Epic Games Versus The App Store: A Fight for Autonomy and Freedom in the Ecommerce Era

FastSpring

For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. Is it safe? Let’s go ??.

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29 Latin American SaaS Superstars

SaaStock

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Some of its top uses include financial services, e-commerce, marketing, education, and many more. . The Brazilian platform Superlógica is created with small service businesses in mind. Funding to Date : $6.6M

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The Most Successful SMB SaaS Acquisition Channel Ever Built

Tom Tunguz

” Microsoft 2016 Annual Report You can read more about IDC’s analysis of Microsoft’s channel structure here. Many start by following self-service distribution models as a route to market, which have served as the de facto standard for helping cloud businesses grow. Navigating the channel.

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6 of the Most Profitable Digital Products and Goods to Sell Online

FastSpring

However, you have to account for complexities like shipping & returns, inventory management, packaging, manufacturing costs, and so on to facilitate the sale of these physical products. value-added GDP in 2016 and employed 2.9 It’s important to remember that software can be any solution or service that is powered by code.

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From marketplace to SaaS business: How Udemy acquired 80% of the Fortune 100

Intercom, Inc.

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. When Yvonne joined in 2016, the business unit consisted of just 10 people across product, engineering, sales, and marketing.

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Popular Digital Products You Need To Sell Online

FastSpring

Physical goods appear to be an easy win for retail chains or consumer electronics companies, however, complexities like shipping & returns, inventory management, packaging, manufacturing costs, and so on need to be accounted for in order to facilitate the sale of these physical products. Internet-of-Things (IoT) services & solutions.

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Customer Acquisition Strategy for SaaS Companies: A Complete Guide

SaaSOptics

For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial. At what point will you introduce Sales into the buyer’s journey? . Metrics: What’s your target win rate for sales opportunities? .