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Subscriptions and membership 
management

At ESco, we are passionate and knowledgeable about growing your subs or membership base… And our excitement is contagious.

Our clients come in all shapes and sizes: B2B and B2C publishers and membership organisations, event organisers, corporate, academic and institutional publishers and charities. From working with such a diverse bunch, we have honed our core offering to drive as much value from your recurring customer base, whatever that may be.

Subscriptions

Customer service handling

We promise not to make you listen to elevator music while you wait. Find out how our friendly team can help with taking care of your valued customers – whether it’s fixing a hiccup, answering a burning question, or just sharing some virtual high-fives!

Reporting analytics and insight

Curious about what’s really going on with your subscriptions and memberships? Our reporting and analytics tools are like having a crystal ball – minus the magic wand. Uncover insights, track trends, and get the lowdown on all the numbers that matter. It’s like having your own data detective on standby!

eCommerce

Got a killer product but not sure how to showcase it? Our eCommerce platform solutions are here to turn your digital shop into a shopping sensation! Click below to explore how we can help you build, manage, and optimise your online store with ease, turning those clicks into customers!

Systems integrations and API

Ready to connect the dots and streamline your tech? Our systems, integrations, and APIs are like the ultimate backstage pass for your tech stack. Click below to see how we can link up your systems and make everything work together like a well-oiled machine. It’s time to get your tech talking to each other!

Corporate, academic & group subscriptions

ESco makes managing corporate and group subscriptions effortless. From tailored packages and clear financial reporting to seamless billing and access management, our expert team and automated systems handle it all, so you can focus on what matters most.

Latest insights

28/10/24
Megan Walden

Celebrating emap’s launch of CN Intelligence

At ESco, we’re delighted to support our client emap in the launch of CN Intelligence, th…

The team at ESco has been consistently attentive and accommodating over the years. Ben and Wes, in particular, have ensured positive communication …

Chloe Sloman, Marketing & Subscriptions Coordinator, The Jewish Quarterly
31/07/24
Megan Walden

The Countryside Alliance expands partnership with ESco to outsource membership management

The Countryside Alliance, a steadfast advocate for the rural way of life, has long been a…

ESco continues to provide us with an excellent level of service which is customised to our needs. It is invaluable for our business to have industr…

Chris Clover, Managing Director, Panini
18/03/24
Megan Walden

ESco onboards The Burlington Magazine

ESco is pleased to announce the recent onboarding of The Burlington Magazine…

Everything they have learned over 40 years goes into everyday at ESco. How do they do it? They invest in their people as well as their technology. …

Martin Attis, Finance Director, Sundial Magazines Ltd
14/02/24
Louise McHale & Megan Walden

Roses are red…

Violets are blue, Valentine’s marketing? Here’s what you might do…

We chose ESco to build our customer database because they have a deep understanding of our data. Any other solution would…

Gill Lambert, Operations Director, Kelsey Media
29/01/24
Megan Walden

Fieldsports Press Ltd completes the migration of The Countryman’s Weekly

Fieldsports Press has recently acquired The Countryman’s Weekly brand and subscribers fr…

Data has never been so important for media companies and Media 10’s decision to use ESco for overseeing our ‘Single Customer View’ capabiliti…

Rob Nathan, Group Marketing Director, Media 10
25/08/23
Megan Walden

Fieldsports Press Ltd completes the migration of Future’s shooting brands

Fieldsports Press has made a second acquisition in quick succession, now purchasing a seri…

At Wanderlust magazine, we’re thrilled with how ESco completely rebuilt our subscriptions report. Following significant change to our publication…

Elliot Wellsteed-Crook, Chief Operating Officer, Wanderlust
11/05/23
Megan Walden

Tungsten Publishing completes their move to ESco

It gives us great pleasure to announce that we are now live with our newest client, Tungst…

We are delighted with our partnership with ESco, which has allowed us to streamline our membership management and focus on our core mission of advo…

Lawrence Tribe-Endt, Head of Membership Marketing, Countryside Alliance
02/05/23
Megan Walden

Fieldsports Press Ltd completes the migration of Trout & Salmon

Fieldsport Press Ltd have purchased Trout & Salmon from Bauer Media to further strengthen …

For me, what really makes ESco standout is that you always stay true to your values, a strategy that clearly pays off.

