SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A few thoughts on retention compensation when you are acquired. Extra payments if your business hits $YYm in revenues. Dear SaaStr: How Do I Do My Retention Negotiation in an Acquisition? First, understand that the acquirer almost certainly already has a strong sense of what they want to do (right or wrong). Time-based.

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Acquisition Retention Payments Compensation 275

Neil Patel

JUNE 15, 2021

The platform offers marketers a unique opportunity to further brand recognition and grow their follower base in a somewhat unconventional form. Part blog-host, part social platform, Medium provides writers with a unique mode of connection with their audiences. The platform has over 400,000 paying subscribers ($4.99

Payments 144

Payments Payment Methods Advertising Payment Services 144

Buffer Resources

JUNE 22, 2023

Diversify your platforms in anticipation of change The Internet is always changing, and staying ahead of the curve is a must for any creator. For example, the news of a potential TikTok ban got Jahleane thinking about how to diversify her platform presence. Make sure any revenue generation aligns with these elements.”

Social Media 90

Social Media Payments Payment Methods Technical Review 90

Sales Hacker

DECEMBER 12, 2017

With increasing focus on grit and many claims of meritocracies in organizations across the country, why does variable pay compensation even exist? On top of that, why are sales people some of the few employees subject to variable compensation structures? What is Variable Pay Compensation Anyway?

Compensation 79

Compensation Sales Hiring Sales Payment Services 79

Chargify

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the math portion may be simple, tying revenue to reps and accurately tracking revenue performance over time is anything but simple—especially in a fast-paced segment like SaaS where any given rep could be selling different price points, billing frequencies, and even billing models like fixed-price vs. metered-usage. .

Payments 61

Payments SaaS Payments Scale Compensation 61

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

You’d probably work on growing your business, right? Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. Regardless, the average small business owner spends five hours every pay period running payroll. The best payroll services exist to simplify the process of paying your employees.

Payment Services 145

Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

Stax

JANUARY 31, 2024

If your company accepts credit card payments ( which it should ), chances are, you’re going to be affected by Visa’s interchange rates. Visa is one of the biggest payment networks in the world, with ~4.2B So it’s virtually impossible for a business to not accept Visa cards. cards currently in use.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Accept Credit Card Payments 88

Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

What are 5 common SaaS sales compensation models? The reason is that commission-only position doesn’t guarantee a fixed financial compensation at the end of each month. You exclude development, support, marketing and other costs and pay commission only based on the amount of net revenue. See below!

SaaS Payments 150

SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services Sales Recruiting 150

Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

What are 5 common SaaS sales compensation models? The reason is that commission-only position doesn’t guarantee a fixed financial compensation at the end of each month. You exclude development, support, marketing and other costs and pay commission only based on the amount of net revenue. See below!

SaaS Payments 144

SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services Sales Recruiting 144

Buffer Resources

JULY 11, 2023

I want to share more about my journey of building a creator business while working full-time. Here are what I did to achieve growth and monetization in the first five months. Focus on evergreen and owned platforms Most creators default to publishing content on social media platforms first.

Payments 68

Payments Social Media Systems Review AI Search 68

BitPay

APRIL 25, 2023

Cryptocurrency is well established as an investable asset and global payments method, but its long-term value proposition to businesses goes far beyond these use cases. Forward-looking businesses and their employees are already reaping the benefits of crypto payrolls, including faster payments, greater flexibility and lower fees.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 52

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 8, 2024

BPO firms help companies manage important business processes, including electronic billing, supply chain management, and electronic health records. Healthcare BPO outsourcing can help your organization streamline its revenue cycle. By outsourcing, you can decrease the time it takes to process claims and payments.

Outsourcing Services 40

Outsourcing Services Payment Services Healthcare Payments 40

OpenView Labs

MARCH 16, 2021

The usage-based pricing model almost feels like a cheat code —it enables SaaS companies to more efficiently acquire new customers, grow with those customers as they’re successful, and keep those customers on the platform. It more closely aligns payment with a customer’s consumption, thereby impacting cash flow and revenue recognition.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 52

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors. So the ability to do flexible payment plans, financing, retire that pre-committed spend has been a really significant a way for us to accelerate and amplify our transactions.

Scale 221

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 221

Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. They’ve built a new process of guided selling, which Neil discusses during the show.

Scale 102

Scale Payments Technical Advisors Sales Recruiting 102

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Your SaaS company likely uses a CRM and/or payment processing software, and the data required to compute these core metrics can be all over the place. Integrating innovative software that can cull MRR values from CRM and payment processing systems is a valuable shortcut. Table of Contents.

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SaaS Payments Engineering Payment Methods Payment Solutions 111

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 28, 2019

I spend very little time on issues of compensation on this blog. Often, as with P2P, payments, Order to Cash, and EDI networks, there may be a significant time lag between: the bookings or cash—if any—coming from one side, and. the eventual bookings or cash coming from the other side of the platform. Put on the CFO’s Hat.

SaaS Payments 56

SaaS Payments Enterprise B2B Metrics 56

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2019

As the online shopping trend continues to grow, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to hear that more customers are taking a greater interest in how merchants handle their payment information. Understanding the basics of Payment Card Industry Standards is fairly straightforward, but maintaining full compliance can be challenging.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods compliance 98

Kellblog

AUGUST 7, 2019

I’ve been asked about this a few times lately, less because people value my accounting knowledge [1] but rather because people are curious about the CAC impact of such deals and how to compensate sales on them. The question on my mind is how do I look at this from a new ARR bookings, ending ARR, CAC, and sales compensation perspective?

