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With the advancement of technology, more subscription-based companies have popped up. Although the subscription business model started way back in the 17th century by companies producing books and periodicals, it was only later that this kind of business model had been adopted by many companies. Today, the subscription approach does not only involve the trade of products but also services as well.

With the technology we have today, businesses can easily spread their brand presence with the use of the internet through social media and mainstream media. Indeed, the increase of companies using the subscription-based model is due to advanced technology, which makes billing and collection more viable, ensuring recurring revenue for the company for more years to come.

For a business entity that is new to this type of business model, here are some of the various challenges that you may be facing, which you should address quickly and competently to avoid big losses.

 

Withdrawal of Customer Subscriptions

Keeping all subscribers may be a difficult task. But if you give importance on delving on every withdrawal to find out the reasons for each may give you the best solutions to avoid the exodus of subscribers. Personalizing interactions with your subscribers may be able to result in a more attached business relationship with your customers.

Although you may not be able to keep all your subscribers for a lifetime, you should be able to end their subscription on a positive note that they will soon renew their subscription with you in the future.

Keeping Subscription Rates Competitive

With prices of most basic needs going up, it is a challenge for a subscription company to keep its subscription rates affordable. Increasing your prices may cause customer dissatisfaction, but finding measures to let clients understand the increase should do the trick to be able to avoid withdrawal of subscriptions. It will help if you study the competition and be guided by the current trends in the industry.

Technological Barriers

The use of technology in this kind of business model is crucial. If your company has not yet perfected all the processes involved, then you should invest in how to use it to your benefit. From billing to collection and how you can interact and monitor customers, you really need to beef up your knowledge on how technology can make your subscription business grow.

Just like other business models, challenges will always be around for us to solve. Knowing the reasons why they arise and learning to prevent these from happening is still the best solution that will ensure stability in every business.