SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

While its software has decent margins of 66%, software is only 10% of Toast’s total GAAP revenue. It loses money on the hardware (gross margin negative) and the payments solutions have barely a 20%+ margin and constitute the vast majority of revenue today. Mediocre margins in payments. And a few bonus notes: #6.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Building your own billing system can be a world of pain, risk and complexity, so what options are out there for integrating a third party product? This guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the options available for SaaS businesses. Payment gateway.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 25, 2021

TikTok is a video sharing platform that allows users to create and share dynamic short-form (maximum of 60 seconds) videos. In 2020, TikTok was ranked one of the world’s top mobile apps , outperforming YouTtube, Tinder, and Netflix. By now, you’ve probably heard a lot of buzz about Gen Z’s favorite social media app, TikTok.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To recap a fantastic year at FastSpring, we want to take a look back at our top 10 blog posts from 2019. As a partner in growth for thousands of software companies around the world, one of our goals is to provide blog content that is helpful, interesting, and informative. Navigating Ecommerce Sales Tax and VAT.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2019

Well, not QUITE yet but if you’re already planning your trip to SaaStr Annual 2020, here is our initial speaker lineup. The online design and publishing tool has over 15 million users across 190 countries. Prior to this, she was a Director at Apple where she led Worldwide Payments and Financing Programs for Online Stores.

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Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Existing QuickBooks Desktop users face the choice of upgrading to a newer version, switching to QuickBooks Online, or exploring alternative accounting software. However, it’s worth noting that Intuit has been steadily discontinuing versions of Desktop as far back as 2018 (QuickBooks Desktop 2020 was discontinued on May 31st, 2023).

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

Weave started off as a dental ERP and comms platform (including VoIP / phone), and then expanded beyond that as it scaled. Historically, Weave gave away several “free” phones with each new account. Weave has added payment processing to its services, and as part of that, use Stripe per a 3 year term agreement. #5.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Join us for SaaStr Annual 2020. FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I never posted my talk from last year, so I’m adapting it into a blog post here, and will do the same for this year’s talk in the following weeks and as well as some follow up questions from the Summit I’ve had a chance to ruminate on. The company requires either new growth loops or new products to acquire, retain, or monetize better.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5 percent of our total revenue and 83 percent of our fees. Google and Apple payments make up 2.5% of our total revenue and 17 percent of our fees.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Building your own billing system can be a world of pain, risk and complexity, so what options are out there for integrating a third party product? This guide serves as a comprehensive overview of the options available for SaaS businesses. Payment gateway.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Platforms can create an immense amount of long-term value for companies, or be a minor component of their product strategy to maintain product/market fit. The Types of Platforms. Integration Platforms.

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Buffer Resources

JUNE 22, 2023

Jahleane Dolne started creating content a year after college graduation in 2020, but it was the $20 she spent on a LinkedIn optimization course that really changed her life. 👀 To keep up with Jahleane, check out her website and follow her on TikTok and LinkedIn.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 25, 2021

RESULTS Within just one month of using Baremetrics, Cancel Timeshare has saved hours of manual entry, recovered over $680 in failed payments, and supported their customer service goals. They guide timeshare owners through the timeshare exit process with transparent service and fair pricing. Table of Contents.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

PPC is a method of digital advertising in which you aim to get your ads to rank as the highest result displayed for user searches, and you, as the advertiser, pay a fee each time it’s clicked. This means that when a user types in words related to your business, your customized ad will be the first result they see— sometimes.

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FastSpring

JUNE 6, 2024

Xsolla is a merchant of record (MoR) payment provider that serves the video game industry. The platform includes a broad feature set that provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to sell online and accept online payments globally, without having to manage localization, sales tax and VAT, or fraud prevention on their own.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. As of 2020, the net worth of Android is estimated to be over $2.5

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 4, 2020. bills, “payment terms”, and often, repeated follow-up. Most start-ups don’t have a good enough finance person or firm to be good at collections. But getting paid in a simple ACH or credit card payment each month can be magical. Is it worth it?

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Payments 262

OpenView Labs

APRIL 22, 2020

New business pipeline has fallen off a cliff and will likely remain depressed through 2020. Churn rates are starting to tick up, and not only for businesses with a customer concentration in hospitality or travel. And major layoffs have been announced, even among SaaS companies recently touted as possible 2020 IPO candidates.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

You’ll never scale revenue if you can’t get two people to hit quota. I used to have cuter blog titles. So hire that person as early as you can find her or him. Audience Member 2: You recently wrote an article that said when the phone rings, pick it up. “Do you have a Hubspot integration?

