SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

So i f deals take longer to close, you’re spending more money and paying people longer, so your customer acquisition costs are increasing, payback takes longer to materialize, and your LTV to CAC goes down. ARR selling freelance management software offered multiple-tiered pricing to offset some impact of increasing prices by 56%.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

Subscription billing is a payment structure that allows service providers to charge their clients based on a fixed timeframe. This article will help you with everything you need to know about subscription billing and subscription billing solutions. 1 What Does Subscription Billing Mean? Table of Contents.

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Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

When choosing the right billing software for your subscription businesses, there are many things to consider. If you are searching for a business metrics software that displays everything you need to know in an easy-to-use interface, Baremetrics offers a free trial which is a great way to get started. Want to Reduce Your Churn?

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Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key Definitions in Subscription Billing: Demystifying the Jargon By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fourth installment of our comprehensive guide on selecting the right subscription billing platform. Before we go much further, let’s go deep into essential definitions and concepts in the world of subscription billing.

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Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2023

The question on everyone’s mind - when will we see software re-accelerate? The real headwinds to software (tougher expansion, longer sales cycles / procurement, slower new business, budget crunches / RIFs, etc) started last August. And I’m optimistic we’ll see reacceleration in software by the end of the year.

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FastSpring

JULY 12, 2019

Since most SaaS and subscription-based businesses depend on recurring payments to sustain themselves, it can pay dividends to keep a close eye on lifetime value and customer retention rates. 30 (average recurring revenue per account) * 24 months (partnership length) = $720 CLV. What is Customer Lifetime Value?

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans. What are subscription payments? Predictable income.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

I’m calculating FCF by taking the Operating Cash Flow and subtracting CapEx and Capitalized Software Costs. At $200M+ ARR, businesses have built up a substantial base of recurring revenue streams that have already paid back their initial CAC. Some software companies also have seasonality in the “payback.”

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Clouded Judgement

APRIL 12, 2023

Less than half of the software universe is guiding above consensus, and the median guide has gone from ~2.5% This quarter more than half of cloud software businesses missed next quarters consensus. I’m calculating FCF by taking the Operating Cash Flow and subtracting CapEx and Capitalized Software Costs.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s been a staple of industries—publications, utilities, and, more recently, software—since it first emerged in the 17th century. But in the past few years, subscriptions have seen a bit of a resurgence. Even the humble houseplant doesn’t seem immune to the subscription economy.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The essence of the Subscription Economy lies in its ability to forge lasting relationships between businesses and consumers, transcending traditional transactional models. For instance, subscription businesses observe customer retention rates, customer acquisition, and whatnot.

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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. Reason #1: Subscriptions support product innovation. And that was it.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 1, 2021

So what works (and doesn’t work) as a SaaS acquisition strategy? In this article, you’ll learn 5 keys to building a purpose driven acquisition strategy for your SaaS and how to avoid common mistakes along the way. SaaS Customer Acquisition: Getting the basic right How to Build a Purpose-driven SaaS Customer Acquisition Strategy 1.

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Clouded Judgement

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This quarter more than half of cloud software businesses missed next quarters consensus. I’m calculating FCF by taking the Operating Cash Flow and subtracting CapEx and Capitalized Software Costs. At $200M+ ARR, businesses have built up a substantial base of recurring revenue streams that have already paid back their initial CAC.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. We sometimes hear companies call themselves “SaaS” companies, because they sell subscriptions, but they do not host software. The product is hosted by the vendor or a 3 rd party (like AWS).

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FastSpring

JUNE 25, 2019

A challenge faced by all subscription-based businesses is figuring out a way to keep recurring payments flowing for their company. And since revenue is closely tied with business growth and wellbeing, any dip in recurring revenue is immediately felt throughout the entire organization.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Many customers appreciate the affordability and flexibility pay-per-use provides, particularly when they don’t have a need to use the software more than a few times per month. What’s the story with subscriptions? If your digital business is just getting off the ground, subscriptions can be a lifesaver.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

What Is Customer Acquisition? Customer Acquisition is the process of acquiring new customers in a business. For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial. Plain and simple.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 28, 2020

Many companies are now switching from a perpetual licensing model to subscription-based licensing. It allows the consumer access to software they previously could not afford and allows the business to focus on more efficient incremental development and potentially get more money over a longer period of time.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Revenue refers to the total earnings a company generates through its core operations like sales of products or services, rents on a property, recurring payments , interest on borrowings, etc. This model is common in a software and specialized content context. The Future of Revenue: Subscription Revenue.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 12, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. I pulled some data from Pitchbook that you can see below (screen was for US based companies that they categorize as “software”). Follow along to stay up to date! Or who thought their market was 10x bigger than it actually was.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

One of the holy grails of SMB software is, how are you going to acquire customers? The opportunity is to leverage that trust factor to drive customer acquisition, and it has worked for us. Alex: The other side of the equation on customer acquisition is monetization. What do you think the role of subscriptions are in B2B fintech?

