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Subscription Billing for Businesses: Everything You Need to Know

Stax

Long before the digital age, newspaper and magazine companies have been using the subscription model to create and retain a consistent readership for their publications. This business model has now been adapted very well in the internet age, especially in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and eCommerce industries.

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Cyber Weekend Benchmarking Data: 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report

FastSpring

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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Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees for Merchants: How Much Does Processing Credit Cards Cost?

Stax

With cashless now BEING king, credit and debit cards are the primary method for your customers to make payments. of consumer payments came through card payments. And electronic payments were at 14.2%, closing in on cash at 15.5%. Credit card and debit card payment processing fees apply to them all.

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State of the Cloud 2023 with Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. While 2022 was a gloomy year, the skies are parting in 2023. The average growth rate in Cloud100 in 2022 was 100%, and this year it fell to 55%.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Wix at $1.4 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. Wix along with Squarespace and also WordPress / Automatic have pushed deeply into e-commerce and as part of that, payments. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Add e-commerce, payments and more has pushed it up.

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Commercializing AI in Healthcare: The Jobs to be Done

Andreessen Horowitz

This piece, Part A, uses Clay Christensen’s Jobs to be Done lens, along with an assessment of viable product wedges and business models, to share what we see as the most promising applications of AI in enterprise healthcare. The tasks are labor-intensive, with low historical adoption of traditional software products to facilitate them.

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Doubling Down: Nina Achadijian, Partner at Index Ventures

SaaStr

Many founders hit the brakes on growth to pivot towards profitability when in reality, the right combination is aiming for durable growth with a profitable business model. In 2022, she was featured on the Forbes Midas Brink List, which recognizes up-and-coming leading investors.