SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Housing prices apparently are falling in the Bay Area. The first thing SMBs did was look at their credit card payments and cancel everything they could. Anyone processing a lot of SMB and credit-card deals saw churn probably double. We certainly didn’t raise prices But many budgets were simply frozen. functioned.

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SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Scale SMB 276

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator. It allows your users to engage more with your platform thanks to customizable product tools, targeted messages and email sequences. 3 Frontegg. 4 Pendo.io.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Your core is a lot like pricing in SaaS companies. Like your core, pricing is a wildly untapped growth lever. It’s the center of your business. Building a strong pricing strategy starts with hiring a professional team to conduct a pricing audit. What is a pricing audit? The main factors in a pricing audit.

Payments 45

Payments Pricing Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments 45

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

billion in online revenue compared to just $57 million in 2011. Kicking off a subscription business requires considering a lot of new aspects. For starters, there’s pricing, onboarding procedures, defining your performance metrics, and more. For this you will need to pick the right platform. Did You Know?

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Subscription 40

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Lifetime Value (LTV) is a metric that shows the average revenue generated by a customer before they churn. By calculating your customer’s LTV, you can get a better idea of how much each new customer will add to your overall revenue and how much you can justify spending on customer acquisition. In doing so, their LTV tripled.

Scale 144

Scale Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 144

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. I began my career in new product development and starting in 2011 got really excited about the high growth phase of a company.

Payments 100

Payments Pricing Compensation SaaS Payments 100

OPEXEngine

JULY 28, 2020

Since 2008, its revenue has tripled and its stock price has soared 14-fold in response. That has helped insurgents like Zalando, the European e-commerce platform based in Berlin, and Paytm, the Indian e-commerce payment system, scale an innovative idea rapidly, allowing them to challenge incumbents and disrupt entire industries.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Strategy Payment Services Scale 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 27, 2022

At SaaStr, our partners are an integral part of our events. Launched in 2011, today, OnBoard serves as the board intelligence platform for more than 2,000 organizations and their 12,000 boards and committees in 32 countries worldwide. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure.

Merchant Services 275

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Onboarding Payments 275

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

FastSpring

AUGUST 11, 2020

15% of people who shop online now pay for at least one subscription and nearly 90% of businesses are looking for ways to adapt their online payment platforms so they can handle recurring subscription payments. In this comprehensive guide, we’re going to take a deep dive into: What is subscription revenue?

Payment Features 90

Payment Features Payments Payment Methods Subscription 90

Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

So, I co-founded another payments company called PropertyBridge, which allowed you to pay rent electronically. And I wanted to do another payments company, but I didn’t know what I wanted to do. You’re a payment nerd. And I just I fell in love with that whole process of providing infrastructure to Facebook.

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions 78

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

Have revenue, but early, so like 50K ARR after two months of charging for a product. People were so excited about SaaS when public companies were trading at 30 to 50 X revenue that they would want to take that meeting. Now, revenue’s coming in looking good. Last year offered checks of between five and 10, early.

Scale 191

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling SaaS 191

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? I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. What does it take to expand effectively?

SaaS Payments 264

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 264

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

billion online in 2017, the highest growth rate since 2011. Maybe you’re unsure if your software company should outsource your ecommerce operations to a full-service platform, such as FastSpring, or just stick with a basic payment service? On paper, point solutions – like a basic payment service, seem like a good idea.

Payment Methods 63

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 63

FastSpring

APRIL 1, 2021

Pricing doesn’t match perceived value. If you nailed the previous two steps, you’re still having this problem, and it’s widespread), it may be worth conducting a pricing survey. There’s a science to SaaS pricing, and you should always be evaluating your pricing. What is a good free trial conversion rate?

Payment Solutions 108

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy 108

SaaStock

MARCH 1, 2019

Founded: 2011. Ceyuan Ventures is an early stage VC firm investing in emerging growth and IT businesses. GIC manages a diverse portfolio, including investments in high growth tech businesses. BEENEXT is a Singapore-based VC investing in fintech, platforms, payments and SaaS businesses. Founded: 2011.

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SaaS Payments Venture Capital Telecommunications Payment Services 190

Unbounce

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In 2011, Expedia made a change to their checkout form that increased profits by $12 million. Clearly, these individuals were in the market for your product and they were so close to getting it, but maybe the price or the cost of shipping threw them off. Provide different payment options and design a perfect credit card form.

Payment Methods 111

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 111

Chargify

MAY 8, 2019

Moreover, your pricing strategy should be based on your value metric, and different value metrics require different types of subscriptions. Launching their “forever free” plan helped MailChimp grow their profit (yes, profit – not revenue) 650% in one year by lowering their customer acquisition costs,” says Chris Von Willpert from Sumo.

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Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 69

SmartKarrot

AUGUST 12, 2022

This gave a huge boost to the FoodTech industry and has given rise to Online Food Ordering platforms. From UberEats to GrubHub and ChowNow, several Online Food Ordering platforms are competing with each other. We will also discuss the factors that differentiate it from platforms like UberEats, GrubHub and Doordash.

Payment Solutions 10

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Technical Review Payment Methods 10

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. What makes a SaaS business so hard? As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development.

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Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 198