SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue? ARR now really means revenue with 100%+ Net Revenue Retention. 50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring). .

Merchant Services 358

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 358

Stax

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Did you know that in 2021, merchants ended up paying a whopping $105 billion in credit card processing fees? Even though they’re one of the most popular payment options today, accepting credit cards at your business can turn out to be a significant expense. In exchange, businesses pay a host of different fees (e.g.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Accept Credit Card Payments 88

SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Zoom came out of 2020-2021 with SMBs no longer growing, but a huge boost in the enterprise. Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. More on that here.

Payment Methods 219

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s the amount of non-cash payments made in the U.S. in 2021, according to the Federal Reserve. 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. Request Quote What Exactly is KYC?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Systems Review Technical Review 88

FastSpring

DECEMBER 15, 2023

FastSpring provided key evidence about alternative payment options in EPIC’s antitrust lawsuit against Google Santa Barbara, CA – December 12, 2023 – Overnight in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California a jury found that Google Play and Google Play Billing represent an illegal monopoly run by Google.

Merchant Services 144

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 144

FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

For many SaaS and software companies, international sales are a key part of their growth trajectories. But with international growth comes a long list of international business concerns about how to appeal to potential customers in new countries. Why it’s so important to optimize pricing for local markets.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 28, 2021. 110% growth at $4B in revenues.

Merchant Services 243

Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments 243

FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2021

Some of the updates to our platform include faster seller onboarding, support for more languages, and a play-by-play rundown of how we’ve made PSD2 compliance effortless for our sellers. Made PSD2 Compliance Easy for Global Sellers. In fact, we’ve already made the required changes on your behalf.

Merchant Services 78

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All that Saas

OCTOBER 12, 2021

For the past couple of years, COVID-19 has steadily made the financial sector take 360 degrees by integrating tech to evolve buying and spending. Formerly known as e-wallets, digital wallets use mobile apps that store credit or debit card details from one place. The Best Digital Wallets for Online Payments in 2021.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Services 52

Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Credit cards remain a favored way of making payments among customers. Purchase volumes through credit cards jumped 51% between 2015 and 2021. However, the idea of applying a credit card surcharge to offset the processing cost of credit cards has always been a hotly debated topic. The rate varies between 1.3 in most US states.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Point of Sale 88

Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

Credit cards remain a favored way of making payments among customers. Purchase volumes through credit cards jumped 51% between 2015 and 2021. However, the idea of applying a credit card surcharge to offset the processing cost of credit cards has always been a hotly debated topic. The rate varies between 1.3 in most US states.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Point of Sale 88

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

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. How viable is it for companies to shop their apps outside of mainstream marketplaces?

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 147

FastSpring

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Reserve Bank of India issued new guidelines for subscription purchases earlier this year — and the new rules came into effect a few days ago, on October 1, 2021. This process is straightforward, and we describe it in detail below.). The Reserve Bank of India Is Enforcing its Rules Effective October 1, 2021.

Payment Services 146

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 146

Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2023

Contactless payment methods are tapping into the future of commerce. International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that 80% of retailers will offer contactless payment and app-based scan-and-pay systems in-store by 2023. When we talk about leaders in the contactless payments space, we must talk about PayPal.

PayPal 80

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Shopify Checkout is Shopify’s native payment gateway. Shopify Checkout supports both sides of a transaction: customers submit an order request, input payment details and select a shipping option, and merchants choose to accept or query the order through a centralized system. Table of Contents. Start a free trial.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 98

BitPay

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For some context, let’s look at previous halving years: 2012 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2013 2016 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2017 2020 Bitcoin halving, new all-time high in 2021 Why should your organization care about any of this? Integrate crypto payments into your business operations.

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 52

BitPay

MAY 8, 2023

Businesses from every niche and corner of the world are noticing. Here are some of the most well-known companies accepting crypto as payment and what’s driving the adoption. 6 Major Companies Accepting Crypto as Payment Accepting crypto payments as a business isn’t just for the tech-focused industries.

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SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2021

A lot of SaaS pricing originally comes from classic enterprise software. In the old days, a customer would pay a large fee for the software upfront, and then a smaller maintenance fee for years to come. The big upfront fee was naturally paid up front, like other software you buy. So the upfront payment for a year isn’t dead.

Merchant Services 212

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 212

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. This means our software is hosted on the cloud and used over an internet connection via a web browser or mobile app. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc.

Merchant Services 85

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 85

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Shopify has made it more profitable than ever to sell apps in the Shopify App Store. We’ve already discussed many of the huge updates they’ve announced for Shopify app developers. At the Shopify Unite 2021 event, Shopify announced a drastic reduction of their revenue share. Table of Contents.

Payments 105

Payments Payment Solutions Revenue Payment Methods 105

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

We’ve also made big strides on Interactive Quotes , a way for B2B customers to build, view, and modify their own quotes through a self-service interface — with as much control as you want to give them over the process. Some of our competitors have (incorrectly) tried to label FastSpring as a payments platform for one-time downloads.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments 146

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

BNPL allows consumers to split large purchases into several monthly payments, interest-free. BNPL helps online retailers attract customers and increase revenue, which is why business leaders are taking note. Several tools and apps offer this feature, including PayPal with their Pay in 4 option.

Payment Methods 134

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The Shopify Marketplace Kit is an ecommerce tool that allows developers to sell directly from any platform, instead of going through the Shopify app. It functions as a collection of APIs (Application Program Interface) that integrate with Shopify, so that any kind of platform can function as a storefront.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 98

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In 2021 the ‘ Rule of 40’ died, according to our latest 2021 Financial & Operating Benchmarks report that launched last week. . 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.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is four years in the making, and ecommerce businesses around the world have been bracing for its impact on September 14th. As a Merchant of Record , FastSpring manages compliance with all global regulations on behalf of our sellers. Quick Recap: What is the PSD2?

Payment Services 84

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Facilitation 84

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.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

FastSpring

DECEMBER 17, 2020

FastSpring Quotes allows you to create and manage quotes for your customers directly within the FastSpring App, enabling you to seamlessly process and collect payments for orders generated through your sales rep channel. This feature is currently available to a limited group of Sellers and will be available broadly in 2021.

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Services 78

Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Although credit cards have been around since the 1950s, in recent years, they’ve started to dethrone cash from its position as king of payment methods. With a whopping 84% of American adults owning at least one credit card (the average is 3 credit card accounts per person), card payments reached $9.43 trillion in 2021.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Stax 88

SmartKarrot

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Improve platform and services adoption rate and minimize customer and revenue churn. Ensure product adoption by onboarding new customers and new teams. Develop best practices for new customer onboarding and customer growth/renewal to ensure ongoing customer success. Ensure Smartly.io

Merchant Services 10

Merchant Services Technical Advisors Customer Success Payment Services 10