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Reducing Churn with Account Updater

Minimizing churn should always top of mind any business selling products on a subscription model. Account Updater stands out as an indispensable tool to help reduce involuntary customer churn. Major card brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover each offer their own version of the Account Updater service. In this article, we’ll delve into… Read More »Reducing Churn with Account Updater


Calculating Churn When Multiple Items Are Involved

Calculating customer churn essential for any subscription business. For direct-to-consumer (DTC) e-commerce brands, especially in the physical Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) sector where subscriptions often involve multiple items, it can be more complex. Unlike conventional e-commerce, where purchases might be sporadic, subscription models promise recurring revenue. However, this advantage is easily negated if a significant… Read More »Calculating Churn When Multiple Items Are Involved


Subscription Tips: How to Turn Trials into Replenishment Subscriptions

Subscription Tips Today we are starting a new series!  In “Subscription Tips”, we are going to share some creative ideas to improve your subscription program.  Let us know your experience with trial programs by sending us a tweet!   Trial Set –> Replenishment Subscription  Let me introduce you to Every Man Jack.  They are a… Read More »Subscription Tips: How to Turn Trials into Replenishment Subscriptions


Selling A Subscription Program

Implementing a subscription program means making a long-term investment in your business – one that should pay substantial dividends. How you market and sell subscriptions to your customers makes all the difference in the success of your subscription program. In this post, we’ll take a look at a few strategies for successfully selling your customers… Read More »Selling A Subscription Program


PWA for E-Commerce

There has been a lot of talk about implementing PWA (Progressive Web Application) features in e-commerce for several years now, but adoption has been slow. I’m seeing some signs though, that today, at the beginning of 2019, real-world adoption is starting to accelerate and we may be at a tipping point. What is PWA? Simply… Read More »PWA for E-Commerce


Four Ways to get the Best Bang from the Holiday Shopping Season

It’s nearly time for the Super Bowl of retail: the holiday shopping season. What better time to bolster your subscriber base? Online holiday shopping doesn’t have to be about one-off purchases exclusively. According to Price Waterhouse Cooper’s 2016 Holiday Outlook, holiday spending is expected to climb by 10 percent in total, and 25 percent just… Read More »Four Ways to get the Best Bang from the Holiday Shopping Season


Keep Your Eyes on These KPIs – Part 2

This is Part 2 of our series exploring important KPIs for subscription commerce businesses to pay attention to. Be sure to check out Part 1 to learn about customer acquisition cost, customer lifetime value, and inactive subscribers. In our previous post about KPIs, we described three of the most important metrics to pay attention to in… Read More »Keep Your Eyes on These KPIs – Part 2


How Subscribe Pro Creates More Transparency for Your Customers

As any ecommerce or subscription commerce merchant will tell you, keeping customers happy is a central challenge. As a Harvard Business School study found, transparency can raise customer satisfaction by as much as 17 percent. Today’s businesses are embracing transparent approaches to customer service, and we’re proud to say that Subscribe Pro’s customer self-management features… Read More »How Subscribe Pro Creates More Transparency for Your Customers


Is Subscription Commerce Right for Multi-Channel Retailers?

Multi-channel retailers typically stock a diversified product offering, with the strategy of selling enough higher margin products quickly and more niche products over time. In today’s multimedia world, multichannel retailing simply makes sense, even for smaller retailers. The key is picking the right channel strategy that provides a good ROI over a long period of… Read More »Is Subscription Commerce Right for Multi-Channel Retailers?


Five Tips for Integrating Subscription Commerce Into Your Marketing Strategy

While there are some businesses out there that are solely subscription-based, many companies decide to add subscription commerce to an already successful ecommerce business. This enables them to develop another revenue channel, deepen their relationships with existing customers, and ultimately increase their top line revenue. Once implemented, how do these companies market their subscriptions in… Read More »Five Tips for Integrating Subscription Commerce Into Your Marketing Strategy


To Discount or Not to Discount? Pros and Cons for Subscription Businesses

Most ecommerce merchants are familiar with the concept of discounting. After all, who doesn’t love a good sale? But when an online retailer starts offering product subscriptions through their subscription management system, it’s not always as simple as putting a product on sale once in a while. Here’s a list of pros and cons to… Read More »To Discount or Not to Discount? Pros and Cons for Subscription Businesses


What is Subscription Commerce?

Why your eCommerce business needs subscription commerce If you work in eCommerce, or are considering launching an eCommerce business, then one revenue model that can’t be ignored is subscription commerce (sometimes also referred to as subscription eCommerce). Why? Because the subscription business model is highly scalable and can provide recurring revenue that is often more… Read More »What is Subscription Commerce?

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