Product Development
The subscription products we develop and build are our reason for being. We build them to offer subscribers and members something they need or want, that we love to provide. But while the inspiration for creating a new product is all around us, the mechanics of defining, developing and launching that membership or subscription product are both complex and daunting. We have you covered, from know-how to help beginners to articles keeping you up on the latest trends and developments for enhancing and growing exceptional subscription products.
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Offering a subscription trial is often the most debated and discussed topic for subscription businesses. No matter how much experience your team has, the best
A third of consumers have complained about companies on social media, and almost 40 percent are OK with using social channels for customer support. Whats
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Customer surveys are fast and cheap and are extremely effective for gathering market research, if you follow some easy tips. There is a dark side,
Resource allocation is often the Achilles heel of growing SaaS or subscription-based businesses. Many organizations opt to build their own tools to manage critical processes.
For the purposes of data mapping, and the requisite notice that will be required in privacy policies, you will need to know the business or
Building Customer-Focused Products: An Insiders Guide to Market Research,is a series compiled by product owners with decades of experience in creating and launching successful subscription
Building Customer-Focused Products: An Insiders Guide to Market Research,is a series compiled by product owners with decades of experience in creating and launching successful subscription
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Starting your search for research and data to support your business plan, product research, customer segmentation or data for your next presentation to investors, employees
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Credit cards are a blessing and a curse for subscription publishers and monthly box merchants. Yes, auto-pay on a regular basis is sweet indeed, but
Choosing the right processor processing partners from a confusing multi-layered vendor ecosystem can be tricky. There are many things to consider like transaction fees, card
Most of the best practices necessary for auto-renewal payments success are provided by and facilitated through your payments partners, especially your processor. Any processor can
Credit card transactions have topped three and a third TRILLION dollars. With that volume, even a tiny percent of misfires create problems on the order
This sixth-and-final article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Feature Prioritization, Testing and Launch explores the tough decisions necessary when development bumps
This fifth article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Sourcing and Vendor Relations offers insights into finding, evaluating and working with vendors.
This fourth article in our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Writing Requirements expands on the actual product build, including writing requirements, prioritizing features
This third article our series Getting Your Product Out the Door: Product Development Basics goes beyond the product owner relationship and covers other roles and
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