Company Values That Scale for Years

Recurly just turned seven years old. It seems like yesterday that we elected to found a company based on the belief that the world was moving towards a ‘pay-as-you-go’ model. We...

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Is a Usage-Based Billing Model Right for Your Business?

For any business, setting a price for what they sell is a key piece of the revenue and profit puzzle. Subscription businesses have the added task of determining not just...

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Build a Retention Process Not a Cancellation Process

We recently came across a great blog from Profitwell which discusses how to turn a cancellation into an opportunity for you to take action and understand better why some customers...

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From Upstart to Unicorn: How Dollar Shave Club Hit it Big

There can be no doubt that Dollar Shave Club’s phenomenal success can be attributed to many factors—its irreverent and hilarious viral ads, its exemplary customer service, efficient manufacturing and distribution,...

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Two-Factor Authentication, User Roles, Anti-Fraud: With Recurly, Your Data is Secure

There’s no doubt that the internet has brought myriad and far-reaching benefits to people and organizations worldwide. Unfortunately, it’s also brought hackers, fraudsters, and other criminal elements intent on stealing...

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New Automated Revenue Recognition Speeds Month-End Close

At Recurly, we’re dedicated to creating best-in-class subscription management tools for our customers. One aspect of subscription management that is particularly meaningful, and challenging, to our customers is ensuring that...

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How to Use Webhooks to Recover Customers

As noted in a previous blog post, there are different ways to get information out of Recurly, and each option has different pros and cons depending on the specific objective....

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“...As a Service” -- It’s Not Just for Software Anymore

These days, software as a service, or SaaS, is the most common way of selling software to both businesses and consumers. It’s easier than shipping physical packages, more cost-effective, and...

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Recurly Announces Support for Japanese Yen

Japan: a country steeped in tradition but exceedingly modern, with a storied history and a thriving economy (the world’s third-largest!). Most of us also associate Japan with its unique pop...

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Hulu and Spotify Expand Their Reach in the Competitive Sea of OTT

The streaming media waters have been growing increasingly crowded as of late, and in order to keep their customers happy and fend off the competition, two well-known names in the...

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