SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. 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. Best For: Online Payment Processing. 4 Pendo.io.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

This way, we can ensure that we’re not only improving our ecommerce solution to better meet your needs, but also the ever-changing demands of the digital economy. Want to learn more about the five ecommerce payment trends shaping 2020? Push for smarter payment processing. In 2019, Cyber Monday hit a record-breaking 9.4

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Reserve Bank of India first issued its directive related to subscription charges in 2019. Stores, financial institutions, and payment gateways will not be allowed to store credit or debit card data for the purpose of automatically rebilling that card every month for a subscription. . Book a demo or create an account today !

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

Weave started off as a dental ERP and comms platform (including VoIP / phone), and then expanded beyond that as it scaled. Weave has a base to build on, and has done a good job steadily increasing NRR, up from 97% in 2019. #2. 907 employees at IPO, so about $150,000 revenue per employee. So why the terrible revenue multiple?

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 8, 2019

Fleetcor (FLT) closed on its acquisition of privately-held nvoicepay on April 1, 2019. Fleetcor’s first quarterly earnings report since the acquisition provides insight into the economics of the B2B payments space. Nvoicepay is interesting, in part, because it is a pure-play payments provider. Nvoicepay Economics.

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 14, 2019

The acquisition represented an opportunity to learn more about the economics of B2B payments. Bottomline owns Paymode-X, the largest B2B payment network in the US. Paymode-X boasts payments of more than $200 billion annually and over 400,000 payees. The business should finish the year with approximately $130 million in revenue.

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Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Technical Review 40

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

We’ve revamped our Baremetrics integration with Shopify! Even before Shopify released the Shopify Partners API, Baremetrics has been taking care of metrics for Shopify business owners. Baremetrics is a SaaS metrics monitoring tool that pulls information about your business into an easy-to-read actionable dashboard.

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Baremetrics

JUNE 27, 2021

Using the wrong metrics, using them in the wrong way, or overlooking the crucial ones can be a disaster for your business. There are so many business metrics platforms out there that it becomes hard to choose the one you actually need. By the end of the article, you will have a clear overview of both these platforms.

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

billion in online revenue compared to just $57 million in 2011. For this you will need to pick the right platform. The Top 10 eCommerce Tools for recurring payments There isn’t a lack of options for every budget but picking the right solution can become a confusing task. Did You Know?

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Subscription 40

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To recap a fantastic year at FastSpring, we want to take a look back at our top 10 blog posts from 2019. As a partner in growth for thousands of software companies around the world, one of our goals is to provide blog content that is helpful, interesting, and informative. How Localization for SaaS Pricing Can Boost Your Revenue.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s talk 2019 predictions. 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. In 2019, not only will this trend increase, it will become much more mindful.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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. It comes down to having an online presence, understanding buyers’ needs, and, most importantly—a platform that can handle transactions.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. How FastSpring Simplifies Selling Around the World Automated Localized Checkout Consumers often prefer to pay in their local currency or using payment methods that are popular in their region.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Released in 1979, VisiCalc was the first “killer app” of finance (on the Apple IIe!), Lockheed Martin makes F-35s by assembling atoms, and has a 13% gross margin; Salesforce makes software by assembling bits, and has a 74% gross margin. With this faster method of calculating, what might have taken weeks could now take seconds.

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FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2019

To help you accomplish this, we’re sharing a short list of helpful ebooks, webinars, podcasts, books, and blog posts to help you kick off your growth plan for 2019. Post topics include marketing, branding, analytics, various ecommerce platforms, and conversion optimization tips. Maximizing your revenue potential with global sales.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Plus, the price tag on those more established businesses often run into the billions. The solution? Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. It’s a clear indicator that businesses want to expand their offerings and capabilities.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 8, 2020

By 2019, Watch had 270 million monthly users, and by 2020, that number had shot up to over 1.25 In this post, I’ll dive deep into how to use Facebook Watch for marketing, now that the platform has matured. In 2019, Facebook’s head of global creative strategy Rick Van Veen told Variety , We’re still figuring it out and learning.

