FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. Related post: Can SaaS Companies Afford to Ignore Sales Tax and VAT? Most of this process is invisible.

Merchant Services 131

Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 131

Buffer Resources

MARCH 5, 2024

The customers who did find our product loved it, but sales were slow, and working with big distributors and retailers was challenging for our small company. 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.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I What success looks like for using both together.

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Scale Sales Payment Methods Merchant Services 122

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This is where traditional SaaS methods like subscription pricing only, driving growth through headcount only, or a pure sales GTM strategy only live. Those methods no longer work, and it’s time to adapt. PLG is about investing in product and data instead of sales and marketing. You don’t want to be there.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 31, 2022

There are an estimated 12 to 24 million e-commerce stores. Online retailers can sell just about anything—from shoes or baked goods to software and coaching sessions. Most e-commerce store owners have no idea how to effectively market their business. Selling products or services online requires a special touch.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This creates that attraction of supply to the product, decreasing acquisition costs. Just right” appears to be driving your supply-led acquisition channel to north of 10% of demand, but less than about 40% where you start to see too much weakness in the company’s own demand drivers and resulting impact on its network effect. (As

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Payments SaaS Payments Scale Payment Methods 116

Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Over time printed newspapers were replaced with online sources of information but the subscription pricing model didn’t lose its popularity and spread in other industries too, from cable television to health clubs and from online academic journals to software providers. 4 Attracts more customers as monthly payment size is small.

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Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 184

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

They expect an end-to-end shopping “experience” and this is where eCommerce subscription has a chance to shine by developing long term relationships with consumers. And subscription eCommerce seems to be the answer. The subscription eCommerce market has grown by a whopping 100% year-over-year for the past five years.

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Subscription 40

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

TL;DR Funnel analysis helps map out all the steps website visitors and in-app users take to achieve conversion goals , like signing up for your tool or completing the onboarding process. Five funnel examples to extract actionable insights: Marketing and sales funnel. Funnel analysis allows you to: Measure company performance.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 103

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

Weave started off as a dental ERP and comms platform (including VoIP / phone), and then expanded beyond that as it scaled. Historically, Weave gave away several “free” phones with each new account. Weave has added payment processing to its services, and as part of that, use Stripe per a 3 year term agreement. #5.

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SaaS Payments Scale Payment Methods Payments 231

User Pilot

APRIL 3, 2024

Product-led innovation focuses on developing a personalized product that naturally attracts and retains customers. PLG and SLG differ in focus: PLG centers on product appeal for growth, while SLG relies on sales strategies and personal interactions. User persona example. What is the difference between PLG and SLG?

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Innovation Payments Strategy Payment Solutions 98

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Following in the footsteps of Amazon, Shopify first began its journey as a simple online shop, selling snowboards. Shopify Partner Apps are third party companies that sell their services or Apps to Shopify store owners. For example, a Shopify Partner App might enable a shopify store owner to email all of their customers.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 105

Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Most companies have a primary acquisition loop that drives this scalable growth, and unfortunately, there aren’t that many acquisition loops that really scale. And you start being able to acquire more of them in a scalable way i.e. an acquisition loop. In fact, they complain more, because they like the product enough to care.

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Payments Scale Payment Methods Underperforming Technical Team 63

CustomerSuccessBox

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) can be calculated by dividing all the Marketing and Sales costs required to acquire a new customer within a specific time. An average SaaS business spends 92% of their first-year revenue on customer acquisition. In other words, it takes 11 months to pay back their customer acquisition cost.

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Acquisition Payments Scale SaaS Payments 52

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

PPC is a method of digital advertising in which you aim to get your ads to rank as the highest result displayed for user searches, and you, as the advertiser, pay a fee each time it’s clicked. It can also appear on websites that have similar content and keywords to your business. Sales will always be a top priority.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

The phone rings. It’s the sales rep from that new gym you’ve been checking out. If you chose not to answer the phone, you’d be in the majority. It all comes down to the simple fact that most people do not like talking to sales representatives. If you’re in sales: it’s not you, I promise. Do you pick up?

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Payment Methods SaaS Payments Strategy Marketing 98

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Most online businesses use a customer relationship management ( CRM ) software package and/or payment processor to manage their billings because handling many customers across regions by hand is difficult, and in a competitive market there is no room for errors. For many SaaS enterprises, Stripe is the payment processor of choice.

