How to Start Selling Software Online

FastSpring's easy-to-use, full-service ecommerce platform includes everything you need to successfully sell software globally.

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Sell anywhere, anytime with branded checkouts.

Want to learn how to sell software? Laptop, desktop, mobile, or in-app—no matter what device your customers are using, FastSpring can help you build a modern, frictionless checkout experience directly on your website that turns more shoppers into paying customers.

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Expand into New Global Markets While Offering Localized Shopping Experiences

Multiple Payment Methods
Offer popular payment methods to your global customers without hidden fees or setting up your own merchant account.

Dynamic Currencies, Languages, and Taxes
Create localized shopping experiences by automatically displaying accurate currencies, languages, and taxes for global audiences.

Locally Processed Transactions
Our intelligent payment routing automatically directs payments to the appropriate payment gateway in order to increase transaction success rates.

Sell More Software with Full-Service Ecommerce

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Maintain Compliance with Global Regulations

Ready to sell your own software, but worried about maintaining compliance with global regulations? You’re not alone! One of the biggest challenges of selling software online is making sure you are compliant with evolving regulations like the GDPR, PSD2, and CCPA. As a Merchant of Record, FastSpring assumes responsibility for all global regulations related to the sale of software online. Our full-service ecommerce platform automatically applies security and privacy measures to ensure every completed sale is compliant.

Scale Your Business with Confidence

FastSpring’s full-service ecommerce solution includes comprehensive fraud protection, up-to-date regulation compliance, and award-winning customer support for both you and your customers.

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Tips for Boosting Software Sales

Check out these tips for growing your software sales around the world.

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Set up a Store in Minutes with the FastSpring WordPress Plugin

FastSpring’s plugin for WordPress makes it easy to sell products online. This powerful plugin allows users to access the full capabilities of FastSpring’s full-service ecommerce platform directly in WordPress. What used to take days, weeks, or even months of dev resources can now be done within a few hours with minimal dev support, saving you time and making it easy to make money selling software.

With this full-service ecommerce plugin, you can:

 

  • Embed product details and purchase buttons directly on your WordPress site, using simple shortcodes and HTML attributes.
  • Manage and update all of your digital products from your Fastspring account, and your updates will automatically appear on your website.
  • Support advanced shopping features like bundles and cross-sells, as well as, up-sells without any complicated front-end logic.
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Keep Visitors on Your Website with FastSpring’s Popup Checkout

Discover how to sell software programs without third-party redirects or hosted webpages. With FastSpring’s Popup Checkout, your visitors can go from browsing to purchasing software without ever leaving your site. This delivers a seamless, branded experience that instills trust and loyalty in your customers.

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Integrate Your Ecommerce with the Rest of Your Tech Stack

All of your technology tools and services should work together to help you sell more, stay lean, and compete big in the software market. FastSpring’s full-service ecommerce platform partners with the best third-party solutions like Mailchimp, Nalpeiron, and Google Analytics.

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Expand Your Marketing Reach with an Affiliate Program

Starting, or investing in, an affiliate program is a great idea for just about any online business. For software and SaaS companies, in particular, having the right affiliate partners can help them scale their business to the next level by driving more online sales.

Learn more about the FastSpring Affiliate program.
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Streamline the Fulfillment Experience with License Keys, Direct Downloads, and More

Want to sell software license keys online? Help your customers go from completed purchase to enjoying your software with fulfillment configurations and terms that immediately send the license key, product download, or other means of accessing your software. Sign up today to see what FastSpring can do for you!

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Product Documentation

Explore helpful, step-by-step support articles from the FastSpring Knowledge base.

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The FastSpring Blog

Ecommerce news, tips, and resources that help software companies sell more, stay lean, and compete big.

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Customer Stories

Read more about how thousands of SaaS companies used FastSpring to succeed.

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What You Need To Know About Selling Online

This guide breaks down the true cost of ecommerce, the benefits of a full-service ecommerce solution, and more.

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5 Ways to Effectively Grow Your Software Business

Watch this webinar recording to learn five strategies designed to maximize the growth of your software company in 2019 and beyond.

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How SEPA Direct Debit Payments Help Software Businesses Reach European Buyers

This article has been updated since it was originally published with the most current information about SEPA Direct Debit transactions as of April 2023. For more information on FastSpring’s latest updates for SEPA Direct Debit support, read our more recent post here. If you sell software internationally, you know how difficult handling cross-border payments can […]

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