Subscription Businesses Thrive in a Downturn
by K. V. Rao This past week was filled with news about subscription businesses thriving in the downturn. Everything from socks by subscription(!) to the iPhone to Netflix. In particular, last week’s news about Netflix is another feather in the cap for subscriptions. Since January of this year, in this dicey economic environment, […]
Facebook Developers Make Money Through Subscriptions Thanks to Zuora’s Cloud Commerce Platform
by Erik Haus Zuora’s Launch at DEMO 2009 was a huge success! First and foremost, we launched our latest product, a really simple solution for Facebook developers looking for a better way to make money. Advertising and one-time purchases aren’t ideal for certain applications, but until now it was too difficult […]
What I learned from DEMO 09
by Annette Giambroni Here are the top three things I learned at DEMO 09: 1) Twitter is truly viral – I was able to promote Zuora’s Z-Commerce for Facebook – a subscription commerce engine for Facebook – in minutes with little effort. I was amazed at how members of the press who are […]
Monetize Facebook Apps with Z-Commerce for Facebook: Subscribe, Don’t Advertise
by Tien Tzuo This week, we’re in Palm Springs at the DEMO 2009 event to launch our latest product, Z-Commerce for Facebook and our first developer contest, ‘Subscribe, Don’t Advertise.’ What’s it all about? First, some context: Today, there are over 660,000 Facebook developers who collectively have built over 52,000 applications, and are […]