Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Many public software companies don’t report ARR, so I’ll take the quarterly subscription revenue and multiply it by 4 to approximate ARR. For the first time in a decade, IT services will become bigger than communication services in 2024. The Gen AI investments are coming. Overall Stats: Overall Median: 6.0x

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Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 161

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The Art of Flexibility: How to Master Dynamic Pricing Models in Subscription Billing By BluLogix Team Adapting to the Pulse of the Market for Maximized Revenue In today’s rapidly evolving digital marketplace, static pricing models are becoming a relic of the past.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Upwork is one of those products and marketplaces many of us use all the time — including Team SaaStr — but we don’t often see discussing that much as a public SaaS / Cloud company. I would have expected lower than 100% net revenue retention from Upwork, given that much of the spend can be episodic. But it should be.

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Marketplace as a Service SMB Cloud Enterprise 260

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS, or Software as a Service, companies host and deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis.

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Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. 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.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Welcome to the third edition of the Pricing Transformations series. Pricing Transformations in 2020. Pricing Transformations in 2021. Pricing models must be adaptable – 4/5 on this. We took off a point as there are still too few people who understand pricing models well enough to make them adaptable.

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Pricing Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. And basically SaaS revenue models is just magical for investors and for businesses. Or annual recurring revenue for some types of companies.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Atlassian’s Chief Revenue Officer, Cameron Deatsch, walks us through how Atlassian grew over the course of 20 years and became one of the most successful startups today. They have grown to over $3 billion in revenue while keeping sales and marketing spending under 15% of revenue for all 20 years they’ve been in business.

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Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Entrepreneurship 218

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

So, it’s no wonder that it has been a massive year in the Cloud Marketplace business. At Tackle, we have seen our sellers experience huge revenue growth, the product catalog is expanding rapidly for buyers, and budgets are growing at unprecedented rates. For sellers, that means larger, more accessible budgets are opening up.

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Marketplace as a Service Cloud Trends Software 77

User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

This article will go through 13 software monetization solutions to help your software product create great revenue streams and drive product growth. TL;DR Software monetization helps generate revenue using various new business models to reinvest in development and enhancements.

Software 59

Software Revenue Strategy Advertising 59

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. The Weak Transition to Marketplace Arguments. So goes the story.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model Business Underperforming Technical Team 106

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

10.000 SaaS CEOs, Founders, Revenue Leaders, and VCs will join us for 3 days of tactical content, networking, and epic evening events when the Cloud comes to San Mateo. Scaling Revenue in 2022: What’s the Same and What’s Different? If you haven’t already, sign up here for tickets before we sell out.

Scale 242

Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service B2B 242

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Durrett explained that Storable is the culmination of several best-in-class acquisitions, including multiple software companies, a marketplace company, and a couple of insurance companies. Payrix eliminated the need for operators to manually reconcile separate statements from their processor, bank, and revenue reports.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 130

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Data-Driven Dynamics: What Powering Monetization Strategies Through Analytics Means to Your Business By BluLogix Team Unlocking the Potential of Analytics in Crafting Revenue-Boosting Strategies In the digital economy, where every click, view, and interaction can be measured, data analytics emerges as the cornerstone of informed decision-making.

Strategy 52

Strategy Data Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 52

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market. Understanding Paddle in 2024 Catering to more than 3000 SaaS clients in over 200 markets, Paddle is a market-leading billing and revenue management software.

Payment Solutions 78

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 78

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Beyond Finance: Why Embracing Monetization as a Cross-Functional Discipline Changes the Game By BluLogix Team Redefining the Role of Monetization in Modern Businesses In the swiftly evolving digital marketplace, the concept of monetization extends far beyond the confines of the finance department.

Finance 52

Finance Marketplace as a Service B2B Subscription 52

OpenView Labs

MARCH 4, 2021

Today we know of HubSpot —the maker of marketing, sales, and service software products—as a preeminent public company with a market cap above $17B. For their first five years in business, HubSpot offered three subscription packages ranging in price from $3,000 to $18,000 per year. So in 2011, they introduced usage-based pricing.

Pricing 55

Pricing Outsourced Development Marketplace as a Service AWS 55

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, the price tag on those more established businesses often run into the billions. That’s an expensive mistake if you make the wrong investment. Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. The Attractive Price Point of Micro Startups.

