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Go global with confidence with FastSpring's managed payments and subscriptions platform, exclusively designed for SaaS, software, video games, and online content. FastSpring is an all-in-one payments, subscriptions, and global sales taxes for SaaS, gaming, software, and digital product companies. If you do not recognize a charge and would like us to get you a receipt, or suspect that the charge is fraudulent, we can quickly investigate and help you resolve the issue.

09/01/2026

We're heading to San Francisco for App Growth Summit SF on September 24th. 🌁
One of the most curated events in mobile app growth is back at The Midway: 300+ app growth leaders, 40+ speakers, and a full day of sessions covering acquisition, retention, monetization, AI, and more.

FastSpring is a Gold Sponsor and our own Jesse Paliotto will be on stage sharing what we're seeing in the world of app monetization and web payments. Join Jesse with Hiatus VP of Growth Jeff Wang and Activision Sr. Director of Mobile Marketing Elizabeth Burr for a panel discussion on mobile app monetization: How to Take Advantage of Epic vs. Apple and Launch App2Web Monetization ASAP

If you're attending, stop by our table to talk about app2web strategies, direct web monetization, and how to keep more revenue while building better user relationships.
AGS SF is invite-only and free for app teams, publishers, and brands.

Learn more and request your invite here: https://buff.ly/gie0V7t

08/31/2026

Dripify is based on the island of Cyprus, and from that one spot on the Mediterranean, they sell to customers in more than 110 countries. They got there without building an internal team to manage global payments, tax, or compliance.

Here's the part most SaaS founders underestimate: Every new country you sell into brings its own tax rules, payment methods, currencies, and compliance requirements. Try to handle all of it yourself, and you're slowly building a second company that has nothing to do with your actual product.

Dripify chose not to worry about that and use FastSpring instead. As Dripify’s merchant of record, FastSpring took on the VAT and sales tax, the international payment processing, the invoicing, and the fraud prevention. Dripify’s product, engineering, finance, and customer success teams were all able to lean on that from day one.

What it bought them was focus. Instead of researching tax jurisdictions, they kept building the sales automation platform their customers came for.

110 countries. One product team. Zero payments headcount.

Their full story is on our blog: https://buff.ly/QEZHr1A

08/27/2026

There's just one more day left at gamescom, and if you haven't met one of these smiling faces yet, stop by our booth (Hall 2.2, Booth B040) tomorrow! Bring all your D2C questions and enter to win prizes!

Busy all day? No problem. Click here to see why D2C game monetization is no longer an experiment or an edge play by reading our Annual State of D2C Game Monetization Survey: https://buff.ly/IRVk2ee

08/24/2026

Last year, our first survey on the state of D2C caught the gaming industry standing right at the edge of a shift in monetization strategy.

This year, the shift already happened. D2C is not an experiment or an edge play anymore, and the publishers who held out are getting pulled along by the ones who did not.

That is the whole reason to run the same survey two years running. You stop guessing at the direction and start measuring the speed.

This year, our Annual State of D2C Game Monetization Survey is a strategic view of D2C from gaming industry leaders. True practitioners, all of them developers, and over 90% of these leaders are making over $10M a year in revenue.

That matters if you are still weighing the move or looking to optimize any part of the funnel. The case you take into a leadership meeting should be the one that is actually holding up for publishers a year into running D2C, not the one that sounded convincing in 2023.

The insights you need for your 2027 D2C plans are linked below:

📊 Download the 2026 Report: Omdia and FastSpring's Massive Annual State of D2C Game Monetization Survey: https://buff.ly/IRVk2ee
💬 See what going D2C with FastSpring would look like for you: https://buff.ly/Oz0WRdh

08/23/2026

The number one reason publishers adopt D2C is not to increase profit margins. That came in fourth.

Chip Thurston took our Annual State of D2C Game Monetization Survey results to 2.5 Gamers before the report is officially released at gamescom, which felt like the right call given that we've been pushing this conversation forward for six episodes now. They do not let a stat sit unexamined, and our latest survey results deserved that treatment.

Ahead of profit margins: brand visibility and loyalty, first-party player data, and control over pricing and promotions. Owning the player relationship is now the leading business case, not dodging the platform cut.

