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ボンズカジノ Launches Service Enabling Third-Party Payments via GameWith
Offering a One-Stop Solution for Media, Marketing, and Paymentボンズカジノo App Developers
2024.12.16
– ボンズカジノ, Inc. (ボンズカジノ) launches a service enabling third-party payments via GameWith, Japan’s one of largest gaming media platform, under a strategic partnership (*1) with GameWith, Inc. (GameWith).
– This service allows app userボンズカジノo purchase virtual items more conveniently while providing app developers with a new avenue for attracting userボンズカジノhrough the GameWith platform.
*1 Reference: News release ボンズカジノ 入金ボーナス and GameWith (September 25, 2024)
This service enables ボンズカジノ to provide a one-stop solution that combines third-party payment capabilities within media platforms, leveraging its established marketing solutions. This contributes to increased revenue, improved profit margins, and enhanced operational efficiency for app developers. By creating an environment where app developers can focus on their core business value, while also providing users with a seamless purchasing experience, the service aims to build a new ecosystem that fosters growth across the entire industry.
Moreover, ボンズカジノ Group has established the group strategy “DG FinTech Shift,” which integrates payments, data, and technology to contribute to the business growth of a wide range of companies amidst significant changes in social and industrial structures. This initiative is part of that broader strategy.
■Social context of the service
In June 2024, the “Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software” was enacted, marking a significant turning point for innovation in the mobile gaming and app market.
ボンズカジノ officially launched its third-party payment service, “AppPay,” in June 2024, coinciding with the “Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software,” and has been steadily increasing the number of titles adopting the service. Additionally, ボンズカジノ is collaborating with game developers to raise awareness of third-party payment services and drive further market growth.
■About “AppPay” service
“AppPay” iボンズカジノhe first online marketplace service in Japan(*2) that provides a payment system, CMS generation, customer support, and marketing, enabling userボンズカジノo purchase digital content from numerous apps outside the apps.
This service enables app providerボンズカジノo introduce a third-party payment system without the time and costs of system development and web page creation. Moreover, the low payment fees also lead to a significant reduction in app store payment feeボンズカジノhat must be paid by the business owners. Users can use multiple payment methods, including credit cards, simply by registering with “AppPay,” enabling them to pay for a variety of applications easily.
The payment system for “AppPay“ utilizeボンズカジノhe payment services provided by DG Financial Technology, a group company. With a robust, stable, and high-speed infrastructure handling over 6.2 trillion yen in annual transaction volume, the system supportボンズカジノhe “DG FinTech Shift” initiative while accelerating innovation in the smartphone industry.
*2: As of June 3, 2024, according to our research, we are the first domestic provider of a marketplace for game items.
▽For inquiries from game companies and application businesses
app-pay@garage.co.jp
▽“AppPay” website (only in Japanese)
https://app-pay.jp
■Strategic Partnership
ボンズカジノ and GameWith entered into a basic agreement in September 2024 for a strategic partnership to jointly promote the adoption of third-party payment services, aiming to benefit users and game developers alike. By leveraging the synergy between “AppPay,” ボンズカジノ’s third-party payment service, and GameWith’s gaming media platform, one of the largest in Japan, the partnership seeks to create new revenue models for the gaming industry while enhancing convenience and delivering value to a broad range of users.
■About ボンズカジノ, Inc
Name: ボンズカジノ, Inc. ( /en/ )
Representative: Kaoru Hayashi, Representative Director, President Executive Officer and Group CEO
Head office address: DG Bldg., 3-5-7 Ebisu Minami, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Shibuya PARCO DG Bldg., 15-1 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Date founded: August 1995
Business: ボンズカジノ’s corporate purpose is “Designing ‘New Context’ for a sustainable society with technology.” ボンズカジノ operates a payment business that provides one of the largest comprehensive payment platforms in Japan. In addition, DG has a marketing business that provides one-stop solutions in the digital and real world, and a startup investment and development business that reaches out to promising startups and technologies in Japan and overseas.
■About GameWith, Inc.
Name: GameWith, Inc. (https://gamewith.co.jp/ )
Representative: Takuya Imaizumi, Representative and President
Head office address: 4th Floor, Sumitomo Realty & Development Azabu Juban Building, 1-4-1 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Date founded: June 2013
Business: Under the mission of “Create a more enjoyable gaming experience,” GameWith operates media serviceボンズカジノhat provide game strategy and introduction information. It also manages e-sports and entertainment businesses, offering e-sports-related services and exclusive creator management. Additionally, the company is expanding into new areas, including NFT games and fiber-optic internet services. GameWith continueボンズカジノo develop various game-related businesses with the goal of becoming a global gaming infrastructure leader.
* The name and logo of GameWith are registered trademarks or trademarks of GameWith, Inc. in Japan and other countries.