New Threats to the Subscription Model

Inflation and supply chain disruption might make it harder for businesses to meet their obligations to customers on subscription plans.

Subscriptions have all the hallmarks of a can’t-miss revenue model. Customers love how they lower their barriers to access, while companies embrace their simplicity and ease of communication. Investors prize them because they generate more predictable long-term revenue flows than conventional one-off transaction models.

Proponents of the so-called subscription economy — a term coined by the CEO of platform provider Zuora — argue that customers are better served by subscription experiences built around services than by static offerings ...

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