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

Without further ado, let's look at nine subscription-based companies absolutely nailing it in 2020. A subscription company is a business that sells their products on a scheduled time basis. The products that subscription businesses sell are usually consumables or licensed products that can only be used for a finite amount of time.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. To compare, for 89% of them acquiring new users is a high priority ( sour ce ).

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And here are the best answers we have received. #1 Denis Lunev Founder at DepositFix , Payment Integration for HubSpot “ The most expensive time of year to advertise on Google and Facebook is Black Friday and Christmas. Our product and tech teams will work on the most requested improvements to be included in our 2020 roadmap.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 6, 2020

We also have 10 must-have features for subscription billing platforms in 2020. 2020: the year of subscription growth and iteration. Carl Gold over at Multi Channel Merchant knows we’re living and breathing the recurring revenue revolution—and that the subscription space is only going to expand. Your top subscription news.

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Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Adjust your revenue forecast Base-Case scenario Worst-Case scenario Review bank balance before expense adjustments 4. Evaluate your new plan Expense breakdown Comparison to 2019 Comparison to 2020 Target Quarterly view % of Revenue 6. Other things to consider Loans Payment terms Annual plans 7. Now forget it.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

2020 is the year of Corona Virus thus far but it’s also the year in which the subscription business model is excelling. We’re taking a look at X popular subscription-based companies and types in 2020. We’re taking a look at X popular subscription-based companies and types in 2020. So why the subscription business model?

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And here are the best answers we have received. #1 Denis Lunev Founder at DepositFix , Payment Integration for HubSpot “ The most expensive time of year to advertise on Google and Facebook is Black Friday and Christmas. Our product and tech teams will work on the most requested improvements to be included in our 2020 roadmap.

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Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

So, she quit her full-time job to build a freelance writing business. For one, she has built a stable and viable business, achieving six figures in revenue every year for the past five years and even bringing in multiple-six-figures in 2021 when she expanded her business with subcontractors.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Join us for SaaStr Annual 2020.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Problem In January of 2020, we realized that one of the major problems holding back our company was a customer churn rate of 19%. The graph below, taken from our Baremetrics account, shows our customer churn throughout January 2020. At that moment, we made it our goal for 2020 to reduce customer churn to 5%.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

360: Digital transformation marks a radical rethinking of how companies use tech, people, and operations to fundamentally change their business performance. Coupa CEO, Rob Bernshteyn, and SaaStr CEO, Jason Lemkin, will discuss how the Cloud has changed in 2020. Matt Garratt: If you just look at Vlocity and nCino, amazing businesses.

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User Pilot

DECEMBER 2, 2019

With 2020 fast approaching, now’s the perfect time to make sure you’re using the right tools for the job. We’re going to look at the five best customer success tools for 2020. There are over 50 integrations, including Slack, Hubspot, and Salesforce. You can do this by standardizing your process with Natero’s built-in templating.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 9, 2019

From the rise of SaaS to the sudden glut of subscription boxes, the subscription business model has never been more popular. So much so that Gartner research predicts that in 2020, all new entrants to the software market and 80% of existing companies will offer some sort of subscription package. Determine your business goals.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 15, 2022

High Growth SaaS Companies Get A Significant Portion of Revenues Internationally. Faster growth companies are taking advantage of overseas markets and expanding internationally faster than their slower growth counterparts—with fast-growth companies reporting almost 31-32% of revenue from international business. Company Maturity.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Join us at SaaStr Annual 2020. So if we can pop up the Slido slide and I want to invite you all to take your phone and go on slido.com for this session so that you can start asking the panel questions. Pauline : Yeah, so I work at OpenClassrooms, which is a European leader in online education. Want to see more content like this?

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Hull

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

This guest blog post was written by Aazar Shad, Head of Growth at Userpilot. On external platforms, like Facebook. Different post-payment feature adoption strategies you can use on Facebook. This method also works on expansion, retention, churn and user/feature adoption. Personalize the user adoption flywheel to them.

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

Growing at the same pace, a report from BetterCloud had anticipated that 73% of the organizations will have all SaaS apps by 2020. In this blog we’ll talk about SaaS business and top 50 SaaS companies in 2020. 69% of enterprise companies say that majority of the apps will be SaaS by 2020.

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