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Subscriptions

Unlocking the potential of subscriptions in Europe: Strategies for success

The subscription e-commerce model is taking Europe by storm. Consumers are eagerly embracing the convenience, value, and personalization of recurring deliveries for everything from meal kits to beauty products. As a merchant, this presents a massive opportunity to build predictable revenue streams and forge deep customer relationships.
Deidre Olsen
March 11, 2025
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Technology

Seamless integration: Transforming customer experience with unified commerce

Deidre Olsen
July 2, 2024
With a unified commerce strategy, merchants can transcend omnichannel limitations, resulting in personalized customer journeys, optimized order fulfillment, and flexible payment and delivery options.
Product

How personalized subscription models are changing the game

Deidre Olsen
June 25, 2024
With personalized subscription models, customers enjoy greater ease, convenience, and flexibility while merchants experience consistent revenue and sustainable growth.
Startups

The rise of recyclable and reusable packaging in online shopping

Deidre Olsen
June 18, 2024
Merchants are building towards a more sustainable future by onboarding recyclable and reusable packaging systems for online shopping. This trend is keeping pace with environmental regulations and consumer preferences, simultaneously establishing the foundations for long-term growth.
Company

Team building in the French countryside: Takeaways from our May 2024 retreat

Deidre Olsen
June 11, 2024
As a remote-first startup, getting offline and meeting in real life is essential to our success. That’s why, twice a year, we get together in a new location to co-work, share meals, participate in activities, and most importantly, make memories.
Subscriptions

Recurring commerce is building towards tomorrow’s circular economy

Deidre Olsen
May 23, 2024
In recurring commerce, more resources aren’t extracted, only to create islands of plastic debris in the ocean. Instead, waste and pollution are eliminated, the lifetime value of existing products and materials are extended, and nature is regenerated.
Servitization

The advantages and challenges of servitization

Deidre Olsen
September 30, 2023
In this blog we delve a little deeper into some the advantages and challenges of servitization and the types of companies that servitize.
Subscriptions

3 Strategies to Market and Position a Subscription-Based Business

Bob Jansen
March 31, 2021
Businesses are facing the question of whether to offer a membership or a subscription model. There are many advantages to both, and companies need to consider their business model and industry when deciding which would work best for them.
Product

New at Firmhouse: product based contract terms, improved finance operations, and service channels

Bob Jansen
December 4, 2020
We are releasing two new features and updates to streamline your business operations. These features are rolling out to all customers and are available for all projects at Firmhouse today.
Product-as-a-Service

How COVID-19 affects Product Subscriptions

Simon Rombouts
November 25, 2020
At Firmhouse we've noticed that recent quarantine and the global pandemic shifted the context for new and circular business models quite a lot. Here are our thoughts on the opportunity that COVID-19 brings to speed up adoption for (Product) Subscriptions and Product-as-a-Service (PaaS) business models.
Product-as-a-Service

Product-as-a-Service & subscription ideas to get you going!

Simon Rombouts
November 12, 2020
Getting started with subscriptions just takes a bit of creativity. It’s all about finding the right balance between convenience and providing additional value to your customers. Just shipping a product on a monthly basis is not gonna cut it. In this blog, we'll provide some inspiration!
Product-as-a-Service

Debt Collection - Growling or Biting? [part 3/3]

Simon Rombouts
November 9, 2020
This is the third and final blog of our risk-debtor management series, this part will delve deeper into the debt-collection process and the best practices in the (PaaS-)industry. As a PaaS-company do you growl or do you bite when a customer is non paying?
Product

New Firmhouse Checkout & In-store Signup

Simon Rombouts
October 30, 2020
We are super excited to let you know that we have updated our check-out experience! We also enabled this check-out to be able to be configured for an in-store signup experience. The latter enables a full retail experience and allows e-commerce businesses to also be able to provide an omnichannel approach.
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Why companies choose Firmhouse

Firmhouse is the platform of choice for inspiring brands launching subscription-based products in Europe. We make it easy to launch quickly, scale across borders, and deliver seamless customer experiences with real human support every step of the way.

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