Archive for September, 2010

fring chooses Gate2Shop payment solution to power its VoIP platform

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Hello all, it’s me again, your friendly neighborhood blogger. I wanted to put you all up to speed with our partnership with fring. Yes, I said fring, the “mobile internet communication service and community that gives users internet-rich communication from their mobile phones.

To make everyone happy, and of course to live up to our promises, we provided fring with a quick and seamless checkout solution for their software using a One Click Payment Integration for the ultimate in online security and shopping experience i.e. customers of fring can make payments safely and with a single click of a button… and accept credit and debit cards worldwide.

Stilyan Mirchev \\ Product Manager

Join us at the ESWC 2010 in Vienna and see how you can sell software online.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

This year’s conference will be held in Vienna at the Marriott Hotel Courtyard Vienna Messe. This is the 10th annual international conference and Gate2Shop will be there. The purpose of the conference is to provide a gateway to facilitate sharing information to and for software developers and companies and organizations that provide products and services to software developers.

Mr. Trayan Nikolov, G2S’s Operations Manager, will be speaking at the conference and will have the opportunity to meet many of the industry’s participating members and hopefully you as well. Feel free to ask questions how you can sell software online.


Gate2Shop is also proud to be a premiere sponsor of this year’s conference and we invite all interested to join us for a drink at our booth.


For further information or to arrange meetings with Trayan Nikolov contact us at: stiliyanm@g2s.com or call us at +44 20 3051 0330

Mopay and Gate2Shop provide mobile payments.

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Hello, ladies and gents! Did you know that mopay had teamed with Gate2Shop?


We have integrated with mopay, a leading provider of mobile payment solutions worldwide, to deliver a payment option especially designed to reach unbanked and underserved consumers i.e. people who do not want to use their credit cards and bank accounts have a way to pay now.


With this latest addition to our payment options portfolio, Gate2Shop addresses a current trend: mobile payments for digital and virtual goods. Having mopay on board will allow us to offer mobile payments in over 60 countries at a very competitive rate, frequent payouts and high conversion rates.


We are very pleased to announce this special partnership and believe that mobile payments can compete and even one day outpace other payment options when it comes to ease of use, conversion rates and of course, penetration rate. Whenever two established and experienced players like Gate2Shop and mopay team up, the results will be best in class.

Advanced Payment Solution

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Online businesses of all sizes demand resolutions to their needs to work through the changing financial landscape that is occurring throughout the world. This calls for the competitive service provider to take extra steps to stay ahead of these changes. Payment solutions are the key when it comes to conducting business of any size in today’s market, and hence Advanced Payment Solutions are needed.


Although most service providers offer similar options, taking a step ahead and using local payment solutions is a valuable investment. Some examples of these are: For the vendor, who sells software online and is targeting customers in Germany, the preferred payment options to consider are giropay and Sofortueberweisung, which are a real-time bank transfer payment options with payment guarantee, and ELV – this is a direct debit payment option, in order to better serve its German consumers. Adding these payment options is a huge step in offering options that are extremely popular in that specific location and most frequently used.


Another example: A developer that wishes to sell games online with their main focus on customers being in Europe should consider the Carte Bleue which is currently one of the larger debit cards in use throughout France, the Carta SI is a very popular debit card in use in Italy, and of course the Dankort Card, this is a Danish debit card and the national credit card of Denmark. The addition of these payment methods is intended to make it easier for the vendors to expand their successful online transactions. Together with a flash based payment billing model that can be easily integrated in any game, social media, video streaming or software, allowing the end users to quickly and conveniently pay for their requested service.


With these payment solutions only the addition of SMS payments can top off the list of providing the more advanced payments system. SMS or mobile payments are a new and rapidly-adopting alternative payment method – especially in Asia and Europe. The SMS and mobile payment market is expected to reach more than $600B globally within a few years so the leading e-commerce service providers are taking advantage now. To stay competitive and to truly offer “Advanced Payment Solutions” the SMS and mobile payment solutions must be provided so the vendor can stay competitive. This type of mobile payment method, which is extremely prevalent and popular in Asia, provides all of the benefits as the “standard” payment methods but allows the vendor to keep pace with the ever changing e-commerce market. The leading e-commerce service provider prides themselves on offering flexibility and innovative features in their e-commerce solutions that are continually evolving and added to the solutions that they offer their clients.