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SpringBoard Update Released: UI Improvements, Multicurrency Addition, Simplified HTTP Notifications, and More

Updated Look & Feel FastSpring has updated the overall SpringBoard UI to create a subtly refined new look & feel, including section icons, more prominent multi-level breadcrumbs, and re-styled rollover/select states. SpringBoard has always been user-friendly and elegantly designed; this update brings these qualities up another notch. Improved UI for Editing Product Pricing We are
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Selling Your Software Through the Educational Channel

by David Raimondo (Originally published in ASPects, January 2012. Reprinted courtesy of the author.) The “Adobe model” is the reason you want to be in the education channel. Adobe software, founded in 1982, started off in the education market with their software Photoshop. It became a standard with schools, and when students left school after
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SpringBoard Update Released: Improved Store Performance, Style Template Functionality, and More

Improved Store Loading Speeds FastSpring has implemented some noteworthy changes to improve the speed of loading your store order pages for your end customers. To improve performance, the product images / box shots displayed during the customer order process are now served from dedicated servers. With improvements in store caching and an average reduction of
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Learn Online Marketing – New Video Course

FastSpring clients are always looking for new ways to market their software, games, SaaS, e-books or other digital products worldwide, so we wanted to introduce you to a new online video course on popular video training site Lynda.com called Online Marketing Fundamentals. Lorrie Thomas Ross, author of the McGraw Hill 36-Hour Course to Online Marketing
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SpringBoard Update Released: Bank Transfers, New File Extensions & More

Bank Transfers Now Supported as Customer Payment Method FastSpring has been working hard this season to enable your customers to pay using even more payment methods than previously existed. Now, in addition to major credit cards, PayPal, check, money order, and purchase orders, your FastSpring store can also accept bank transfers, which is the most
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FastSpring Partners

FastSpring’s partners shared some quality time together in a mini-retreat last week. Pictured here from left to right are Dan Engel, CEO; Ryan Dewell, SVP Software Development; Ken White, Chief Customer Service Officer; and Jason Foodman, SVP Corporate Development.

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FastSpring to Attend 2012 CES & Affiliate Summit West

To kick off the new year, FastSpring will have representatives in Las Vegas attending both the the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which runs January 10th-13th, and Affiliate Summit West 2012 (January 8th-10th). If you are a client or prospect of FastSpring and will be attending either of these shows, please contact us; we
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New FastSpring Demo Movie Released

FastSpring is pleased to announce the launch of a comprehensive new demo movie showcasing the many features of our solution and starring (though not limited to) our platform SpringBoard, which has grown and matured over the years while adhering to its original ideals of intuitive use and depth of functionality. We believe that this movie,
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FastSpring Ranked #1 Fastest-Growing Company in Greater LA, #13 in North America (2006-2010)

We are pleased to announce that Deloitte & Touche  has recognized FastSpring as the #1  fastest-growing technology company in the greater Los Angeles area (view PDF) and 13th out of 500 of the fastest-growing companies nationwide, via its annual Technology Fast 500 awards. FastSpring’s growth rate from 2006 to 2010 exceeded other well-known technology companies
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FastSpring Adds Foreign Currencies, Localization, Payment Methods in Latest Release

FastSpring’s latest platform release includes some exciting developments for vendors selling globally. We have added five new currencies to our existing support for Euro, Pound, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar and Yen. The new currencies now supported are Swiss Franc (CHF), Danish Krone (DKK), Hong Kong Dollar (HKD), New Zealand Dollar (NZD) and Singapore Dollar (SGD).
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