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Baremetrics

MARCH 7, 2021

Read what you should know about subscription management and why it is important in recent times! Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Apart from the recurring revenue, subscription billing systems also offer appreciable stability to businesses.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 20, 2022

Let’s try to understand every aspect of Customer Success Software. What is a Customer Success Software? A customer succes software is specialized software that takes the customer data from your existing tech stack to provide you with a 360-degree view of your customers and their account health. Turn down the churn rate.

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 8, 2019

Fleetcor (FLT) closed on its acquisition of privately-held nvoicepay on April 1, 2019. Fleetcor’s first quarterly earnings report since the acquisition provides insight into the economics of the B2B payments space. Nvoicepay is interesting, in part, because it is a pure-play payments provider. As a result.

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 15, 2021

Keeping your pace of growth while going through an acquisition is difficult. He noticed almost right away that it would be easy to re-package what they created for internal use as a product and sell it as subscription-based software. Acquisition by Sage. However, the acquisition creates benefits for both parties.

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SaaSOptics

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Based on a 2019 survey, Gartner forecasts that eighty-four percent of new software will be delivered as SaaS , and this percentage is expected to increase as existing providers transition to a subscription-based model. The main difference between accounting for a subscription vs. a traditional business is the method used.

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The customer acquisition cost can help you create, measure, and improve a business model that will put your business on the path to profitability. This is where the value of subscription metrics comes to the fore — and specifically the customer acquisition cost (CAC) and the customer lifetime value (LTV). Marketing? .

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Tom Tunguz

MAY 11, 2023

Salesforce catalyzed cloud-delivery & annual subscription model in the enterprise, upending decades of selling software with perpetual licenses. Novel content creation techniques used the right way might enable a new form of inbound lead acquisition. The iTunes store launch in 2008 enabled Uber. AI enables ABM-at-scale.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 9, 2020

The subscription business model has seen an immense rise in popularity in recent years, and with good reason. The subscription-based economy grew 350% between 2012 and 2019, and subscription businesses grew revenues about five times faster than S&P 500 company revenues during that time. What is subscription marketing?

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Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Why Should You Launch a Subscription Box? According to MarketsandMarkets , the subscription and recurring billing market will grow to around $7.8 Recurring Business Revenue.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 8, 2018

I’ve written quite a bit about the public market software multiples. In the private markets, high growth software companies are often priced as a function of the ARR at the end of next year. In industry parlance, this is NTM ARR, or next twelve months annual recurring revenue. multiply by four) we get estimated ARR.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 2, 2020

If you take a moment to think about it, can you confidently tell somebody how many subscription services you're a member of? Even if you can list off every subscription service you're a die-hard fan of, you may eventually find yourself feeling dissatisfied on a mission to sign up for even more subscriptions.

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ProfitWell

JUNE 27, 2019

From CRM software to coffee beans, shaving blades to designer gowns, recurring billing is the lifeline for every subscription business. It’s easy to see why—automatic charges for subscriptions are simple and convenient for customers and predictable and sustainable for companies. What is recurring billing?

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Subscribe now ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) vs ERR (Experimental Runrate Revenue) ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is one of the most popular SaaS (Non-GAAP) metrics. Why do software companies get “credit” simply for revenue?

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Subscription Flow

JANUARY 26, 2024

Secondly, we intend on focusing exclusively on SubscriptionFlow to see how this software in particular can assist you in not only calculating accurate SaaS MRR growth but also in increasing it for the strength of your business. Read more: What is MRR, And, Why Is It Inevitable for Measuring Recurring Revenue for Subscription Businesses?

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OPEXEngine

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Dive Brief: Usage-based pricing has grown 32% this year and now 45% of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies use it all or in part, up from 34%, an OpenView survey shows. The subscription in the earlier model was a little bit more like shelfware,” the company’s CFO, Chitra Balasubramanian, told CFO Dive. Enterprise companies.

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