The conversation also gets into why adoption moved so little year over year, and the three misconceptions keeping the holdouts on the sidelines. Chip's read is that all three are anchored to 2023 and the paradigm in monetization strategy has shifted since.

Thanks as always to the 2.5 Gamers team for the time, and look out for the full survey’s results tomorrow! Watch the full episode: https://buff.ly/ZQPLsgh

08/21/2026

We're proud to be a Gold Sponsor at App Growth Summit London on September 3rd at the Tower Hotel. 300+ app growth experts. 40 speakers. 12+ sessions covering the full mobile growth picture.

And our own Jesse Paliotto will be on stage for one of the most relevant conversations happening in mobile right now: "The New Monetization Playbook: Paywalls, Web Funnels and Making £€$"
The panel tackles how app teams are testing paywalls and expanding into web2app and app2web journeys to improve conversion and unit economics. Expect real talk about where users drop off, what's actually working, and how changing platform rules are reshaping revenue strategy.

AGS London is invite-only. Request your invite at the link below and connect with our team. https://buff.ly/ldcizq3

08/20/2026

gamescom is nearly here, and our team is looking forward to a very packed week!

Ahead of the show, we asked Berfu Sahin Molony what she's looking forward to in Cologne. If you're going to be there, come connect with Berfu and the team to discuss D2C monetization, web stores, and how selling direct puts player ownership and higher margins back in your hands.

Find us at gamescom dev (Booth C3) and gamescom (Hall 2.2, Booth B040).

Heading to gamescom or gamescom dev? See everything we have going on in Cologne:
Directly schedule a meeting with the team: https://buff.ly/S7dA3hv
Hivemind Mixer registration: https://buff.ly/QdrWXHS
After XP registration: https://luma.com/4h2qa974
Beer & Banter details: https://buff.ly/FbqwBGf
Full event details: https://buff.ly/wT8loCy

08/19/2026

You can build the best product roadmap in the world, but at the end of the day, customer sentiment tells the real story.

NPS measures one thing: whether the people who use a product would recommend it to someone else.

An independent research firm just handed us a number we didn't get to pick.

A highly respected independent research firm surveyed 99 companies on their experience with payments partners such as FastSpring.

We’re proud to share that we earned the highest net promoter score among top merchants of records: 65.

100% of our customers surveyed agreed we provide good value for money, and we were the only platform among top MoRs to earn all positive responses on that question in particular.

An NPS isn’t just a score; it’s proof of trust. To our incredible customers who partner with us every day to scale globally: thank you. We're honored to support your growth.

If you're evaluating any crucial platform such as an MoR for your team, the rate of recommendation by real customers is a signal that you can take seriously. FastSpring's came out the highest.

See the full results: https://buff.ly/ay39Pnh

08/18/2026

gamescom is less than a week away, and our team is looking forward to a very packed week!

Ahead of the show, we asked Irina Meyling what she's looking forward to in Cologne. If you're going to be there, come connect with Irina and the team to discuss D2C monetization, web stores, and how selling direct puts player ownership and higher margins back in your hands.

Find us at gamescom dev (Booth C3) and gamescom (Hall 2.2, Booth B040).

Heading to gamescom or gamescom dev? See everything we have going on in Cologne:
Directly schedule a meeting with the team: https://buff.ly/S7dA3hv
Hivemind Mixer registration: https://buff.ly/QdrWXHS
After XP registration: https://luma.com/4h2qa974
Beer & Banter details: https://buff.ly/FbqwBGf
Full event details: https://buff.ly/wT8loCy

08/17/2026

Are platform steering fees really a penalty or a high-ROI growth channel?

On the surface, paying Apple and Google to direct players off-platform feels like a tax. But handled strategically, it’s one of the best profit opportunities your game has.

The reason: more than 90% of web store transactions come from players who purchased in the last 30 days. Train a player to buy on your web store once, and they come back, at full margin, again and again.

Braden Steel, our Head of Product and Solutions Marketing, lays out a five-step approach to turn that first steered purchase into a lasting web store habit:
-Lead with web-exclusive value on the first steer
-Capture email and drop a retargeting pixel at checkout
-Wait out the fee attribution window
-Re-engage through owned channels, fee-free
-Retire in-game CTAs for players who've already converted

That first steer is a one-time cost. Keep the margin forever.

Full breakdown on our blog: https://buff.ly/YKrqNk9

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