FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? And does it improve B2B sales too, or is it more just a B2C advantage? How B2B vs. B2C sales compare. Below, we’ll cover: U.S.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. A customer buys a license for your software, and they get the product (either through a download, a CD or even more old school—floppy disks). To put it simply, recurring billing can get complicated, especially for a SaaS company.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this guide, we compare six Recurly competitors and alternatives according to several categories: Subscription management and recurring billing Checkout Global payment processing Reporting and analytics Pricing Customer reviews We’ll start with a deep dive into FastSpring — our end-to-end payment solution (i.e.,

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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.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

B2B Customer Journey Touchpoints: A Guide for CS Teams. B2B customer journey touchpoints mark the roadmap toward successful outcomes for clients and CS teams. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy.

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FastSpring

MARCH 14, 2023

You have to consider: Whether or not you’re required to collect and remit indirect tax (SaaS companies didn’t always have to remit indirect taxes, however, many countries now have new tax laws that target non-resident software companies). That’s why most businesses turn to tax software and/or tax consultants to help them manage indirect tax.

Payment Solutions 89

Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 89

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The ability to follow up on failed payments without putting customer retention at risk is a delicate task that must be handled carefully. Dunning emails tend to be the most effective way to remind customers about a failed payment and speed up the payment process by offering alternative options.

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Stax

JANUARY 5, 2024

There are many different types of payment terminals to choose from, and you need one that’s going to help your business operate the most efficiently. Selecting the right payment processing terminal will not only help reduce your processing costs, but it’ll also increase your profits.

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 20, 2024

SimpleCirc stands out as a noteworthy option when looking into subscription management software because of its intuitive user interface and effective subscriber data handling. The agency can pay the designer and the printing company at the same time, all within the same circular payment loop.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. Our Guiding Principle: Our Software and SaaS Community Must Be Good for You in Order for It to Succeed. Professional moderation.

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BitPay

MAY 25, 2023

A growing number of businesses have begun accepting cryptocurrency payments to meet the demands of their crypto-using customers. Although this shift has so far been more pronounced among B2C companies, B2Bs also stand to benefit a great deal by offering clients the option to pay in crypto.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The success of your business can be greatly impacted by your choice of payment processing model in the dynamic world of eCommerce and online business. To simplify the intricacies of payment processing, two well-known solutions have surfaced: Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) and Merchants of Record (MoRs).

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

We are proud sponsors of the B2B Scalability & Traction track. Honed your product, persuasion skills, pricing & packing and relationships to scale your B2B revenue. Join this track to go farther, faster with B2B today Check out the full list of speakers and the schedule here.

Merchant Services 88

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 6, 2022

How can you analyze customer behavior in-app to deliver unparalleled in-app experiences? Group your user base into granular customer segments by shared characteristics—jobs to be done, in-app engagement , or user feedback. Design in-app strategies to improve retention based on the collected data.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

As a former agency owner, now the Chief Marketing Officer at FastSpring, David Vogelpohl has helped many software companies scale around the world. How FastSpring Simplifies Selling Around the World Automated Localized Checkout Consumers often prefer to pay in their local currency or using payment methods that are popular in their region.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Creating a Monetization Framework For Your Business View the Whitepaper Understanding Customer Lifecycle Management in Recurring Revenue Models Customer lifecycle management in the context of recurring revenue encompasses a strategic approach to engaging customers at each stage of their journey with a brand.

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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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How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 12, 2022

Pricing model: Free, Subscription. Pricing model: Subscription. Appointment Scheduling Appointment Management SMS Reminders Billing & Invoicing Call Reminders Multi-Language Payment Reminders Real Time Notifications. Pricing model: Subscription. Pricing model: Subscription. Limited integration.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Display ads rely on graphic formats to catch user attention, build brand awareness, and guide users to your site. FYI: Search ads can increase brand awareness by as much as 80%. Retargeting leverages past engagements with your brand to show consumers ads to re-engage them. Is it brand awareness? Retargeting.

