FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2023

It’s not easy to build a SaaS, software, or digital product from the ground up — and it’s even harder when you have to worry about all the other logistical details that go along with growing a business.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Scale Finance Payment Services 78

User Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

TL;DR The CAC payback period measures the time it takes for a company to recover the money invested in new customer acquisition. This metric helps SaaS companies choose the most effective customer acquisition channels , diagnose inefficiencies in customer retention strategies , and inform pricing decisions.

SaaS Payments 97

SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value Payment Solutions Acquisition 97

Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For any merchant selling products or services online, it’s always a good idea to allow customers to make payments on their platform itself—instead of redirecting them to a third-party website or gateway. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac).

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payfac compliance 88

Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

People were using subscription-based services when the world couldn’t even dream of having computers or, moreover, think of developing software. Oracle Cloud , another big fish in the technology industry, delivers cloud computing solutions, including SaaS, IaaS and PaaS (platform-as-a-service) to enterprises. Boring, right?).

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 184

Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Let’s explore the key definitions that every business owner, finance professional, and product manager should know. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) Definition: CAC is the cost a business incurs to acquire a new customer.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features Payment Services Payments 52

User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. They also manage finances and supervise one or more engineering teams. Average salary: $192,383/yr.

Sales Hiring 95

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 95

Tom Tunguz

JULY 15, 2019

Design is next, followed by Sales and Finance. Open source remains a viable customer acquisition strategy despite the threat from the cloud vendors; Amazon in particular. Applications are software used by business users. Engineering dominates with 37%. Many is the next category. These are very different buyers than I expected.

Enterprise 194

Enterprise Payments Payment Solutions SMB 194

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Popularized by Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert, the invention wasn’t all that complicated: issue bonds with very high interest rates and correspondingly high risk, and use that capital to finance the wholesale acquisition of mismanaged, inefficient, and sclerotic companies. billion, against almost $2.8

VP of Engineering 94

VP of Engineering AI Payment Methods Generative AI 94

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 17, 2021

Spreadsheets and disconnected systems open the door for errors. The more spreadsheets you create to supplement accounting software, the more you’ll need to manually manipulate data, and the more that data is touched, the greater the potential for errors. Choose a solution made for B2B. Understand key metrics.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services B2B SaaS Payments Payments 52

Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

In its simplest form, cash accounting is a system in which a company records expenses and revenues as the money changes hands. Note that some jurisdictions don’t like this, however, and will usually make larger businesses switch to an accrual system when they reach a revenue threshold. The saying “cash is king” exists for a reason.

Payment Solutions 91

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 91

SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Blockchain Artificial Intelligence Payment Services 52

Baremetrics

AUGUST 23, 2021

Now, we use bootstrapping to describe the not quite impossible task of building your business without financing. If you choose not to finance your business by selling part of it to venture capitalists, and you also do not want or cannot secure a loan, then you are left with bootstrapping. What are the pros and cons of bootstrapping?

Business 96

Business Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

SaaSHolic

MAY 12, 2023

Antonio Soares of Dock, a fintech company providing digital banking infrastructure, sees the significant unbanked population in Brazil and other Latin American countries as an opportunity to improve financial inclusion, making strategic acquisitions to strengthen their capabilities in this area.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Solutions Marketplace as a Service Payment Methods 52

Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Invoicing is a sales process where a seller issues a commercial document to a buyer requesting payment. This document shows all products and services rendered, the payment owed, and the contact details of both the buyer and the seller. Invoicing can be done for both recurring and one-time payments.

Payment Features 83

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 83

Buffer Resources

MARCH 5, 2024

On the financial side, distributors took a chunk of our already tight margins, and the 90-day payment terms from most retailers made cash flow difficult. The system generates customer groups you should target, plus keywords to include and script ideas for ad copy. How do you sell if your product is hidden somewhere on a bottom shelf?  

Payment Methods 81

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Scale 81

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Rob has a background in finance, but jumped into the startup world first at Groupon, where he was the GM for their Latin American division, before moving to New York to become the first sales hire for Justworks. The benefits of a career in finance on evaluating companies. They are a phone system designed for the modern sales team.

Finance 59

Finance Sales Hiring Scale Outsourcing Services 59

SaaSX

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

For many startup software companies (and their founders), an early capital-efficient approach to growth can make a huge difference in the long run. Spend enough time talking about SaaS finances, and the “ rule of 40 ” will probably come up. Payment Terms. There are a few ways I think about it. Churn Rate.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Software Review Software Payments 52

Kraftblick

JUNE 8, 2020

We are talking with Alexander Sambuk , former Chief Operating Officer of Luxoft Excelian Financial Services [part of a custom software company with a staff of over 10,000]. Let’s assume that you’ve come to the customer as a company that offers some software. Yes, these deals include post-payment, with a large delay in payment.

Software Review 52

Software Review Payment Solutions Development Team Review Systems Review 52

Aysling

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To be an ERP or Enterprise Resource Planner, a software platform needs to contain accounting and inventory functionality. Unlike an ERP, Aysling is nearly 100% a Professional Services Automation tool; however, there’s one component that most PSA platforms claim to provide, and it’s shared among ERP solutions. At least not yet.