Gill Lambert, Operations Director, Kelsey Media
28/04/23
Megan Walden

ESco completes onboarding of newest client Whitmar Publications

We are pleased to announce that ESco went live with their newest client, Whitmar Publicati…

As a company only half as old as you are, we know how hard it is to keep up with all the developments and changes in the industry, but for you to k…

Jon Bickley, CEO, Anthem Publishing
26/04/23
Megan Walden

ESco proudly sponsors the PPA Festival 2023

On Tuesday 25th April 2023, a team from ESco headed over to The Brewery in London; a brand…

The team at ESco are personable, responsive, and highly knowledgeable. I can always trust every piece of work that goes through ESco to be done eff…

Emma Kelly, Senior Account Manager, Air Business
06/02/23
Megan Walden

Hemming Group Ltd joins ESco as latest client

We are pleased to welcome our latest client, Hemming Group Ltd, who we went live with at t…

We’ve been long time cheer leaders and partners of ESco in the truest sense, through good and bad you work through things together and get th…

Elliot Wellsteed-Crook, Chief Operating Officer, Wanderlust
01/08/22
Megan Walden

ESco launches three further websites for Fieldsports Press

Following on from the success of completing a smooth migration of five shooting magazines …

ESco’s monthly marketing and financial packs have all the information in one place, and provide us with the business insight and intelligence we …

Steven Barkess, Marketing Director, emap
25/07/22
Megan Walden

ESco renews Direct Debit accreditation

We are pleased to announce that, once again, ESco has passed the BACS inspection with flyi…

It goes without saying we all absolutely adore working with you guys.

Emma Robson, CEO, First News
21/07/22
Megan Walden

Fieldsports Press Ltd completes the migration of five new titles and two memberships

It gives us great pleasure to join our friends at Fieldsports Press Ltd in celebrating a h…

ESco do a wonderful job of managing our subscriptions. Alice, Sam, and the rest of the team are a joy to work with and have helped us to consistent…

Sam Lachter, Marketing & Operations Manager, Granta
09/05/22
Megan Walden

The return of ESco Connect for 2022

On Friday 6th May 2022, a band of ESco merry men (and women) made their way down to The Ma…

The real reason we work with Sue and ESco is because they work very hard, they are dedicated, super honest, they’re flexible, in fact they ar…

Mark Moloney, Managing Director, Professional Beauty Group
14/02/22
Megan Walden

Akabo Media welcomed to the team as newest client

We are pleased to announce that ESco went live with their newest client, Akabo Media, in J…

It’s been great coming on board with the whole ESco team, you have been brilliant and patient with us during this time. We are really looking…

Chloe Ward, Senior Marketing Manager, Whitmar Publications
08/12/21
Megan Walden

ESco launches a second website for Fieldsports Press Ltd

After the huge success of the Gundog Journal website, Fieldsports Press Ltd have entrusted…

We have had a very positive experience working with ESco. Our customer service has been massively improved and our sign-up process simplified and o…

Kieran Found, Head of Marketing, Hemming Group
01/11/21
Megan Walden

ESco launches brand new website for Gundog Journal

It’s hard to believe that ESco have been partnered with Fieldsports Press Ltd for twelve…

01/10/21
Megan Walden

Further update to the ESco eCommerce platform rolled out

ESco has just completed another roll out of new functionality to our eCommerce platform…

17/09/21
Megan Walden

Granta joins “Team ESco” as latest client

We are very excited to finally announce the arrival of our newest client, Granta, who we a…

15/09/21
Megan Walden

ESco launch Single Customer View for Media 10

This month we launched a single customer view for the marketing team at Media 10…

02/08/21
Megan Walden

ESco introduces brand new show order system

As the world begins to open up after a long period of standstill, we are slowly starting t…