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Software Platform Consulting

JULY 1, 2019

My last post was partly about healthcare payments in the form of Change Healthcare’s Intelligent Healthcare Network. I did not set out to write another post about healthcare payments, but reading Phreesia’s S-1 compels me to. Phreesia handles the patient intake process, meaning they help doctors offices: set appointments.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments 40

Agile Payments

APRIL 15, 2019

The role of the Payment Gateway for MarketPlace Payments. When evaluating technical payment solutions that address the primary needs of a MarketPlace Payment solution the integration to the Payment Gateway plays a vital role in the MarketPlace success.

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Chart Mogul

MARCH 9, 2020

For the first 2-3 years of Buffer’s existence, Joel and his team did not need a specialized solution for subscription analytics. However, as the company grew, their systems started to fail all the time, prompting the team to re-think their approach and look for a scalable solution. Early in 2019, I had an epiphany moment.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

This podcast is an excerpt from Robert and Neeraj’s session at SaaStr Annual 2019. Krish Subramanian: We are software engineers by training. My co-founders cut their teeth at Zoho for over 10 years building product and for over six years [inaudible] software products. Harry Stebbings. Krish Subramanian.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2019

To date they have raised over $113m in financing from some of the best in the business including Tiger Global, Battery Ventures, Boldstart, Canaan, Cisco, and Redpoint, just to name a few. What ratio of revenue is healthy for professional services to account for? Here’s what Eyal and Megan talk about: How to develop software faster.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

FastSpring

DECEMBER 22, 2020

On average, our customers’ revenue grew by nearly 20% relative to 2019. I expected our customers’ businesses to be fairly resilient in a downturn, but we were facing economic headwinds that hadn’t been experienced for nearly a century. For the first time, we will process over ten million transactions in 2020.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 101

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Adjust your revenue forecast Base-Case scenario Worst-Case scenario Review bank balance before expense adjustments 4. Evaluate your new plan Expense breakdown Comparison to 2019 Comparison to 2020 Target Quarterly view % of Revenue 6. Other things to consider Loans Payment terms Annual plans 7.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The issue is that most SaaS start-ups are terrible at collecting cash that doesn’t come from a payment gateway. jasonlk) February 15, 2019. They hook up a payment system when they start as self-service, and the cash magically flows into the bank account. And often after. What’s the issue? Just terrible.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 4, 2019

Let’s talk 2019 predictions. 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. In 2019, not only will this trend increase, it will become much more mindful.

Customer Success 49

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 49

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

“It got us thinking: Why is there no purpose-built operating system for corporate learning and development teams, when their jobs are so strategic to the business, and they’re managing massive budgets, but they can’t track things like ROI?” There are now over 150 enterprise companies using the platform.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 108

Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. In an era where we (vendors) increasingly run our own software, running it is increasingly as important as building it.

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Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years. ARR business to be top quartile in 2021 they now need to be growing at 300% or faster. Explore Untapped Revenue Streams. In order for a $1-2.5M

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Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 29, 2020

Not satisfied with reaching $1 billion in annual revenue, Atlassian furthered its commitment to product led growth by jumping on the freemium bandwagon. Is freemium an effective lead generation, conversion, and revenue driving strategy for your recurring revenue-based business? 10 Questions To Answer. Freemium benchmarks.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

You’ll never scale revenue if you can’t get two people to hit quota. When you hire your first couple reps, they do need to have sold a software product. It can work out a little bit for tiny SMBs, but it doesn’t work in software, okay? “Do you have a Hubspot integration?” ” “Yes.”

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 31, 2019

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. Under GDPR, customers have a right to be notified when their data is compromised, and businesses must receive explicit consent from customers to process their information.

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SaaStr

JUNE 14, 2019

Before that Dave was SVP/GM of Service Cloud @ Salesforce where he led the $500m line of business for customer service applications. Finally pre-Salesforce, Dave was CEO @ MarkLogic where he grew the team from 40 to 240 and revenues from $0 to an $80m revenue run rate. Missed the session? And there was nothing in between.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 30, 2019

We talk expansion revenue with Kajabi, and behind the scenes of this year’s Recur Boston conference with event master Erin Phinney. We’re hearing word that Boston-based Flywire , a global payment SaaS platform and processor, just formed a partnership with Bank of America. This really comes down to expansion revenue.

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