FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, and digital products businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support. Changelog posts from 2015-2020 are available on the archived post located at the bottom of the changelog posts displayed.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Customer Support Merchant Services Payments 78

FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

From 2015 to 2020, MapTiler doubled the number of countries where it has customers. But the team also uses in-person events to find affiliates and form strategic partnerships with other companies. MapTiler maintains a partnership page on its website for interested parties and is always on the lookout for new partners.

Payment Methods 144

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Social Media 144

FastSpring

APRIL 17, 2019

While one cannot deny the rise of social commerce and its pertinence to the overarching ecommerce industry, studies have shown that social-commerce strategies do not lead to as many purchases as you may think. . For example, does your full-service ecommerce solution include a payments portion that transcends global and social borders?

Payment Methods 60

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 60

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Brex then scaled its payments business quickly. Shopify identified its ICP as individuals and businesses looking for easy tools to start an online e-commerce store. Then, it built an entire ecosystem around it, soon launching Shopify payments, an embedded payment tool that quickly became the largest piece of the business.

Payments 190

Payments Payment Methods Embedded Payments Scale 190

FastSpring

AUGUST 13, 2019

Since 2015, they have built over 20,000 beautiful and functional intranet sites with more than 50 global partners. The ShortPoint team realized they need to revaluate their ecommerce set up in order to effectively capture more global sales and compete with larger competitors while staying lean as a company.

Payment Methods 61

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 61

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. The main target customers of Olist include online shops, retailers seeking better placement, importers and distributors, but the platform is also useful for end customers. Founded : 2015. CEO : Tiago Dalvi. Tienda Nube.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

FastSpring

JUNE 12, 2019

On September 14th, 2019 all payment providers who process payments for consumers in the European Union must adhere to new requirements for authenticating online payments as part of the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Merchants and other players in the payments space are required to have 3D Secure 2.0

Payment Methods 67

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 67

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

The ultimate failure of Siri to dominate the AI personal assistant game might come to be seen as its biggest miss of the decade. Facebook and Twitter, meanwhile, struggled under the unavoidable pressure of hosting half a globe’s worth of daily online communication.

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

But there’s another, more passive promotion method that can help grow your business and boost your local search results: Google Local Guides. Launched in 2015, Google Local Guides—also known as Google Guides—took over where Google Cities left off. If you’re unfamiliar with it, the closest comparison is the Yelp! What Are Google Guides?

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Systems Review Payment Services Payment Solutions 145

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Searches including the phrase “best place to buy” with the applicable product or service keyword grew by 70% between 2015 and 2018. While optimizing your website for Google search results is a good start, there’s still a disparity between map and web search results. “Near me” searches also rose by 500% in recent years.

Payment Methods 126

Payment Methods Branding Payments Merchant Services 126

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Hike Labs was founded in 2014, and by 2015, Pinterest had swooped in and acquired the San Francisco-based mobile publishing startup. These acquisitions, which focus more on scope than scale, accounted for 90% of tech deals in 2019 , which is a 40% increase from 2015. Your exit strategy timeline is A LOT shorter. Key Features.

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

FastSpring

OCTOBER 10, 2018

You also need to make sure you partner with the right ecommerce platform that can help you efficiently (and compliantly) grow global sales without losing revenue. With cross-border shopping expected to rise to $627 Billion by 2020, capitalizing on this new wave of ecommerce growth can help grow your business even further.

Payment Methods 62

Payment Methods Payments Scale SaaS Payments 62

SaaStr

JULY 15, 2019

The online design and publishing tool has over 15 million users across 190 countries. Prior to this, she was a Director at Apple where she led Worldwide Payments and Financing Programs for Online Stores. The company launched in 2015 and has raised $170M to date. and $166M of funding to date.

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Point of Sale Payments Engineering 142

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It looked like this: We eventually re-architected our engagement loops to be based around personalization instead of around friends. Retention decreases. (-) 2015: Data network effects kick in (+) While friend graph ceases to work, Pinterest now has the scale of content to recommend great content just based on users’ interests.

Payments 63

Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 63

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5 Google and Apple payments make up 2.5% Our 2024 retreat will be our first full company retreat since 2019, and we plan on budgeting $5,500 per person (roughly $440,000 total).

Merchant Services 75

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 75

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When the Apple Watch first came out in 2015, there were 3,000 apps available for download. You’d want to respond quickly to that person, so the customer feels as though you care, and she didn’t waste her time sharing her thoughts. You don’t even need to pull your phone out of your pocket to do so. Location-Based Alerts.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Social Media Business 145

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

Best For: Online Payment Processing. Stripe is soon becoming the default payment infrastructure for all things SaaS. All companies, big and small, can use Stripe’s APIs and software to receive and process payments. A comprehensive and easy-to-integrate payment suite, perfect for enabling self-service. 6 ChargeBee.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

All that Saas

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It has been just two years and almost 150 Americans have chosen to switch from credit and cash to online digital wallets. Formerly known as e-wallets, digital wallets use mobile apps that store credit or debit card details from one place. This allows users to make cashless, in-store purchases using their devices.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Services 52

ChurnZero

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The barbers still wanted cash payments too. So, while a customer might have scheduled a haircut through the Squire app on a mobile phone, they’d still have to stop somewhere to withdraw cash to pay for their haircut. “We As with any small business, he noticed she often had her hands full juggling duties.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Scale 52

FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2019

One challenge many online merchants face after they’ve finished developing their product is figuring out how to easily accept payments on their online store. But navigating the complex world of online payments for the first time is challenging work. But should PayPal be the only payment method on your site?

