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Last year, our first survey on the state of D2C caught the gaming industry standing right at the edge of a shift in monetization strategy.
This year, the shift already happened. D2C is not an experiment or an edge play anymore. Download the 2026 Report: buff.ly/HWL3jeA
Your most valuable players are already gathered in one place. Most publishers are only just beginning to sell to them there. Discord. Read more on how mobile publishers can best optimize for revenue in this article from @pgbiz
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-Keep the whole loop inside Discord: instant inventory credit, a DM receipt, or a deep link straight back into the game
-Let server roles do the merchandising, surfacing VIP bundles and upsells by community status, and let community teams launch promos on the fly
The next evolution of D2C isn’t a better browser tab. It’s meeting players where they already are.
See how FastSpring’s fsBuilds Discord Bot powers monetization: buff.ly/VddRt9P
50%+: The fully integrated playbook. A strong steering strategy, creator programs, retargeting, exclusive offers, and live ops all working together to keep players coming back.
Simply: D2C success isn’t about the web store alone. It’s about how your GTM engine maturity.
Wherever you are today, the path to 50%+ is well marked. Read the full breakdown, starting off with a review of which games are the best fit for D2C:
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Day 1 at Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics did not disappoint.
Jeremy Waxman took the stage to break down how to prevent D2C from wrecking your in-game economy, and Cédric Maisonnier joined the Webstore Wizardry panel on the business case for reallocating growth toward D2C.
The reason a lot of teams never switch payment providers isn’t price. It’s the billing stack they’d have to rip out to do it. Switching a payment provider shouldn’t mean rebuilding any of it. FastSpring’s Managed Subscriptions are built so it doesn’t. buff.ly/gueXFFM
The connection is composable, not a migration. Signed webhooks and a few targeted API calls, so your system still decides when to charge, retry, pause, or change a plan, and FastSpring carries it out.
The Midwest’s biggest games event has grown 500% since 2022. We’re excited to be part of it. FastSpring is sponsoring MDEV 2026, November 6-7 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Links to grab a ticket and book a meeting are on our blog: buff.ly/3wPOj71
Presented by the Wisconsin Games Alliance, MDEV brings together indie and AAA developers, industry pros, students, and players for two full days of sessions, panels, workshops, and developer showcases, all focused on the science, art, and business of making games.
Whether you focus on Black Friday, Cyber Monday, or all of Cyber Weekend, November is a massive driver of sales for digital technology companies, just as it is for physical consumer goods.
This one month runs about 18% above an average month's sales.
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Some of these markets don’t just match the US spike — they surpass it. A few countries climb far higher than you might expect, and the gaps between them might change where you point your spend and efforts.
See which countries spike hardest, and how to maximize international Cyber Weekend sales here: buff.ly/k6oYA5P
