FastSpring

OCTOBER 31, 2019

When you hear the word “haunted,” odds are the first thing that comes to mind is not ecommerce. But in keeping with the Halloween theme, I’m going to discuss five key factors in ecommerce that you don’t want to come back to haunt your software company. Goblins, Ghouls, and Global Regulations | GDPR & PSD2. The root of the cause?

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We’ve shared a number of parts of Buffer’s business transparently over the years — and one piece we’ve always wanted to expand on is where your money goes when you pay for a Buffer subscription. Another important detail to note is how Average Sales Price (ASP) and Expenses have changed over time.

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FastSpring

MARCH 14, 2023

It takes an enormous amount of time, money, and headcount for SaaS companies to handle VAT, GST, and sales tax (and any other form of indirect tax) in-house. Note: Some tax consultants specialize in sales tax compliance in the U.S. If they do offer advice, it’s often very conservative.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. 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.

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SaaSOptics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

There’s a reason most late payments are rewarded with fines: cash is king, and companies need to know when they can expect to be paid. In this post, we’ll discuss the main tool companies use to manage these delayed payments and mitigate potential damage to their cash flow: the Accounts Receivable (AR) Aging report.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 9, 2020

The subscription business model has seen an immense rise in popularity in recent years, and with good reason. The subscription-based economy grew 350% between 2012 and 2019, and subscription businesses grew revenues about five times faster than S&P 500 company revenues during that time. What is subscription marketing?

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FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

A lot of the findings are expected (there are more internet users than ever, and we’re becoming more obsessed with social media and ecommerce). We’re Personalizing Customer Experiences More Than Ever Before. But for those who have a smartphone, nearly a quarter are “almost constantly” online.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding. And that was the origin story.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

It offers a way to bring down customer acquisition costs and has been proven to keep users in a game for far longer than the pay-to-play method. Games as a Service refers to games that operate without initial purchasing costs and instead, make their profits on subscriptions or in-game purchases. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

According to the Pew Research Institute , in 2022, a whopping 41% of Americans said they don’t use cash at all for any of their weekly purchases—a significant jump from 29% in 2018. FIS Global reports that in Norway, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countries, more than 90% of transactions processed at point-of-sale (POS) in 2023 were cashless.

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Outseta

AUGUST 31, 2018

By Geoff Roberts 5 min read With some vacation time now in our rearview we’re heading towards the home stretch of 2018, making it the perfect time to fill you in on what we’ve been up to at Outseta since our July company update. We now support Stripe as a payment gateway. Here’s the latest and what’s to come.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In 2019, it had over 45 million buyers , a notable increase from 2018. Like any sales platform , Etsy works best when you research the competition, understand your buyers, and focus on a niche. if you pay for an annual subscription upfront. Just follow these steps: Go to Etsy’s website and click Register at the top of the page.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Grow Sales. In order for your business to grow, you need to be able to consistently increase sales. For those of you who need some new ideas to boost sales, we just posted some fool-proof tactics to boost online sales here (link to the New Year Deal post). This is probably every business’s #1 goal every year.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Does it have to be in person? Billion story from its launch in 2008 to its 2018 acquisition by Recruit Holdings. So if we start on the first type of SaaS businesses that sell to SMBs and often one to five person teams, and they likely will always sell to those types of teams. What is the process to do it efficiently?

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You mostly need repeat purchases to get payments with a subscription model and it is easier to impress existing customers than starting all over to acquire new ones. Best practices: Consumption vs subscription. Know more: How can VP of Customer Success get to 125% Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR ). Why is it important?

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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.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. This is when the good stuff starts to happen within a subscription business In this post I’m going to share the strategy and steps we followed to reduce our monthly customer churn by over 70%, and explain how we positioned Nudge Coach for efficient, long-term growth.

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Outseta

JULY 2, 2018

We typically start working with customers shortly after they’ve launched the first version of their website, which often is little more than a “Request Beta Access” or “Sign-up for Email Updates” form. The second major product priority is adding live chat functionality, both for use on your website and inside your application.

