Add in a packed Hivemind mixer on Monday night and a steady stream of great conversations at our booth, and it’s been a fantastic start in Helsinki. We’re here all day today for Day 2. If you want to talk D2C monetization for your game, come find us at the booth!

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.

Your subscription platform stays the source of truth and keeps running your billing logic. FastSpring slots in underneath as merchant of record and handles the parts you don’t want to own: secure card data, global tax and VAT, remittance, and chargebacks.

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 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

Here’s what most people miss: Stretch your plan across the entire quarter, and the measured lift drops to around 7%, because October and December sit closer to average. So the real edge is specifically in November — the month when shopping holidays drive buying.

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. buff.ly/k6oYA5P

FastSpring is returning as a Gold sponsor of the 2026 Montréal International Game Summit, November 10-11 at Grand Quay on the city’s historic waterfront. Book time with our D2C experts: buff.ly/D2A0koX Learn more on our blog: buff.ly/V7qTqxj

And the night before, we're co-hosting a side event with Hivemind on Monday, Oct 19. Talk shop with expert-led roundtables, curated speed networking, and relaxed social moments before the conference kicks off! Request to join the Hivemind Mixer: buff.ly/fzMpQPo

We're heading to Pocket Gamer Connects Nordics in Helsinki, October 20-21, and our VP of Payments Jeremy Waxman is taking the stage with one of the most important questions in D2C monetization: How To Prevent D2C From Wrecking Your In-Game Economy Oct. 20th, 15:00-15:20