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Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. web services. Today, we have displayed the enterprise prices on the website today, very transparent. Nicolas Dessaigne : Right.

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Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 232

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 21, 2020

However, the many opportunities available with print on demand services are almost limitless. Print on demand is a popular revenue stream or marketing strategy for many businesses, and for good reason. This can be an issue when it comes to customer service and general follow up. Who Uses Print on Demand Services?

Marketplace as a Service 145

Marketplace as a Service Business Advertising Branding 145

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This blog post delves into advanced strategies that can help subscription services foster deeper connections with their customers, thereby improving retention rates and fostering brand loyalty. Tailor experiences, from onboarding to customer service, ensuring each subscriber feels uniquely valued.

Retention 52

Retention Engagement Strategy AI Search 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 6, 2022

Sales teams often struggle with configuration of price quotes when dealing with complex products or services or large product catalogs. Whether purposefully or by accident, sales reps often deviate from pricing and discounting guidelines. CPQ stands for Configure Price Quote. What is CPQ?

Scale 93

Scale Software Review Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development 93

Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

To start the series, Ian and his guest Andy Meadows, Head of Partner Success Management for Payrix, dive into the topic of resourcing and what you need to consider when it comes to selling payments, boarding and underwriting, service and support, and development and tech. And what are they tripping up on? And I mean that, day one.

Payments 100

Payments Merchant Services Embedded Payments Payment Services 100

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Meet Our Speakers… Patrick Arippol, Managing Director of Early Stage Investments, DGF Investimentos. He is leading DGF Investimentos’ specialized early-stage investment group – DGF Inova. Aaron Ross, Co-CEO, Predictable Revenue. Today he is the man behind Predictable Revenue, the “Outbound Success Company.”

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Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

User Pilot

OCTOBER 26, 2023

TL;DR Growth initiatives are strategies aimed at expanding a company’s customer base, market share, revenue, or profitability. Iterate on your pricing strategy to make the product competitive while generating enough revenue to support its growth. These are the main questions that the article explores.

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Acquisition Scale Marketplace as a Service Onboarding 105

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

Because the packaging and pricing and thinking of the product will radically influence how successful you can be. So the whole world of software as a service and cloud has just exploded and will continue to grow enormously. And if we look at the specifics of the word SaaS, software as a service.

Outsourcing Services 142

Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Scale 142

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Small and Mid-Market (SMM) SaaS Companies serve customers with annual revenues of $1 million to $1 billion and with a typical employee base of 100 to 1,000. SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

How does Rob think through pricing today in a way that encourages land and expand? How does Rob think about usage vs seat-based pricing in SaaS? How should sales and marketing work together on pricing? You look at the forward-looking ARR multiples on the stock price, and they were a lot lower back then.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 256

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That’s never been truer for software businesses in particular than in the past 10-15 years, with the internet stimulating an explosion in the number of viable revenue models. Choosing which revenue model works best for your SaaS business, though, is not easy (even if that's all you want to do is choose a revenue model for your SaaS business).

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Payments Revenue Payment Methods SaaS Payments 40

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

In a recent Revenue Innovators episode , we chatted with Frank about why sales poses such a challenge for academics; the challenges revenue leaders face in a world where continuous change is the norm, and how those challenges have shifted in the past decade. They’re also reliant on product, pricing, and market conditions.

Technical Review 83

Technical Review Sales Marketplace as a Service Banking 83

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Congratulations you’ve built a product that’s proven itself in the marketplace! I’m talking about product-led growth as an investment strategy, but really my background is 10 years of operating experience in the product-led growth world. Now I’m investing in that. Enterprise value per revenue is 10X.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

There are plenty of “non-tech” companies that purely manipulate bits; as an example, virtually every financial services company is “atom free” in terms of ultimate products sold. There are some products where there’s massive supply at a very high price point, and massive demand at a very low price point…but there is no intersection.

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VP of Engineering AI Payment Methods Generative AI 90

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market.

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Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace. SaaS Metric #1 – Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Revenue from irregular overages should be bucketed together, separately from contracted ARR.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

But while software’s success in the marketplace has lifted the valuations of software companies, our analysis suggests that some firms may still be undervalued. In more mature software companies, we see oversized returns for companies that are moving to software-as-a-service subscription models (see Figure 1). Sticky after all.

Software Review 52

Software Review DevOps as a Service Software Underperforming Technical Team 52