Although magazine retail sales have dropped from about 103 million in 2014 to about 75 million 2016, the number of magazine readers in the U.S. has ticked up slightly each year since 2012, according to Statista. In 2012, there were 210.7 million magazine readers in the U.S. That number climbed to 221.9 million in 2016. Realizing that the internet was...
According to the 2016 US Consumer Payment Study by a US credit card processor, merchant acquirer and bank credit card issuer, 23% of credit card users and 33% of debit card users choose to pay with recurring billing. Recurring Billing Recurring bills play an important role in of our lives. This refers to both business and personal finances. Consumers are...
It is possible to be bombarded with information and deals that seem too good to be true, and often they are. These people are trying to defraud you of your money in return for poor quality items or nothing at all. While legitimate businesses are able to run deals and savings, even opening a magazine sales merchant account to give...
Magazine sales are on the rise again, and it is the perfect time to offer up the product. Though there are many different avenues of magazine sales, one thing is constant: You need a merchant account. A merchant account allows your business to accept plastic card payments. While you could easily Google “merchant account”, you may have trouble locating one...
None of us are strangers to the amount of different magazine subscription offers that make their way into our mail box, offering different types of deals, gifts, and limited-time offers. But, what we don’t know is which one of them could in fact be a scam. That’s right, cases of subscription offers that rip you off or vanish to never...
Every year, traditional newspaper sales decrease by significant margins. Print magazines are feeling the sting as well. With the exception of fashion magazines like Vogue, magazine sales have declined by 10% for the first 6 months of the year. The magazine industry has attempted to respond to the decline in sales by initiating sleek, creative digital magazines available for consumers...
If you have ever dreamed of owning your own magazine, it might be a reality if you are able to plan correctly. Making a business plan that includes the details of the market potential and a detailed plan of the product you are hoping to create, might be the starting block of owning your own magazine. There are 1000’s of...
