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. Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? You get a service, you get a service, you get a service—everything is a service now.”.

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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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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Embracing the Future: How Subscription Models are Redefining Success in Business By BluLogix Team The business world is undergoing a significant transformation, with digital innovation at its core. This evolution has paved the way for subscription and recurring revenue models to emerge as powerful strategies for sustainable growth.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This blog post explores effective techniques for identifying what your customers truly value and how to align your subscription offerings with these expectations, ensuring your services resonate deeply with your audience. Look for trends that indicate what features or services customers use most and what drives their satisfaction.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. 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.

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Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 161

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. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 20, 2024

SimpleCirc stands out as a noteworthy option when looking into subscription management software because of its intuitive user interface and effective subscriber data handling. Smaller companies or niche publications looking for ease of use for handling their subscription operations will find its streamlined approach especially appealing.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

How to Harness the Power of Digital Market Dynamics for Product Innovation By BluLogix Team Innovating Subscription Offerings in the Agile Digital Landscape The digital marketplace is an ever-evolving ecosystem, characterized by rapid changes in technology, consumer behavior, and competitive landscapes.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 29, 2023

For SaaS businesses, one of the most taxing tasks is to set the right price for their SaaS product and services. Also, one needs to understand the stakeholders and factors while deciding the pricing plan for the SaaS subscription business. If the pricing plan is right, the flow of the recurring revenue remains maintained.

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Pricing Marketplace as a Service Business Transportation 59

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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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.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How Monetization Efficiency is the Heartbeat of Business Success in the Digital Age By BluLogix Team The Critical Role of Monetization Efficiency In a world where digitalization has redefined the marketplace, the spotlight shines ever so brightly on the concept of monetization efficiency. Why Does Monetization Efficiency Matter?

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Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

A robust recurring billing software can make all the difference for your subscription business but win 2024 we are taking no gambles. Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market.

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Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 76

User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

Are you looking for Zendesk integrations to boost the efficiency of your self-service customer support? SmileBack is a feedback app designed for helpdesk solutions so you can evaluate your customer support services effectively. Chatdesk Trends automatically tags and identifies patterns in customer feedback from different channels.

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Marketplace as a Service AI Search Social Media SaaS 71

Totango

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

As the digitization of the marketplace reaches near-saturation, organizations will compete for customers based on value derived—and this will be driven by customer success. Flexible subscription and recurring revenue models mean the customer is in control of their service and tech partnerships and reserve the right to move on to a competitor.

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Subscription Flow

JANUARY 3, 2024

Having a flexible pricing strategy allows SaaS providers to cater to different customer segments and needs by offering different pricing models such as subscription, usage-based , freemium, or hybrid. Read more: SaaS Pricing Trends to Boost Sales & Revenue in 2024 Why do you need flexible pricing?

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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.

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Retention Engagement Strategy AI Search 52

How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 31, 2024

There has been a shift in the trend of buying behavior of customers from retail outlets to online platforms. With this ease of navigating virtual marketplaces at a fingertip, coupled with doorstep services, has catalyzed a new business model for e-commerce, such as drop shipping.

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Stax

JANUARY 3, 2024

Today, they’re known for their robust services, enhanced security, user-friendly interfaces, and the integration of advanced data analytics. Key features Diverse payment options are accepted Full suite of POS features Customizable interface Extensive app marketplace Detailed reporting and analytics Features for managing employees.

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User Pilot

MAY 21, 2024

Customer churn in SaaS is the rate at which customers stop using a service within a set timeframe. A low churn rate suggests strong product-market fit and customer loyalty, whereas a high rate may indicate underlying issues with the product or service. It’s a key metric for assessing customer satisfaction and retention.

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TrackStreet

APRIL 26, 2024

In a competitive industry for a specific type of product or service, businesses often engage in pricing wars that lead to a steady decrease in the value of goods. Pricing erosion refers to the steady and ongoing drop in the prices of products or services within a particular market or industry.

