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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

When SaaStr Fund made the first investment in RevenueCat back in 2018, nobody could have predicted that this “simple API for managing in-app subscriptions” would become the infrastructure powering 33% of all mobile subscription apps and reach a $500M valuation in 2025. ” required weeks of developer time to answer.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Squarespace at $700,000,000 in ARR

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Perhaps the most interesting thing is just how similar both these website-builder-plus-ecommerce companies are. It’s growing at the same rate (~30%), booming from ecommerce (+78% for Squarespace, +60% for Wix). As a result, it’s quite profitable, with $150m in free cash flow in 2020. #2. 85% NRR.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Shopify at $5 Billion in ARR

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Zoom came out of 2020-2021 with SMBs no longer growing, but a huge boost in the enterprise. Folks that wanted to go online, stayed online. But folks that didn’t really want to sell online, sort of stopped when they didn’t have to anymore. during peak Covid in Q3 2020. More on that here.

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How to Sell a Mobile App or Game Outside App Stores

FastSpring

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. In this article, we’ll cover: Current app store practices and rates. Thanks to Tony Markov for contributing to this article!

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Epic Games Versus The App Store: A Fight for Autonomy and Freedom in the Ecommerce Era

FastSpring

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. Epic Games wants to take control of their online sales with its own marketplace.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Toast at $500m in ARR, and a $3B Total Run Rate

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It loses money on the hardware (gross margin negative) and the payments solutions have barely a 20%+ margin and constitute the vast majority of revenue today. Wix has a similar challenge at $1B+ in ARR , where its website SaaS has high margins but its payments products for eCommerce have a 29% margin.

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SaaS Payment Processing: 10 Questions to Ask When Comparing Solutions

FastSpring

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? For example, at FastSpring, we have a lot of data about online shopping carts. But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Is it the interface?