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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

Stax

You’re making a purchase at a retail store, and the cash register is large, clunky, and painfully slow, even for 2004. Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Why Is Adding Mobile Payments Important to Businesses Today?

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FastSpring at SaaStock USA 2024!

FastSpring

Ready to join the leading conference for B2B SaaS founders, operators and investors from pre-seed to series C? We’d love to talk with you in person! Since 2016, SaaStock has helped more founders, investors, and operators connect, learn, and grow than any other SaaS conference globally.

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

FastSpring

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. Epic Games wants to take control of their online sales with its own marketplace.

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PSD2: Strong Customer Authentication Overview

FastSpring

As part of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) , online stores in the European Union will be required to implement additional security measures during the authentication process. For many online merchants, these new regulations may require you to add more authentication measures to your checkout process.

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Join FastSpring at SaaS North 2023!

FastSpring

We’d love to talk with you in person at booth B70! Since 2016, SaaS North has been recognized as THE Canadian hub for rapidly-scaling SaaS founders and their teams. Schedule a demo now or at SaaS North in person! Our platform includes branded localized checkout, subscription management, and so much more.

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Bitcoin Halving 2024: What Merchants Need to Know and How to Prepare

BitPay

For some context, let’s look at previous halving years: 2012 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2013 2016 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2017 2020 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2021 Why should your organization care about any of this? When the price of Bitcoin rises, spending habits change.

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Our New Transparent Pricing Dashboard: Where Your Money Goes When You Buy a Buffer Subscription

Buffer Resources

Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897. In 2022, our ASP was $20, and our Operating Costs hit $19,757,852. While our total Operating Expenses have increased by 452 percent in the last nine years, our ASP has only increased by 54 percent during the same timeframe.