Deferred Revenue 74

Deferred Revenue Pricing Payments SaaS Payments 74

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.

Payment Services 40

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments 40

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Baremetrics is a business metrics tool that provides 26 metrics about your business, such as MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more. Baremetrics integrates directly with your payment gateways, so information about your customers is automatically piped into the Baremetrics dashboards. Table of Contents. start free trial.

Finance 98

Finance Venture Capital SaaS Payments Payments 98

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

3) Almost any business in the world needs this or that software for its own needs. Software to track analytics, transfer payments, manage inventory, create videos and for many other things. 4) Which compensation structures do SaaS companies usually follow? 4) Software companies pay only when they get paid.

SaaS Payments 139

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years. Product: Broaden the use cases for your product and look for ways to more seamlessly integrate into the user’s workflow. Explore Untapped Revenue Streams.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Good sales leaders are always on the hunt to bring in new talent that can help a business grow. Still, they don’t always nail down the details when it comes to the things that might entice a prospective salesperson — like a well-rounded sales compensation plan , for example. To put it simply: because it’s complicated.

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Sales Hiring Compensation Sales Payments 82

OPEXEngine

JANUARY 11, 2022

There are many vendor benefits, too — it is easier to sell and it embodies a customer success solution orientation that drives high customer lifetime value and revenue. These contracts are very common in ‘revenue share’ models (i.e., Less predictable revenue. Pay for performance compensation plan. Four pricing models.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Compensation 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

See what the top 10 platforms you should be looking at in 2021 are to make an informed decision for your business needs. Additionally, unlike small CRMs, enterprise CRM platforms are usually able to connect with many other tools. Lastly, an enterprise CRM platform is able to support more than just the sales organization.

Payment Solutions 84

Payment Solutions Enterprise Scale Payments 84

ProfitWell

JANUARY 27, 2020

In this case, you’re trying to take a customer’s form of interest and convert that into value, which is subscription revenue. If your product falls on this side of the spectrum, you obsess over monetization and product interactions. Chris said the reasons to build a river are centered around how hard it is to build a pool business.

Payments 59

Payments Compensation Advertising Pricing 59

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2016

At the outset, when the business prices on a monthly basis, the startup is looking for as much information about the strength of their product market fit as possible. Monthly payment plans minimize the friction associated with new users signing up and using the product, while still testing their willingness to pay.

Outsourced Development 100

Outsourced Development SaaS Payments Startup Sales Hiring 100

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

Payments 101

Payments Pricing Compensation SaaS Payments 101

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The chart above, copied from David Skok’s great SaaStr presentation , shows the unit cash flow for monthly payment plans. This company invests $12k in month one to acquire a customer and receives $1k in payment, netting -$11k in cash flow. By collecting the cash up-front, startups neutralize this effect. Six months to ramp.

SaaS Payments 120

SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Payment Services 120

OPEXEngine

APRIL 23, 2020

If you haven’t seen the results from the past two poll results, you can click here for the Changes to SaaS Sales Quotas, Territories, and Commission Payments results. In the next few weeks we will be delivering the updated 2020 SaaS Benchmarking in our all-new BenchmarkEngine™ platform. Please click here to take this poll.

Sales Hiring 59

Sales Hiring Benchmarks Payments Compensation 59

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If I had 1 mentor, just 1, Who said: If you are at $10m ARR, Growing 100%, With 150% net revenue retention, With 80% viral and free lead acquisiton, And 50+ NPS, Then, You have already build a unicorn-in-waiting. This CXO asked me if I could help him find a few good advisors to help them on the revenue side. If i'd had just 1.

Scale 357

Scale Sales Hiring Payments Banking 357

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Start monitoring your subscription revenue accurately Get deep insights into MRR, churn, LTV and more to grow your business. Understanding Equity in SaaS The standard definition of equity is the compensation that represents ownership. Create a system that can return stock to individuals who decide to leave the business.

Payment Methods 81

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services 81

Stax

APRIL 30, 2024

Whether you run a small online store or a major brand, accepting electronic payments is a must for all businesses. According to Onbe, 73% of consumers prefer using digital payments like cards and payment apps. But to seamlessly receive these payments as a merchant, you’ll need merchant processing services.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 88

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 9, 2022

No digital tool can compensate for a lack of discipline at the front line. By benchmarking critical go-to-market KPIs, like the Magic Number – which measures how many new dollars of revenue growth are obtained getting from your sales and marketing investment compared to your competitors. Getting the back of the house in order.

Scale 59

Scale VP of Engineering Payment Services Underperforming Technical Team 59

Sales Hacker

MAY 9, 2019

A great sales compensation plan needs to accomplish quite a lot. It needs to provide fair compensation to employees in customer-facing roles. The Process for Creating a Sales Compensation Plan. Plan Compensation for Onboarding and Training. Example Compensation Plans. Establish Role Levels. Keep it Simple.

Compensation 102

Compensation Sales Hiring Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 102

SmartKarrot

JULY 17, 2020

It helps you delve into the compensation structure of the customer success managers along with the burning salary trends. CSM Compensation Structure. While there is an ongoing debate in the customer success business over the best customer success manager salary structure , most of these compensations center around this: Base Plan.

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Compensation Customer Success Trends Management 10