30/07/21
Megan Walden

Anthem Publishing trades in subscription packages for a membership model

On Monday 4th January 2021, Anthem Publishing traded in their subscription packages for a …

27/05/21
Louise McHale

Let’s talk Subscriptions…

Subscriptions today are necessary. And the consumer market is hungry for it…

10/02/21
ESco

6 Ways To Increase Your Subscriber Base

What if your subscribers aren’t growing how you’d hoped? Thankfully there are strategi…

26/11/20
Megan Walden

PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2020

After a challenging year for all, the PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2020 was the perfec…

27/07/20
Alistair Wood

ESco celebrates award winning clients

Over the last month there have been a couple of industry award ceremonies, and in true ESc…

10/07/20
Louise McHale

ESco Connect virtual round table session with Laura Paterson

On Tuesday 7th July 2020, we invited Laura Paterson to talk at a virtual ESco Connect Roun…

25/06/20
Louise McHale

ESco Connect virtual round table with Debbie Stenning

On Thursday 18th June 2020, we invited Debbie Stenning to talk at a virtual ESco Connect r…

28/04/20
Roger Duffin

Publishing and C19 – it’s far from all doom and gloom!

Well, it looks like we’re in for the long haul, doesn’t it? Even if the lockdown were to b…

06/03/20
Alistair Wood

Panini launches Batman: Tales of the Dark Knight

This week Panini announced the launch of a new monthly magazine, BATMAN: TALES OF THE DARK…

13/01/20
Alistair Wood

Planet Mindful magazine goes live at ESco

Anthem Publishing has announced the acquisition of mindfulness magazine, Planet Mindful, f…

03/12/19
Alistair Wood

Holyrood Magazine wins awards

The Scottish PPA awards took place on the 29th of November and a number of ESco’s clients …

01/10/19
Louise McHale

Modern Barber moves to ESco

Modern Barber completes it’s move to ESco…

24/09/19
Louise McHale

ESco and The Face

This month, we went live with the subs of The Face magazine…

10/09/19
Alistair Wood

Emap completes the move of five brands to ESco

ESco has just completed a complex and detailed migration of five brands from another burea…

01/09/19
Alistair Wood

Uncut and NME move to ESco

We are delighted to announce that we have successfully migrated NME and Uncut to ESco as p…

15/05/19
Alistair Wood

Healthy Diet magazine goes live at ESco

ESco is pleased to announce they have just completed the migration of Healthy Diet magazin…

28/03/19
Louise McHale

ESco Connect back with Engage & Retain day

On Friday 22nd March, we hot-footed it over to Waterloo for our ESco Connect day, with a f…

17/03/19
Alistair Wood

ESco announces partnership with BandLab Technologies

We are delighted to announce we are now working with BandLab Technologies, who have acquir…

17/02/19
Alistair Wood

Magneto magazine launches on ESco platform

We are thrilled to announce we have just launched the Magneto magazine website which coinc…

24/01/19
Alistair Wood

The Art Newspaper moves to ESco

We are pleased to announce we have now completed a successful migration of subscriptions f…

25/11/24
Megan Walden

Highlights from the PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2024

On Friday 21 November, the UK independent publishing community came together at 133 Hounds…

24/09/24
Megan Walden

ESco celebrates 40 years of business with a rebrand

ESco, partnership and solutions provider within the industry, recently announced a rebrand…

12/04/24
Megan Walden

ESco appoints new Director of Product

ESco is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Robert Green as Director of Product…

15/02/24
Megan Walden

A Retrospective Look

At ESco, our tech team has been embracing the practice of retro meetings, led by the ever-…

08/12/23
Megan Walden

ACE Christmas Luncheon 2023

On Wednesday 6 December, a team from ESco made their way down to the Ballroom at The Grosv…

01/12/23
Megan Walden

PPA Scotland Awards 2023

On Wednesday 29 November, annual celebrations at the PPA Scotland Awards 2023 took place a…

27/11/23
ESco

PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2023

On Friday 24 November, the UK independent publishing community gathered at 133 Houndsditch…

13/11/23
Megan Walden

ESco Connect 2023

New year. New venue. Same great day….