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Aysling

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

To be an ERP or Enterprise Resource Planner, a software platform needs to contain accounting and inventory functionality. Now, Aysling does have snippets of both of those features, it can manage your project accounting , invoicing, billing, etc.; Aysling is not really an ERP. At least not yet. Aysling is not 100% a PSA.

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FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

Search for Partners at Global Events and Social media MapTiler makes a point of being at developer-focused and other tech conferences to spread brand awareness. “We MapTiler uses FastSpring’s branded checkout platform to localize pricing and the checkout experience, including calculating and collecting VAT, GST, and sales tax.

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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. We take the lead on audits.

Payment Services 124

Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 124

FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2021

Skip ahead: Made PSD2 Compliance Easy for Global Sellers Early Access Launch of FastSpring Quotes for B2B Sales Enhanced Our Platform for Faster Seller Onboarding Improved global ecommerce for cross-border selling Shortcuts and Tips From the FastSpring Team Self-service and documentation Updates. Made PSD2 Compliance Easy for Global Sellers.

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BrightBack

JANUARY 17, 2022

But in practice, being best-in-class at digital retention is a key challenge for most startups and enterprises, as it requires significant engineering to connect 3 to 5 systems of record (e.g.

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FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support. And it’s like PLG, supposed to replace Sales Lead growth, but that doesn’t really work in b2b.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

TL;DR : Stripe markets themselves as a payment services provider (PSP), 2Checkout is a payment service provider with an upgrade option to make them your merchant of record (MoR), and FastSpring is a comprehensive merchant of record from the outset. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

If people aren’t looking for your solution, you have to educate them about the problem your product solves. As Head of Sales for Spendesk, Nico was initially inspired by the vision of founder Rodolphe Ardant who had spotted a gap for ‘spend management’ in the B2B market based on personal banking trends. Nico: Exactly.

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User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

TL;DR A SaaS product delivers software remotely, reducing the need for local installation, maintenance, and updates. Cloud computing offers three main service models: SaaS for ready-to-use software, PaaS for application development frameworks, and IaaS for scalable virtualized computing resources.

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 15, 2022

A dedicated Customer Success Software enhances the general customer experience while also allowing the company to scale. The following are some of the benefits that a customer success solution can provide to your company. They were capable of improving their trial subscription offer as a result of this.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. Reconciling payments, fulfillment, refunds, etc. Zoho Subscriptions.

Payment Methods 146

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 146

ProfitWell

MAY 21, 2020

And we'll be sharing with you an overall subscription index, from companies on Profitwell, that will be updated weekly. Click below to get the complete ProfitWell Index for B2B or DTC. Table of Contents: Overall SaaS and subscription index. Impact of COVID-19 on SaaS and subscription companies. 3 ways to boost retention.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now, in this ongoing series of comparisons, we discuss two of the best subscription analytics dashboards for SaaS: Baremetrics vs. ProfitWell. You can even see your customer segmentation , deeper insights about who your customers are , forecast into the future, and use automated tools to recover failed payments. Table of Contents.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

In this blog, keeping these concerns and this specific context in mind, we will go over firstly an understanding of what SaaS customer journey is, see the specifics of B2B SaaS customer journey , before going over a short guide of steps to follow for the perfect Customer journey SaaS. What is SaaS customer journey?

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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.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. He then sent out a link to this page inside payment failure notification emails. How My Marketing Concepts upsells annual payments during trial. Learn more here.

Merchant Services 138

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 138

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Your subscription company should run like a well-oiled machine. Retain subscribed customers: Unlike other businesses, SaaS businesses rely on customers paying monthly or yearly for their subscription. Accounting software will keep all revenue assets organized. Sometimes, software does not cooperate or you simply have questions.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

I am Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures, and we will be talking about the secrets to building a $1 billion vertical SaaS company, and we’re very fortunate to have two executives from leading enterprise software companies who have done this. I was amazed by the app exchange. Actually, two. Matt Garratt: Fantastic.

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