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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. It’s a capable solution, but by no means is Paddle a universal, one-size-fits-all option.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Lightspeed Commerce at $750,000,000 in “ARR”

SaaStr

So one large category of software spend is on Point of Sale systems. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. But the margins are tough.

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Subscription Management and What You Should Know

Baremetrics

Read what you should know about subscription management and why it is important in recent times! Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Apart from the recurring revenue, subscription billing systems also offer appreciable stability to businesses.

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Recur Now 9/11: Watch out Apple, Spotify Wants to be #1

ProfitWell

Today's Top Subscription News. Stripe, the online payment processing system for internet businesses, is expanding across Europe. This isn’t surprising by any means - Europe has one of the highest densities of software engineers in the world and thriving startup ecosystems are growing across the region.".

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How To Grow Your Startup By Asking Better Questions

Hitenism

Set up a decision tree system where you can process inputs into action almost automatically. People relied on Google Analytics or built their own solutions. Google Analytics didn’t keep track of users over time which meant it was virtually impossible to track multiple visits, purchases, and subscription payments.

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Everything You Need to Know About Freemium Pricing

OpenView Labs

This guide, by LinkedIn’s Head of Global Monetization Strategy Josh Gold, is intended to teach subscription-based businesses how to evaluate whether the freemium model will drive revenue and lead gen for their business or result in failure. It should get you started on thinking about freemium mechanics in your own software.

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

The UK is home to some of the largest payments companies and most successful neobanks in the world, Wise, Starling, and Monzo among them. The UK has had real-time payments since 2005, via the Faster Payments network. Today, consumers in the UK use contactless payments for nearly 90% of face-to-face payment transactions.