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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tom Tunguz

Startups operate in newer markets where pricing standards haven’t been set. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year. Many infrastructure as a service companies do this. AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc.

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

SaaStr

As a result, it’s quite profitable, with $150m in free cash flow in 2020. #2. Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Billion in GMV processed, up a stunning 91% from 2019. But in contrast to Wix and Shopify, it doesn’t keep much of the revenue from merchant services itself.

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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? But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. How do you know whether your credit card processor is fully PCI compliant? Integrations?

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Navan Files for IPO: The Opening of B2B IPO Floodgates?

SaaStr

When COVID-19 decimated business travel in 2020, Navan could have become another casualty. Instead, the company pivoted aggressively into expense management and payments, expanding beyond its travel roots. They signal a company systematically preparing for the scrutiny and operational demands of public markets. volume $91.5B

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Digital Payments: 12 Digital Payment Options to Consider Accepting in Your Business

Stax

We can hail a ride from a mobile app, and our transactions for all sorts of goods and services can be easily paid for from our phones. Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. In 2019, 77% of US consumers were using at least one type of digital payment system.

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Adding Payments and Fintech to SaaS Can Be Great. But You Gotta Watch the Margins.

SaaStr

So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech. Shopify now gets 2x the revenue from payments and merchant services than it does from SaaS subcriptions. It processed $300+ Billion in transactions in the first half of the year.

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The Credit Card Chargeback Process Explained: What Merchants Need to Know

Stax

when someone has canceled a subscription and still receives a charge) Goods or services not being received after the purchase Being charged an incorrect amount Unauthorized credit card usage (i.e. This has been aided by the rise of online banking, which has made the chargeback process as easy as a few clicks.