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How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores

FastSpring

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. However, because of ongoing court cases and the development of new laws and regulations, the mobile landscape is changing.

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How a Lack of Direct-to-Consumer Options Hurts Players

FastSpring

These changes indicate one thing: The mobile games industry is changing, but Apple and Google will fight with everything they have to keep their grip on payment processing — and by extension, players’ wallets. Apple’s most recent announcement of policy changes skirting around the new DMA rules.

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The decade software ate the world

Intercom, Inc.

Apple survived the death of Steve Jobs in October 2011 under the thoughtful stewardship of Tim Cook, and continued to essentially be the iPhone company, while branching into wearables and services. Rise of mobile. Rise of the cloud and SaaS businesses. Big tech takes over.

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

Buffer Resources

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

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A 6-Step Plan To Help SaaS Businesses This Black Friday and Cyber Monday

FastSpring

It makes sense as a SaaS business owner that you want to get a slice of that spending season pie. Make your site mobile-friendly. Don’t be just another SaaS business that cuts 5% off their subscription plans and expects the customers to come rolling in. What channels you’ll be using to advertise your BFCM deals.

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The Best AI Writing Assistant of 2023 (Top 19 Compared)

User Pilot

Userpilot is a product adoption platform that offers an AI-powered writing assistant to generate SaaS microcopy. enables content creators to generate compelling and persuasive marketing copy. Known for its budget-friendly pricing , Rytr enables the creation of high-quality content such as blog posts, emails, and social media captions.

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11 User Flow Examples + How to Inform UX Design With Them

User Pilot

Looking for user flow examples to inspire your UX design process ? Here’s a user flow example depicting the user journey from login to successful credit card payment. For a B2C company like Spotify, they’ll need a music app user flow, an e-commerce payment flow, and so on. User flow example. Here are the steps to follow: 1.