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Payment Services Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 96

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Enter the SaaS Magic Number, which measures the return on sales and marketing spend in generating new subscription revenue. TL;DR The SaaS Magic Number is a metric, somewhat similar to ROI, but designed to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of a company’s sales and marketing strategies. What is the SaaS Magic Number?

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Stax 88

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. Data Sales : Businesses earn revenue from selling the data they collect on their consumers to other consumers or businesses.

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Services 82

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

“This is everyday for me, so I love talking about it,” says Carl Hargreaves about mergers and acquisitions. As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

Next, determine your target consumer, meaning the person who needs that problem solved. Curation-type boxes offer samples of new products or items selected based on a consumer’s personal preferences. Customer acquisition cost (CAC): This refers to how much it costs to acquire a new customer. Personalized Subscription Boxes.

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Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 123

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

One of the biggest decisions you can make when setting up your sales team is whether to focus primarily on inside or outside sales. They seem to be completely at odds, with one focused on clients with a high acquisition cost and high ACV (annual account value), the other focused on a high sales velocity. Hiring guide.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Looking to perform a CRO audit for your website and app? Based on the insights you generate, you can create better experiences for website visitors and users, driving more engagement, conversion, and retention. A detailed audit reveals the state of your platforms, showing your weak points and conversion drivers.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 99

User Pilot

MARCH 23, 2023

Reducing churn is critical for SaaS because it cuts back customer acquisition costs and increases customer retention. Create a personalized onboarding flow to help users reach the Aha! 3: Poor customer service or experience with the sales teams can make customers churn. moment faster. #3: User persona.

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SaaS Payments Churn Underperforming Technical Team Payment Methods 98

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. Inside sales?

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ProfitWell

JUNE 15, 2020

An entire Swedish spa village is on sale for $7 million. Here are the main takeaways: Customers expect highly-personalized experiences and contextualized customer journeys. While artificial intelligence (AI) is projected to grow 176% over the next two years, marketers need to balance personalization with privacy. Who's with me?

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Customer Lifetime Value 76

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 4, 2023

We’ve been getting a ton of question since we announced the acquisition so this week we’re going to have Max Altschuler break down the whole story. Earlier this week, we announced that my new company, the GTMfund , has acquired my old company, Sales Hacker , from my…other old company, Outreach. Buckle up, it’s a pretty wild journey.

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FastSpring

MAY 14, 2019

You’d park your car, mosey on into the store, and then go through the process of scouring the shelves for the pristine cardboard box that housed a physical copy of your application. Any updates to the software meant that you’d repeat the entire buying process (including the trip to the store) all over again. And that was it.

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Payment Features Payment Methods Subscription Payment Services 68

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. 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?

Merchant Services 68

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services 68

ProfitWell

MARCH 25, 2020

Acquisition is the weakest growth lever. We studied the levers—acquisition, retention, and monetization—of 512 SaaS companies. We found that monetization and retention have much higher revenue impacts than acquisition when considering the same level of impact across each growth lever. Convert more sales. Improve ROI.

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FastSpring

MARCH 9, 2022

Question: What’s the most important page on a software website — other than the homepage? Because we have data from thousands of Saas and software websites. For PLG-centered companies in particular, the pricing page often serves as: A way to enter the sales funnel through a free trial or freemium plan. How do we know?

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FastSpring

JUNE 19, 2019

A lot of the findings are expected (there are more internet users than ever, and we’re becoming more obsessed with social media and ecommerce). We’re Personalizing Customer Experiences More Than Ever Before. But for those who have a smartphone, nearly a quarter are “almost constantly” online.

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Payment Methods Trends Payments Payment Services 69

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.

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SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value Payment Solutions Acquisition 104

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Depending on what calculation you use, LTV can paint an honest picture of whether your customers are spending and staying long enough to cover acquisition costs and hopefully—make you a profit. The top three reasons you need to have a firm grip on your LTV are because it: Helps Prioritize Winning Marketing and Sales Strategies.

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Scale Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 128

Baremetrics

MARCH 16, 2021

Choosing Business Strategies : Most businesses especially at the startup stage, tend to explore novel methods and strategies at different phases of their growth. The tool can be integrated with an array of payment platforms and is highly user-friendly. Crazy Egg Crazy Egg is another essential tool for your business website.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 96

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

TL;DR A free trial is a sales strategy that allows prospective customers to use your product for a limited time. A free trial is a sales strategy that allows prospective customers to use your product for a limited time. Opt-out free trial: Requires users to submit their payment details upfront before accessing the product.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy Payment Solutions 93

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.

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Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 83