SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2022

Pursue Diverse Revenue Models. Sometimes, it takes innovative thinking to pull more revenue out of a current customer base or business model. Spending Big on Advertising Isn’t Necessary. Clayton begins by sharing the key levers that accelerate growth from the $100 million mark to $1 billion. Hire for Tomorrow, Not Today.

Revenue

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But, how do you decide which licensing model works best for you and your clients? We are going to walk you through a couple of the most popular pricing models—perpetual license and annual license, along with its variant subscription model —as well as mention a couple of the other popular ways to monetize software.

Payment Features

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. But in the past few years, subscriptions have seen a bit of a resurgence. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find an industry that hasn't seen at least one subscription success story: Cars. Even the humble houseplant doesn’t seem immune to the subscription economy.

Payment Features

Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

It also allows advertisers to get exposure in some of the most popular games played in today’s market. Games as a Service refers to games that operate without initial purchasing costs and instead, make their profits on subscriptions or in-game purchases. Games as a Service Payment Options. Games as a Service Business Models.

Payments

Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

This method is best suited to subscription-based businesses. For example, fitness coaches can use VOD platforms to offer monthly subscriptions for on-demand fitness classes. This is essential for brands that rely on live events in their business model. M onetizing OTT Advertising. Video Advertising Networks.

Payments

Zuora

JULY 21, 2020

We talk to Ken about the impact of COVID-19 on publishing, the balance between advertising and subscriptions, and the path to more sustainable business models. Excerpts from the latest Subscribed Podcast with Ken Doctor.

Advertising

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The trick is identifying a smaller set of metrics that really tell the story of your business and making them your key performance indicators, or KPIs. The good news is that the most important subscription KPIs are constant across SaaS businesses, whether you’re selling a timekeeping software or an accounting tool.

Payment Features

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

However, a SaaS company providing global HR and payroll solutions may have a few hundred customers paying a monthly or annual feein other words, making recurring payments over a longer period of time. Churn is the percentage of customers that end their subscriptions within a certain amount of time. Churn rate.

Scale

Neil Patel

MAY 6, 2021

Whether you’re running a PPC campaign, adding a new advertising stream to your ongoing strategy, setting up an e-commerce store, or even opening a brick-and-mortar store, you need to conduct a breakeven analysis. New Business Model. When you switch to a new business model, your costs can change drastically.

Payment Methods

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Subscription-based businesses are awesome! All you have to do is get a customer to buy once, and then you get recurring revenue without even thinking about it. While the recurring revenue part is true and awesome, retaining customers and creating a sustainable subscription-based business model can be super tricky.

Subscription

ProfitWell

JULY 22, 2020

After setting up an advertising campaign to propel growth, the startup was able to grow into a one hundred million dollar company. However, with safe and secure payment methods such as Stripe and Paypal, it is now just as convenient for manufacturers. Use a subscription-based model.

Payment Methods

Tom Tunguz

MAY 14, 2013

The Atlantic summed up the essence of social networks' business models brilliantly. It’s not the technology that’s intrinisically valuable, but the activity on the network that attracts users and advertisers and produces a data by-product. But this is still a media business, just with a performance oriented advertiser base.

Sales Recruiting

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 1, 2019

The old world SaaS model was basically all about sign up and convert. The new SaaS model is subscription revenue-driven, which begs the question: what is a conversion today? It’s not just SaaS; subscriptions are taking over. This is what we’ve ended up in: a world of subscription everything.

Retention

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Upsell bigger subscriptions with more features. Convert freemium customers to paid subscriptions with an irresistible sale. If freemium is a big part of your business model, a strong holiday sale might be the lever to finally convert users who love the features they have access to, but who know they could really use a lot more of them.

SaaS Payments

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

“It doesn’t take a genius to understand that business model failure comes when CAC (the cost to acquire customers) exceeds LTV (the ability to monetize those customers.)” These methods are fine for short-term forecasting, but for subscription-based companies, the calculation gets a little more complicated.

Scale

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We need to differentiate among three similar sounding but very different concepts: revenue stream, revenue model, and business model. You can think of these as a turducken of business jargon with a revenue stream being within a revenue model which is in turn inside a business model. Table of Contents.

Payments

Unbounce

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

If that’s not feasible for your business model, you can also compete on customer service. The potential for audience targeting on social platforms is powerful, and the time users spend scrolling every day makes it worth the investment for you to show up there, too—either through paid advertising or organically.

Scale

Chargify

OCTOBER 21, 2020

As many leading companies know, customer subscription management isn’t a “set it and forget it” concept. It is important for businesses to constantly analyze the health of their subscription model to make sure it is truly working for their customers and their bottom line. Refine pricing models. Plan for the future.

Payment Features

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

Buildium’s valuation highlights how the idea that all revenue needs to be recurring doesn’t take any sort of nuance into consideration. A huge percentage of Buildium’s revenues come not from subscriptions, but instead from pay-per-use payment processing revenues when tenants pay their rent online.

