Gain new subscribers and build on existing relationships.
Sell any digital service directly to customers and let them build bundles, pay and self-service on their terms, giving them endless reasons to stay for the long haul.
Develop, launch and sell more with digital subscription solutions
Get personalized offers in front of customers
Recommend, publish, and sell content through a customizable digital storefront. Allow every user to manage devices, payments and entitlements.
THE EVOLUTION OF DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION SOLUTIONS
An intelligent platform to bring it all together.
Give customers everything they want in one place
Add and update digital products in Ascendon’s product catalog, then create bundles with partner services to sell through to consumers.
- Bundle digital and traditional services (e.g., broadband and streaming video)
- Match your digital storefront with your brand's personality through theme, branding and metadata widgets
- Sell services à la carte or in packages (hard bundle, soft bundle, pick list)
- Set up multiple subscription frequencies (day passes, monthly charges)
- Localize offer currency and taxation based on a customer’s location
Offer digital subscriptions—and so much more
Build on your subscription success with capabilities like promotions and merchandising. Accept payments in over 100 countries across different channels and currencies.
- Manage every part of the buying journey, from trial subscriptions to renewals to cancellations
- Process payments on any channel, including credit or debit cards, loyalty programs, gift cards or third-party digital wallet offerings
- Facilitate subscription and one-time charge pricing models
- Provide discounts and coupon codes to reward subscriber loyalty
Everything you need for digital offers
Identity management
Authenticate and register subscribers from within your site or platform with native integrations, and enable enterprise ID management with federated identity.
Product catalog
Manage one-time or recurring products with Ascendon’s product catalog, and build product and pricing rules to drive maximum acquisition and upsell.
e-Wallet
Support popular payment methods like credit and debit cards, PayPal, physical/digital gift cards, loyalty points, Apple Pay, Google Pay and direct carrier billing.
Charge calculation
Bill and charge customers in real time (prepaid) or through invoices (postpaid). Rate and apply usage charges based on pre-set charging rules.
Reporting
Get a real-time view of customer, product, sales and transaction data through a reporting portal. Design dashboards within Ascendon or extract the data into your own analytics suite.
Go beyond simple subscriptions.
Offer the digital services your customers have been waiting for with Ascendon.
Engage with customers on their terms
Create personalized offers based on history, habits and preferences, and deliver services on any device. Post-sale, solve any problems your customers have with built-in digital self-service.
- Let customers access services how they want (web, mobile, connected TV and more)
- Reduce subscription friction points like manual payments with securely stored payment options
- Get a 360-degree view of customers through accurate, real-time reports and dashboards
- Integrate Ascendon into existing web and platform experiences (e.g., subscriber management and log-ins)
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CSG is a trusted partner of ours and their expertise and commitment to our success enabled us to go live on time.
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Working with CSG…enables us to provide our customers with an unmatched personalized experience that aligns with this new age of converged connectivity.
Launch fast, fail fast, scale fast
Get to market so fast your competitors won’t even know they’re behind. Learn what isn’t working—and double down on what is—so you can deliver maximum value every time.
- Launch Ascendon in as little as 12 weeks, and roll out new services in days
- Support new use cases with comprehensive charging models (one-time, subscription, usage-based)
- Diversify lines of business to offset flat revenues in other departments
- Stand up Ascendon as an adjunct CSG billing system to minimize operational disruption
Get the most out of cloud services and scale
Increase efficiency with a platform and processes built for the digital world. Get the technical flexibility you need with our modular build and microservices.
- Automate order fulfillment, self-service and more with pre-built workflows
- Integrate with the platforms you use every day with 350+ APIs
- Deploy some or all Ascendon modules to maximize your ROI
- Scale up and down on demand (and especially during peak times) with the scalability and reliability of cloud and microservices
- Always be online when it counts with managed infrastructure and active/active architecture
