Over the past two years, we have become increasingly aware that payment gateways have been designed to serve traditional e-commerce (one-time transactions) as their primary use case. In many instances, the features and capabilities needed to process payments on a recurring basis are sorely lacking. We have viewed this as both a challenge and an [...]
Most companies offering subscriptions on the web serve a global list of geographies. It is also very short-sighted to assume that potential customers will be willing to subscribe to your offering if it is only offered in your local currency. Can you imagine if Spotify rolled out in the U.S. by only offering its service [...]
When evaluating subscription billing systems, the comparison is not always apples to apples. Our merchants benefit from several structural advantages that work behind the scenes to continuously keep your transactions healthy and minimize unnecessary subscriber churn.
Every year, the Under The Radar conference showcases a ‘curated’ group of young companies providing meaningful innovation in the Software as a Service market (SaaS). This year, Recurly was honored to have been one of the companies chosen to present at the conference. The audience largely consists of Software industry leaders, SaaS experts, CIOs of [...]
Subscription billing models come in a variety of different flavors and apply to many different categories of businesses. However, there are a few common factors that must be considered when selecting the best vendor to handle billing on behalf of your business. Step One: Define your own billing requirements – what are your needs? Here [...]
It was an incredible week at Supernova (http://supernovahub NULL.com)- Wharton School of Business’ annual conference that brings together leaders in Tech, Government and Education. The goal of the yearly conference is to create discussion surrounding change and the trends impacting us as a tech community, economy, and society. Recurly was invited to Supernova as one [...]