SaaS Payments

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Advertisers are struggling to intrigue users with a five-second pre-roll on YouTube, while you need not five, not 10, but 45–60 minutes of a customer’s personal time for your product demo. It took her awhile to understand programmatic advertising principles, but ultimately she understood what I’m selling and what my job is all about.

Technical Review

ProfitWell

MAY 21, 2020

In reality, though, retention offers a much higher ROI on advertising spend for certain business models—and is often much more cost-effective than its counterpart. In the same way, you need to both acquire and then retain customers in order to achieve success in the subscription world.

Acquisition

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 12, 2018

A lot of the features in the Dribbble Pro subscription were built in reaction to requests we’ve gotten from the community. Obviously we have a few different revenue streams sprinkled in, including subscriptions, advertising and hiring solutions. Playbook came out in 2016, after many years of us watching this evolution.

Business

ProfitWell

JUNE 3, 2020

It’s especially important for subscription-based businesses. Every new lead carries the potential for recurring revenue. As a business owner, one of your perpetual goals is to keep generating new and better leads. Each offers different benefits to different types of businesses. What’s the best way to do this?

Subscription

Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

They use tactics like social media, search engine optimisation and paid advertising to attract prospects to their website, and then use demo requests, gated eBooks, webinars, etc to convert visitors into leads. Revenue Model – A description of how the company generates revenue. Factors to consider.

Scale

User Pilot

AUGUST 31, 2023

New customers bring in subscription fees, licensing charges, or usage-based payments, which are the lifeblood of SaaS businesses. This can involve various marketing channels such as digital advertising, content marketing, social media campaigns, SEO, and more. What is the purpose of customer acquisition in SaaS?

Acquisition

User Pilot

MAY 19, 2021

Does your product help employees save time while invoicing? The easiest way to find out what jobs your audience needs to get done is to…ask them: Source: Userpilot.com – we are in the business of helping companies improve product adoption. Print advertisements. What job do they need to get done with your product?

B2B

User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2022

In-app messages can encourage freemium users to upgrade to a paid subscription by highlighting the extra value of certain features — increasing expansion MRR in the process! Their “what’s new” modal is the perfect spot to advertise feature updates since the user will see it as a full-screen popup. Source: Miro. #10 Churn survey.

Engagement

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If you’re interested in running an ecommerce site that follows this business model, you need to make sure that your site builder supports dropshipping. But I recommend starting with the Business Unlimited plan, at a minimum. All plans come with secure hosting, unlimited orders, 24/7 support, and no transaction fees.

Payment Methods

User Pilot

MARCH 6, 2023

It is often used by product-led businesses to drive scalable business growth. Product-Led Growth (PLG) is a business model in which the quality of the product drive growth, while product-led acquisition is a strategy that relies on product virality and network effects to expand market penetration.

Scale

User Pilot

OCTOBER 26, 2021

He identifies 6 business models and corresponding usual North Star Metrics: Marketplaces (eg Uber) – consumption growth. Paid growth-led businesses – growth efficiency (ie LTV/CAC ratio ). UGC-led subscription products (eg tools, such as Loom) – consumption. B2B North Star Metric example. Conclusion.

B2C

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. I mean, this is quite new.

SaaS Payments

User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

TL;DR Software monetization helps generate revenue using various new business models to reinvest in development and enhancements. The subscription model offers ongoing access for a fee, ensuring updates and steady income. Software licensing sets software usage rules, protecting creators and defining user rights.

Software

ProfitWell

JUNE 15, 2020

Last week, MRR gain spiked to almost +16% because it was the beginning of the month and subscriptions renewed. Tracking LTV is especially important for DTC companies that follow a subscription model, meaning customers pay them a recurring price to receive products on a scheduled basis. MRR gain* is at a positive 6.46%.

Payment Methods

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time,” – Henry Ford In 1913, Henry Ford brought the assembly line to the automobile industry, because he knew that prioritizing efficiency in his plants would make him more profitable. One thing to consider is integrated payments.

SaaS Payments

User Pilot

JULY 30, 2023

Customer retention requires more focus when you have high churn rates , high acquisition costs, and a business model reliant on recurring revenue. The cost of acquisition typically includes the expenses associated with marketing and sales, such as promotional campaigns, sales commissions, and advertising.

Acquisition

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

“We do less than 1% of our business in Croatia, so it’s not really a big market for us,” added TestDome’s head of customer success and sales Igor Novosel. Selling internationally is key to their business model. This started making a problem for us, because people would get confused,” Mario explained. Read how Walls.io

Payment Solutions

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The percentage of subscribers who discontinue their subscriptions within a given time period. The number of visitors frequenting your site, and is a basic metric that every business should track to know the impact of GTM strategies. For the MRR, you sum up the recurring revenue from all your customers in a given month.

SaaS Payments