Payment Methods 64

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 64

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I was living with my boyfriend—now husband—who covered rent and food, and my parents pitched in where they could, including paying my car payment for one month.) Plus, since having kids, my own personal expenses are higher (particularly with childcare in the mix). I’m fairly active on social media as well.

Scale 110

Scale Scaling Payment Solutions Payment Services 110

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 25, 2021

AJ first conceived the idea for Carrd in 2015. He hasn’t really done any marketing, relying instead on word of mouth and low-key viral elements within the experience like the branded URL and a “Made with Carrd” link that appears in each free website footer. million sites. Keep it simple: Embrace constraints that inspire creativity.

Payment Methods 109

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Scale 109

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 1, 2018

We gave up chasing these mythical “grow your website with this one weird trick” things. Then you get them to your website. What the hell happens when they land on your website? What the hell happens when they land on your website? It is effectively the app store for the web, but it’s weirdly even more addictive.

Retention 223

Retention Payment Methods Onboarding Payment Solutions 223

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 25, 2023

The R^2 of the median software multiple and 10Y rate going back to 2015 is 0.35. The author and all employers and their affiliated persons assume no liability for this information and no obligation to update the information or analysis contained herein in the future. That’s a pretty low correlation over a long period of time.

Cloud 130

Cloud Government Banking Payment Services 130

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For publicly traded companies that are growing 50% or faster, median valuation multiples have increased by an incredible 649% between 2015 and August 201. HubSpot’s stock price surged by 16% – or $5 billion – just on the announcement that they were adding B2B commerce and payment functionality even though it was still in beta.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

Baremetrics

JUNE 29, 2021

Data sharing is the method of making data available to others through a variety of mechanisms, applications, or users. Data sharing has to do with the method of sharing and data visualization is how you present data. In 2015, here at Baremetrics, we opted to go against that grain. What is Data Sharing?

Data 52

Data SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 52

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Over the past decade, India’s central bank—the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)—has become one of the most proactive regulators in the world, advancing the digitization of payments and financial services at a rapid pace. Most importantly, perhaps, was the introduction of UPI in 2016—an instant, free national mobile payment system based on Aadhaar.

Payment Services 115

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 115

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

How to Increase Your Payment Customers In a Freemium Model. When online language learning platform busuu.com started business in 2008, they paid close attention to what people were asking for in additional features to understand what they could eventually charge for. Learn how to avoid catastrophe here. The dark side of freemium.

Pricing 82

Pricing Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 82

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 120

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Features 120

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

It'll track any Google-based Sales Professional's efforts across email, calendar, and phone, and share interaction clients have had with emails, websites, or when they've called back. hyperise - Hyper Personalize your sales funnel and grow your sales conversions. vidREACH.io - Personal, Video-powered Email Outreach.

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

ProfitWell

JANUARY 31, 2019

Avocode Knows Face it: Your website is often the first face of business, and the primary point of reference your users come in contact with. Stripe Soars Payment technology company Stripe has raised an additional $100 million from investors as they move closer to a possible initial public offering in the next few years. In resources.

Payment Methods 45

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Entertainment 45

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Chathri says ReCharge has been remote-first since the start and has been bootstrapped since 2015. Chathri says teammates will regroup to go over which questions each person is asking and discuss what they’re looking for in a remote candidate. Chathri Ali, COO of ReCharge, shared their secret to remote success at Recur 2019.

Scale 54

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Payment Services 54

SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. Cloud and ecommerce may end soon, but it hasn’t ended yet. NRR of 110%+ since 2018 — sort of.

Merchant Services 245

Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 245

SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Founded: 2015. Their products include POS, hardware, software, and payment processing with a large number of additional options provided by their great ecosystem of partners. SEMrush is an online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform that helps businesses get measurable results from online marketing.

SaaS Payments 271

SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 271

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Arun shared his insights into expanding a SaaS business into Europe, as well as his philosophy on personal growth and development. I revisited my original 2015 analysis of SaaS pricing pages with the post B2B SaaS pricing pages in 2017: Lessons from 100+ top businesses. ChartMogul Retrospective: A look back on 2015.

Payments 58

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Scale 58

ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Chathri says ReCharge has been remote-first since the start and has been bootstrapped since 2015. Chathri says teammates will regroup to go over which questions each person is asking and discuss what they’re looking for in a remote candidate. Chathri Ali, COO of ReCharge, shared their secret to remote success at Recur 2019.

Scale 41

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Payment Services 41

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

In fact, it’s telling that the number of publicly-traded PLG-led companies nearly quadrupled between 2015 and 2020. Are you still making assumptions about your B2B go-to-market motion — assumptions that ignore B2C selling methods — that are limiting your growth potential? Covid has poured gas on an already raging ecommerce phenomenon.

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B2C Payments SaaS Payments B2B 133