SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. As difficult as SaaS companies can be to build, that can go double for things like setting up billing systems and automating revenue.

Payment Features 189

Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 189

FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2024

After adopting FastSpring as their merchant of record, SocialBee even saw 2x year-over-year growth in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) after their first year with FastSpring. Our continued focus on developing and improving a great product , especially features and tools for subscription management to support SaaS businesses.

Merchant Services 152

Merchant Services Payments Subscription Payment Features 152

Totango

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Today we are releasing the Early Warning System SuccessBloc, which gives you instant visibility into customer signals and critical events, alerting you to proactively engage when needed. You’ve likely experienced this scenario before: you’ve got a customer who’s using your products regularly and getting value out of your solution.

Payment Solutions 62

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services Marketplace as a Service 62

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Product-lead growth continues to be one of the best ways to rapidly scale a software company, and best practices are increasingly shared and understood. These companies might have introduced a new usage limit for their free plan or for an entry-level paid subscription, for example, rather than testing a more disruptive pay-as-you-go offering.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Customers of these SaaS companies also referred to as “Small and Medium Businesses” or SMBs, need the same software solutions as Enterprise companies but have resource constraints that prevent them from using the top SaaS vendors. eCommerce Marketplaces. The most common resource constraints are staffing and budget.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time.

Payments 56

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Think of pricing along a continuum with self-service pricing at one end and enterprise at the other” As you scale and evolve your business, there are a few key questions to ask as you determine your pricing strategy: Do you anchor off competitors (if any exist) or substitutes? Gaining new customers.

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195