FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? 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.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Methods 158

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. Average Revenue per Customer. So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

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. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2024

SocialBee , a social media management platform and SaaS based in Romania, first started using FastSpring in 2018. After adopting FastSpring as their merchant of record, SocialBee even saw 2x year-over-year growth in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) after their first year with FastSpring.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Payments Payment Features Subscription 158

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Revenue vs. profit vs. income: The terms may seem synonymous and are sometimes even used interchangeably, but they tell different stories about a company. Revenue growth suggests an expanding business and in-demand product, but whether there is any financial gain for the business is determined by the income.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Services 112

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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Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 147

Stax

AUGUST 26, 2024

The year 2024 is a special one for everyone at Stax because we’re celebrating a decade of transforming the payments industry and supporting our merchants and partners with innovative technologies and unwavering support. ” The early years (2014-2018) The first four years of Stax were the quintessential startup experience.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Stax Payment Solutions 88

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. Because of this, most SaaS companies end up calculating indirect tax outside of the U.S. Note: The information contained in this article is not to be taken as tax advice.

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Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 116

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Since the original version of this post from early 2017, we’ve worked with many more SaaS companies and a common theme has been moving companies from a starter template to a more robust financial model. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath.

Deferred Revenue 111

Deferred Revenue SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Services 111

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate?

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers. Drive Revenue.

Scale 113

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 113

FastSpring

MAY 30, 2019

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. With such a big push for subscriptions, it’s important that your digital business has a firm understanding of SaaS metrics.

Payments 73

Payments Finance Payment Features Subscription 73

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

Scale 100

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yoursales

JANUARY 29, 2021

Which sales process works best with your customer experience journey and to generate your desired outcomes? Which sales tools best support your sales process? Which sales processes generate the outcomes you're after and which tools best assist you in doing so? Mimiran – More Leads and More Deals for SMB Services Business.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 106

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. Over the course of 2019 we saw the opposite happening: an ever-increasing flood of sales tools seem to hit the market and our own 2019-list grew significantly compared to the 2018-version. Other CRMs.

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Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

yoursales

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Enabling the right customer journey with sales tools that power your sales process has been high on our agenda for years. Over the course of 2019 we saw the opposite happening: an ever-increasing flood of sales tools seem to hit the market and our own 2019-list grew significantly compared to the 2018-version. Other CRMs.

Scale 103

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 103

The Angel VC

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In that post, I looked at how long it took publicly traded SaaS companies to get to $100M in ARR and concluded that if your goal is to reach $100M in ARR, you should try to get there within 7-9 years after launch. Meanwhile, a few SaaS companies have shown even more spectacular growth. eight years.

Sales Recruiting 106

Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Scale 106

yoursales

DECEMBER 12, 2018

PROFESSIONAL SALES SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS SALES STACK 2019: THE TOOLS I t’s 2019 and we’re back at the sales tools workshop, working out the best sales tools for your sales process. You’ll get lots of content from us along with advice for your sales process. Which sales tools best support your sales process?

Scale 100

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 100

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Check out the MRR graphs right here: Sign up for the Baremetrics free trial , and start monitoring your subscription revenue accurately and easily. Payment ii. Using Baremetrics to monitor subscription revenue. That’s the dream!

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Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Stripe payments make up 98.5 percent of our total revenue and 83 percent of our fees. Stripe payments make up 98.5

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 98

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 27, 2017

What's the difference between bookings and revenue? Revenue recognition. ASC 606 and its sister standard IFRS 15 bring a set of structured guidelines for recognizing revenue -- here's what every SaaS business needs to know to meet the deadline and get compliant. Cash is not revenue. What is ASC 606?

Payments 45

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Deferred Revenue 45

Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s the amount of non-cash payments made in the U.S. Financial crime can take on several faces, including (cyber) fraud, cryptocurrency scams, and money laundering—and companies offering financial services can lose out on serious bucks. in 2021, according to the Federal Reserve. Request Quote What Exactly is KYC? Within the U.S.,

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Systems Review Technical Review 88

ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Whether that’s AI-enabled analysis of customer data to help teams be proactive, in-house virtual assistants that are a resource to support teams as they work with customers or other operational applications, AI will play a larger role in this capacity next year.” – Julia Ahlfeldt, Customer Experience Advisor, Julia Ahlfeldt CX Consulting.

Customer Success 73

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 73

Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Imagine cutting years off payment system setup. The number of Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) has grown 13.8% each year since 2018. For businesses, this means they can use payment systems without starting from scratch. PayFac as a Service lets companies add payment processing to their platforms.

Merchant Services 40

Merchant Services PayFac as a Service Payment Services Marketplace as a Service 40

User Pilot

JULY 23, 2020

You’re signing up new users for your SaaS product every day. For that matter, are you making any revenue yet? If “marketing” is only a matter of new customer acquisition for you, then you’re missing the point of being in SaaS. Because you’re in the recurring revenue game, not the one-off purchase game. Congratulations!

Retention 95

Retention SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 95

FastSpring

MAY 30, 2019

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. With such a big push for subscriptions, it’s important that your digital business has a firm understanding of SaaS metrics.

Finance 86

Finance Payment Features Subscription Payments 86

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million now Homeadvisor).

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

FastSpring

MARCH 5, 2019

The truth is, the application of sales tax for digital products – and SaaS products especially – varies widely. However, in the wake of the June 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Wayfair vs. South Dakota , this may change. It’s usually based on gross revenue limits or a number of sales transactions.

Payment Methods 89

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 89

ProfitWell

JANUARY 17, 2020

But starting an ecommerce subscription service isn’t an easy task. According to this study from 2018 , the subscription ecommerce market has grown significantly since 2014. Content streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and Spotify dominate the market and act as the model for tons of new startups. SaaS subscriptions.

Payment Methods 12

Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Merchant Services 12

Payrix

JUNE 25, 2024

Embedded Finance is more than just a buzzword; it represents a fundamental shift in how financial services are delivered and consumed today. Ian Hillis, Head of Growth at Worldpay for Platforms discusses this new term and what the opportunity may await software providers on our latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast.

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Payments Payment Solutions Finance Payment Services 100

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is SaaS?

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Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

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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Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods 40

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s the question on every SaaS founder’s lips: Is my churn rate too high? So how do you know what a healthy churn rate is for your SaaS company? Some companies report revenue churn, others only share customer or user churn numbers, and often there’s no distinction between whether churn numbers are annual or monthly.

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Churn SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 55

OPEXEngine

MAY 3, 2022

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. The former amount resides on the balance sheet as Deferred Revenue and has always been reported as required by GAAP.

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Deferred Revenue Metrics SaaS Payments Payment Features 59

SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right? What’s the essential marketing stack every SaaS should have regardless of size?

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Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 184

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2021

Anyone managing a SaaS or subscription business is aware of customer churn. The benchmark customer churn for SaaS for SMBs is 5%. Transitioning to SaaS On January 1st 2020, we transitioned the company out of a strategic partnership (we were operating the platform under a non SaaS business model!).

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Churn SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 71