Outsourced Development 56

Outsourced Development Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 56

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Aside from the above or below search results on Google search, through the Google Search Network , your ads can appear beside, above, or below search results on Google Play, the Shopping tab, Google Images, Google Maps, and the Maps app. You can use a hierarchy system to leverage the use of your keywords. Image courtesy of Shopify.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

FastSpring

MAY 14, 2019

It wasn’t long ago that buying a new piece of software involved a trip to your local brick and mortar software retailer. Any updates to the software meant that you’d repeat the entire buying process (including the trip to the store) all over again. New customers are needed to finance the next ideation of your product.

Payment Features 71

Payment Features Payment Methods Subscription Payment Services 71

Baremetrics

JULY 7, 2021

The full collection of benchmarks are accessible with a free trial for the Baremetrics Benchmarks feature in-app. It’s well-known that if your customer LTV exceeds the cost of customer acquisition (CAC), then that customer is profitable, and you can go ahead to acquire similar customers. Lifetime Value (LTV) $506 User Churn 7.2%

Benchmarks 105

Benchmarks SaaS Payments SaaS Payments 105

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The contracts are identical twelve-month contracts except for the payment terms. Contract B relaxes payment terms to monthly payment, 12 monthly installments for the next year. A multi-year prepay offers even greater benefits to a software company. Imagine an AE closes two contracts for $100k ARR.

Sales Hiring 52

Sales Hiring Scale Payments SaaS Payments 52

The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

As I wrote in the original post: It's a simple plan for an early-stage SaaS startup with a low-touch sales model – a company which markets a SaaS solution via its website, offers a 30 day free trial, gets most of its trial users organically and through online marketing and converts them into paying customer with very little human interaction.

SaaS Payments 217

SaaS Payments Headcount SaaS Payment Methods 217

Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

These can be weekly, monthly, or annual payments. Subscription Revenue Provides a Recurring Payment Cycle 2. According to many tax authorities, SaaS companies must use the accrual accounting system , which stipulates that you record revenue when it is earned. Table of Contents. Subscription Revenue is Easier to Scale 3.

Payment Features 90

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 90

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. How does Vikas see the space play out in the coming years when it comes to acquisitions? Does this not lead to a consolidatory environment?

SaaS Payments 132

SaaS Payments Cloud Technical Review Scale 132

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2018

I actually got my start working as a corporate lawyer on Wall Street where I got a lot of exposure across fields like Private Equity, Commercial Banking, Mergers and Acquisition (M&A), and debt financing. I think of finance as the connective tissue of an organization. FastSpring’s core business. A: I’m a huge audiophile.

Payments 64

Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Hiring 64

Chargify

APRIL 23, 2019

There are specific stages a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company moves through during its life cycle. You may also hear this stage referred to as discovery , vision/mission , or problem/solution fit. Seeking financing from friends and family. and ‘Does my proposed solution solve it effectively?’ I don’t think so.

Scale 74

Scale SaaS Payments Scaling Payment Services 74

Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. We’ve seen it far too often.

Payments 100

Payments Merchant Services Embedded Payments Payment Services 100

Point Nine Land

MARCH 7, 2019

Lemkin recently posted a tweetstorm about his observation that most startups are bad at finance. As you’d expect from Jason, he didn’t try to sugarcoat things: A top trend I have noticed past 3 years: Startups are MUCH, MUCH worse at finance. No proper finance or account until even after raising millions, even to $5m+ ARR.

Sales Hiring 72

Sales Hiring Outsourcing Services Payment Services Finance 72

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

Payment processing. You can send targeted email, in-app, and push messages to customers, all to maintain an open line of communication at all times. Userlane is designed to help people understand any software, boasting a reduced time-to-value for consumers, along with increased retention and user engagement. Customer support.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Subscription Payment Features Payments 59

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

It’s likely that a finance or sales tools will be less susceptible to churn than a marketing tool, simply because it’s perceived to be more directly responsible for revenue.”. When you’ve reached this point, you could continue losing customers with no new customer acquisition and still increase your revenue (at least for a while).

Benchmarks 123

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 123

Payrix

MARCH 12, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. Purchasing a solution is the easy part. But where to begin?

Payments 100

Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services SaaS Payments 100

OpenView Labs

MARCH 18, 2020

In the most extreme scenario, where the pandemic is prolonged and several healthcare systems are overwhelmed, we may experience more fundamental change in which the ways we measure our lives, societies and organizations change. Defer payment terms if you can. Ask: Who beyond my users benefits from use of my solution?

Pricing 57

Pricing Payment Solutions Payments Healthcare 57

Baremetrics

MAY 18, 2021

When marketing a subscription business, you face even more challenges, like balancing retention and acquisition efforts, identifying new features that your customers are interested in, and working to maximize customer lifetime value. It’s most helpful to organize your efforts using a well-constructed SaaS sales conversion funnel.

SaaS Payments 100

SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value Payments SaaS 100

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2023

Most Stripe alternatives fall into one of two categories: (1) payment processors, or (2) a billing solution that covers payment processing and other aspects of billing such as fraud detection, checkout, and more. can provide payment processing, order fulfillment, financing options, and more. Table of Contents.

Payment Methods 119

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 119

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some solutions, like Slack or Microsoft, are useful for any kind of business. But not all SaaS products are alike.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88