If you’re looking to start a business with strong growth potential, online gaming is an obvious choice. The global market for online gaming currently stands at a record $173 billion, and it is set to grow to a whopping $314 billion by 2026.
Meanwhile, online gaming businesses can benefit from much lower overhead costs than many other types of entertainment, as well as the potential to appeal to a truly global audience, rather than a strictly local one.
Of course, launching a successful online gaming business is easier said than done. If you want to get your game or platform off to the best possible start, make sure to include these essential tech tools in your war chest.
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Website
If you want to launch a successful business within the online gaming sector, you will need a flawless website. This holds true both if your website is going to be used to play games or if your website is just a signpost or review platform. You will need to ensure that you have solid cloud server infrastructure, a good, punchy domain name, and airtight security and encryption to keep your users safe.
Turnkey Software
Turnkey software is a term used to describe ready-made games and tools produced by expert third parties that you can pay a license fee to install on your own platform. This could include 2FA login software, or the actual games themselves. For example, the UK’s leading online bingo platform, Buzz Bingo, includes ready-to-play online slot games provided by some of the world’s top developers, as well as games produced by Buzz itself. This is a simple and cost-effective way to improve your product offering.
Safety Tools
When we talk about safety tools, we mean several different things. On one level, this is about providing tools to allow users of your platform to interact safely with your products. For example, platforms such as online casinos or even MMOs such as World of Warcraft offer on-site tools that users can access to limit their gameplay and block themselves from using the platform. Empowering users to keep themselves safe with the right tools is an essential must-do for any successful online gaming business.
Payment Platforms
Whether your business is free-to-play or you sell games by the dozen, you will need digital payment technology enabled on your site. Fortunately, this is one of the easiest things to do. Any digital merchant can easily set up a PayPal or Klarna portal on their website in just a couple of minutes, allowing customers in dozens of countries to make secure, accessible, and instantaneous payments on your site.
Insights
Finally, do not forget the importance of digital analytics. Even simple tools such as Google Analytics and AHRefs can give you the insights you need to keep your online gaming business at the cutting-edge. You can use these tools to find out who is using your site, which parts of your platform are more popular, and what your target customers are actually looking for. Without these insights, you will struggle to make it in this industry.
With these tech tools, you can get your online gaming business off to the best possible start.
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