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The Complete Guide to SaaS Pricing Strategy

Tom Tunguz

But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year. Many infrastructure as a service companies do this. Contract Length Many SaaS startups launch with monthly pricing which encourages customers to try the product and engenders demand.

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What is Vertical SaaS?

Stax

That’s the main premise of vertical SaaS. Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. What is Vertical SaaS? Since vertical SaaS platforms are niche-focused (e.g.,

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Software-led payments: What’s on the horizon for platforms in 2025? | Episode 46

Payrix

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

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5 Payment Processing Strategies for Software as a Service (SaaS)

USIO

Subscription Models: Usio will provide general insights into why subscription-based payment processing is often considered advantageous for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Predictable Revenue Streams: Subscription models provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream for SaaS companies.

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The Ultimate Guide to Software Customer Churn

Stax

That said, industry experts agree that your SaaS companys goal churn should be below 2%. As a SaaS business leader, reducing software user churn is an important part of maintaining your customer base and increasing revenue. TL;DR The average software industry churn rate is 14%, but SaaS companies should aim for under 2%.

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7 Predictions for SaaS in 2018

Tom Tunguz

That cash could be used for dividends, share buy backs and acquisitions. Several landscape altering SaaS acquisitions will come to fruition because of cash availability from repatriation and because there are enough public SaaS companies at scale to add material revenue and market cap to buyers. Microsoft buys Workday.

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The Top 5 Tips to Getting Sales Right in Any Market with Capchase’s CEO and Head of Marketing

SaaStr

They wanted to quantify this trend of a longer sales cycle, so they commissioned a study of 500 revenue leaders in the U.S. 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.