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Outseta

JANUARY 10, 2020

Forte fees are payment processing expenses that have grown significantly over 2018 as we’ve processed more subscription payments. 2017 2018 2019 Total. I joined a number of online communities that are rich in SaaS founders. Our biggest expense, consulting services, is the salary we pay James for design work.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

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FastSpring

AUGUST 11, 2020

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. How to move to a subscription revenue model.

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Outseta

JANUARY 9, 2019

2017 2018 Total. building Outseta - roughly $8,000 in 2017 and $24,000 in 2018. Food and dining represented our biggest line item for the year - we admittedly got a little carried away there so we pulled back heading into 2018. In 2018 you’ll notice some line items grew significantly. To date we’ve spent $32,179.72

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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. Mailshake-ing Up the Sales Process Mailshake has four simple steps to bring your sales process from good to glorious. It is the final day of January twenty nineteen. Ready for the rundown?

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Editor’s Note: This article was first published on August 9, 2018. HubSpot now offers freemium versions of their CRM, Marketing and Sales products. According to this 2018 research report by ProfitWell, companies using freemium have 50% lower CAC with NPS scores nearly double those of non-freemium businesses. Find out here.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

No matter how deeply you gaze into the crystal ball wondering what this new year has in store for you or your business, the only thing you’ll know for sure is that despite your careful planning, some things will change. But what if you could have a better idea of the changes 2019 has in store for Customer Success professionals?

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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. Upgrades and support What are other software monetization methods?

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Founders: Alon Shemesh, Liron Damri, Michael Reitblat.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

An automatic subscription renewal charge for a subscription you’re no longer using or that you don't even remember signing up for. Even worse, you go to cancel your subscription, only to discover it's nearly impossible. What is a subscription renewal? Shipping the product to customers (for ecommerce subscriptions).

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey.

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Intercom, Inc.

MAY 16, 2019

Patrick: It’s a tool that helps you create interactive product onboarding guides for online businesses or online products. It starts with so many businesses, which are subscription businesses. It’s the end of 2018, there’s clear confidence that the customers want this and value it.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2020

Signs that you have a churn problem If you run a SaaS or subscription business, you’re in a constant battle to reduce churn as much as possible because it improves your monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and creates more sustainable growth. Or do you proactively guide them to make sure they’re getting the most from their subscription?

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SaaStock

MARCH 20, 2019

Thanks to them, merchants can make more successful sales and win happy customers. Recently, Recorded Future were honored with the 2018 CRN Tech Innovator Award. Toast ’s all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) and restaurant management platform helps power and grow restaurants. Founders: Alon Shemesh, Liron Damri, Michael Reitblat.

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FastSpring

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all heard how effective subscriptions can be for growing companies. Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of implementing a subscription model is that it allows software companies to avoid the unpredictability of one-time sales by guaranteeing a steady stream of revenue. What is Annual Recurring Revenue?

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FastSpring

MAY 30, 2019

We’ve all heard how effective subscriptions can be for growing companies. Perhaps one of the biggest benefits of implementing a subscription model is that it allows software companies to avoid the unpredictability of one-time sales by guaranteeing a steady stream of revenue. What is Annual Recurring Revenue?

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 17, 2020

Nowadays, it seems like you can buy just about anything on a recurring monthly plan: razors, clothing, knick-knacks, candles, etc. Over the past decade, ecommerce subscription companies have doubled down on the subscription model to monetize their relationships with customers. What are ecommerce subscription companies?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

For the next decade, he ran ProfitWell as a bootstrapped startup, slowly growing its reach until earlier this year, he sold the company to Paddle , a billing and payments company, in a $200 million deal. Choosing between bootstrapping and raising money is always a personal choice. I think you were first on back in 2018.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

SaaS, or software as a service, is a delivery model in which a centrally hosted software is licensed to customers via a subscription plan. Recurring payments. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. What is the SaaS business model. Growth stage.

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