30/06/23
Megan Walden

PPA Awards 2023

On Wednesday 28 June 2023, publishers once again gathered together ahead of a very excitin…

23/05/23
Megan Walden

Colouring Heaven wins “International Publication of the Year”

On Thursday 18th May 2023, the Newspaper and Magazine Awards was hosted by ACE at the Lond…

19/05/23
Megan Walden

ESco exhibits at The Memberwise Network’s “Digital Excellence” conference

On Thursday 18th May 2023, a team from ESco headed over to Novotel London West Hotel to at…

11/04/23
Megan Walden

ESco attends The Publishing Show 2023

On Wednesday 1 March 2023, we sent a team from ESco to ExCeL London ahead of a very exciti…

23/12/22
Susan Duffin, Louise McHale & Megan Walden

Merry Christmas 2022 from ESco

To you – our clients, partners and friends at Christmas time. Christmas time is here again…

02/12/22
Megan Walden

PPA Scotland Awards 2022

On Wednesday 30th November 2022, publishers from far and wide came together with the Profe…

03/10/22
Megan Walden

ESco launches website for Aquila magazine

We are pleased to announce the completion of a recent website project for our client, Aqui…

24/06/22
Megan Walden

PPA Awards 2022

On Wednesday 22nd June 2022, publishers came together for The PPA Awards 2022, held at Gro…

27/05/22
Megan Walden

ESco launches a “Volunteering Scheme” for employees

Earlier this year our innovative HR Manager, Charlotte Manning, launched the ESco “Volun…

25/04/22
Megan Walden

ESco receives re-accreditation with Investor’s in People

We know our people are our biggest strength, and we’re committed to continually improvin…

16/03/22
Megan Walden

ESco supports the Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

As events continue to escalate in Ukraine, we want to ensure that here at ESco we are doin…

25/01/22
ESco

ESco appoints new Deputy Managing Director

ESco is pleased to announce a new appointment this week as Louise McHale takes on the new …

24/12/21
Louise McHale & Megan Walden

Merry Christmas 2021 from ESco

Dear partners, clients and friends…

20/12/21
Megan Walden

A Very Merry ESco-mas

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and, after twelve long months of hard work and …

13/12/21
Megan Walden

Media 10 wins “Consumer Show of the Century”

On Friday 10th December 2021, The AEO Centenary Party & Awards was hosted by the NEC at th…

10/12/21
Megan Walden

ESco attends the ACE Christmas Luncheon

On Wednesday 8th December 2021, it gave us great pleasure to be a part of the annual ACE C…

06/12/21
Megan Walden

PPA Scotland Awards 2021

On Wednesday 1st December 2021, publishers from far and wide came together with the Profes…

29/11/21
Megan Walden

PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2021

Since March 2020, there has been a hole in our hearts where in-person publishing events us…

24/09/21
Megan Walden

ESco go live with Aquila Pick & Pack

ESco are now officially live with our brand-new client, AQUILA, to fulfil their shop order…

25/06/21
Megan Walden

PPA Awards 2021

Once again, publishers came together from far and wide came to virtually celebrate another…

31/01/21
Louise McHale

Countryside Alliance outsources Direct Debit Processing to ESco

Over the years, we have enjoyed a strong relationship with the prestigious Countryside All…

28/01/21
Louise McHale & Megan Walden

Fieldsports Press Ltd completes move to ESco

We start the year with the announcement of a new client, Fieldsports Press, who migrated t…

22/12/20
Louise McHale & Megan Walden

Merry Christmas from ESco

To you – our clients, partners and friends At Christmas time… ** Well what a …

18/12/20
Louise McHale

ESco Launches New Website for Local Restaurant, Square 1

We’ve been busy working with our wonderful partners over at Isle to deliver a brand span…

23/10/20
Susan Duffin

Future Proof

Join ESco in welcoming two new directors, Clare Gill and Louise McHale. We have a strong M…