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Navigating Your SaaS Transition: 5 Insights From Stardock’s Experience With FastSpring

FastSpring

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure.

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Is Quickbooks Desktop Being Phased Out?

Stax

When it’s become so easy for users to access and share data remotely and sync changes in real-time, desktop applications are appearing increasingly cumbersome. TL;DR Intuit has announced the discontinuation of QuickBooks Desktop 2021 by May 31, 2024, and will stop selling certain subscriptions of QuickBooks Desktop after July 31, 2024.

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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business. The data below are also specific to where the sales took place , not where the companies are located. we combined data with the same parameters from the U.S., As in the U.S.

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A Detailed Comparison of Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring (With Reviews)

FastSpring

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. Flexible subscription management and recurring billing tools.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Subscription Revenue

FastSpring

When it comes to software and online purchases, those transactions are increasingly moving to a subscription-based model, where customers put their purchases on autopilot so they can have continuous access to SaaS products. Subscription services are what customers want. What are the advantages of using subscriptions as a revenue model?

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Perpetual License vs. Annual License vs. Subscriptions

Baremetrics

We are going to walk you through a couple of the most popular pricing models—perpetual license and annual license, along with its variant subscription model —as well as mention a couple of the other popular ways to monetize software. Payment ii. Using Baremetrics to monitor subscription revenue. Table of Contents.

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What we shipped: 2018 year in review

Intercom, Inc.

In 2018, we doubled the size of our R&D teams to continue building best in class products with non-stop innovation. In 2018, we set out on our own path to make our mark where we felt others had fallen short. Read on to hear more about what we shipped in 2018: . We strive to let our product do the talking.