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The B2B Marketplace Funding Napkin 2021

Point Nine Land

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

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A Primer on B2B Marketplaces: Challenges and Opportunities

Point Nine Land

Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services. Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge.

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Winning Strategies for Service Marketplaces

Point Nine Land

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it. Sounds complicated?

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Where to Cultivate Loyalty: Advanced Strategies for Enhancing Customer Engagement and Retention

Blulogix

This blog post delves into advanced strategies that can help subscription services foster deeper connections with their customers, thereby improving retention rates and fostering brand loyalty. Tailor experiences, from onboarding to customer service, ensuring each subscriber feels uniquely valued.

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A Vendor’s Guide to B2B Ecommerce

FastSpring

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. What is B2B Ecommerce?

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Sequencing Business Models: Can That SAAS Business Turn Into a Marketplace?

Casey Accidental

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. The Weak Transition to Marketplace Arguments. So goes the story.

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Charting the Future: What Are the Emerging Trends in Subscription Billing and Monetization?

Blulogix

Expansion of Usage-Based Billing Models As consumers increasingly favor pay-for-what-you-use models, we’ll see a surge in usage-based billing across various industries, from SaaS and cloud services to media and telecommunications.