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    Comment #6210230

    Try all-inclusive SaaSy.com

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    Comment #6099283

    Take a look at FastSpring. Global coverage for developer clients, their end users, payment methods/currencies located all around the world, and an embedded store SDK used to power …

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    Comment #5900539

    Anytime you collect less info, it makes your fraud screen less intelligent. But it is all a balancing act and much more an art than science to keep consumer inconvenience to a mini…

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    Comment #5833334

    Gotcha. In case it's helpful, FastSpring order pages are localized into these languages: Arabic, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German…

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    Comment #5821242

    You may want to take a look at this post from last week: "Why Using Multi-Currency Makes Cents": http://bit.ly/18Hilrv

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    Comment #5669894

    FastSpring and SaaSy handle global tax collection, payment, etc. for desktop software, SaaS, and downloadable gaming companies. We are the merchant of record, so the vendor is not …

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    Comment #5597958

    If you're looking for an all-in-one solution, there's FastSpring and its sister service for SaaS offerings, SaaSy.com

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    Comment #5593572

    You may want to take a look at SaaSy.com, it's all-inclusive and works with developers in most every country.

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    Comment #5572943

    See FastSpring if you're looking to sell SaaS or downloadable software or games. No upfront or monthly costs, limitless, rapid-response support, free setup, and it's uniquely full …

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    Comment #5528113

    You might check out SaaSy.com. It's the all-in-one option for recurring global transactions which enables developers to avoid having to develop subscription management or e-commerc…

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    Comment #5198900

    Perhaps FastSpring would be a good fit for you. Any country the US isn't banned from doing business with is applicable. Users pay in various global currencies and the order pages a…

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    Comment #5107701

    When you use a full-service e-commerce service that serves as a reseller and is the merchant of record, taxes become their responsibility, not yours. At FastSpring, we handle VAT a…

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    Comment #5107680

    Indeed. See SaaSy.com

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    Comment #5107675

    True. Though we mainly deal in downloadable software/games and SaaS where margins are usually pretty high.

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    Comment #5107657

    When you look at the service and functionality you get in exchange for paying more, you realize that in reality FastSpring actually means paying less, earning more (profit). Take a…

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    Comment #5094315

    Indeed, FastSpring is the reseller, the merchant of record, so everything gets outsourced.

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    Comment #5094242

    Re: tax and data protection rules in Europe, over 1/2 of our clients are located outside the US, the majority of those in the EU, and so we have been handling the key EU issues (VA…

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    Comment #4460160

    SaaSy from FastSpring is an all-inclusive, full service offering that requires far less development work to obtain the key functionality needed for a serious SaaS business. SaaSy h…

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    Comment #4348678

    Dan, FastSpring’s CEO, here. That’s a good question. With FastSpring, you don’t lose track of your site visitors because we support cross-domain tracking. When a purchase doesn’t c…

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    Comment #3920177

    Wise to test different trial expiration scenarios against each other, some based on usage time, some based on product feature usage, some a combination of the two. You'll often be …

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    Comment #3670040

    Unfortunately one of our marketing servers was exploited (our store servers are completely separate, not even in the same data centers) which caused a Google Badware flag. We immed…

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    Comment #3662127

    SaaSy.com, which is all-inclusive, avoids most of the development work and it mostly GUI based as opposed to API, in case that's of interest to you.