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Pricing Marketplace as a Service Technical Review Innovation 52

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers. This is ChurnZero’s second time appearing on one of G2’s Best Software lists, earning its place this year thanks to its mission of helping subscription businesses fight customer churn.

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BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2024

SaaS budgeting is the process of planning, allocating, and managing financial resources for acquiring and using Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions within an organization. You likely already have a laundry list of SaaS subscriptions that have been around the company longer than you have. What is SaaS budgeting?

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Connecting apps to HubSpot is quite easy since you just have to choose an application on the App Marketplace, review its details, and connect it to your account. HubSpot’s paid plans range from $20/month to $3,600/month and don’t offer a standalone subscription for its analytics tools. Source: HubSpot. Source: HubSpot.

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Software Review Marketplace as a Service Metrics Pricing 96

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Sendoso previewed the 2020 direct mail and gifting trends from their upcoming “State of Sending” report, scheduled for release on March 31. Blissfully unveiled their SaaS Trends 2020 report, hitting on a few highlights in the virtual presentation. The full report is available at blissfully.com/saas-trends/2020-annual-report/.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 5, 2023

Spying on your competitors can strengthen your position in the marketplace, but not without having three crucial factors in play: First, what are you looking for? Google Alerts Google Alerts is a free service offered by Google to keep you up-to-date on the latest news, conversations, and web content.

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Payment Methods Social Media Payment Services AI Search 133

User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

The subscription model offers ongoing access for a fee, ensuring updates and steady income. The open-source model creates revenue by charging for beyond-the-basics services. You might sell your software for a one-time fee, offer it through a subscription model, or even bundle it with other products or services.

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Software Revenue Strategy Advertising 59

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is one of the transformative services in the modern digital landscape. If you think about catching up with one of the biggest tech trends in recent years, this list will provide you with IT service providers working in different industries, with different tech stacks, and from different countries.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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Subscription Payment Features Technical Review Airlines 40

SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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Subscription Payment Features Technical Review Airlines 40

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 6, 2024

And that is why WhatsApp has launched the WhatsApp Business Service with a set of premium features for businesses to run without much hassle. The core features are free, and there are no subscription fees or any other hidden costs associated with using them. Global marketplace. WhatsApp Business is absolutely free. Delighted!!!!

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Given the lingering impacts of the pandemic and the rising specter of inflation, the impact of pricing on community value will likely remain below the surface for most companies in 2022 but this remains a long term trend. Usage-based pricing (UBP) was an undeniable trend in 2021. Now onto pricing transformations for 2022.

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Pricing Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

BetterCloud

MAY 25, 2023

The rapid growth of SaaS adoption, expansion of the SaaS marketplace, need for cost optimization and efficiency, lack of visibility and governance, security and compliance concerns, and an increasing business focus on ROI and value optimization are all driving the increased importance of managing SaaS expenditure.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

Following the trends from the last few years, we fully expect to see an acceleration in the number of Customer Success leaders who join the ranks of the C-suite over the course of 2022. She understands customer service and puts customers first every single day. Cloudera and Hortonworks, Inc. Follow Amir on LinkedIn.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Outsourcing Services Technical Review 98

Buffer Resources

MAY 2, 2024

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by trends, and tactics, and possibly doubt whether you can do this.  Get sponsorships and offer User-Generated Content User-generated Content or UGC is any content a creator produces about a brand or its products or services. To realize this goal, you’ll have to treat it like a project. 

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Payments Payment Methods Social Media AI Search 80

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The interface allows you to bring unconnected sources together, like data from spreadsheets or online services, and turn them into rich, interactive reports. Power BI service: With the Power BI cloud service, you can view reports created in the Power BI Desktop service and share them across the company. What Is Power BI?

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As more and more companies are realizing the need to become customer-centric, their investment in customer service – both financial and conceptual – is rising rapidly. The need to become efficient in all the customer service processes are becoming more relevant than ever. So, let’s look at those trends here. #1

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