FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Gather metrics and view reports on monthly recurring revenue. Offer and manage one-time add-ons, coupons, and more.

Payments 84

Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 84

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

Payment Services 122

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 122

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 19, 2024

Smooth payment processing is at the heart of any business’s smooth operations and growth. If this process is blotchy then you run the risk of losing money. If the process is not secure, then you run the risk of losing your customers’ trust resulting in catastrophic consequences for your business.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 59

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. What type of medium is used.

B2B 115

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

In this new SaaStr series called “What’s new at…,” Jason Lemkin chats with WorkOS CEO and founder Michael Grinich about what it takes to be Enterprise ready in SaaS, building vs. buying, and who the stakeholders are in a B2D motion. Developer-Led Growth Differs From Product-Led Growth WorkOS is a developer platform.

Enterprise readiness 215

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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. Process chargebacks.

Payment Methods 124

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 124

Frontegg

MAY 28, 2022

With more and more businesses offering their services online, payment processing is now taking centerstage. Creating a secure and smooth payment pipeline is becoming increasingly important, with users expecting more in-app freedom with the ability to purchase or upgrade their accounts with just a few clicks.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 98

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. But what makes B2B content good ? According to one study, it also costs over $50 billion annually due to wasted resources alone. Tough question.

B2B 110

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 110

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

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.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 147

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Explore the Power of Changelog Integration in Our Documentation Navigating the Tax Landscape: Key Changes That Demand Your Attention in 2024 Quarterly B2B Onboarding Update: Your Complete Guide to Seamless Transactions! Fraud, Chargebacks, and Mitigation Strategies Need FastSpring support? Visit our Support page.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Customer Support Merchant Services Payments 78

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 17, 2021

If you’ve underestimated the importance of financial operations for both the short and long-term success of your SaaS business, you’re not alone. With the explosive growth of the SaaS business model impacting businesses worldwide, many are navigating SaaS financial operations and subscription management for the first time.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services B2B SaaS Payments Payments 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

Merchant Services 110

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 110

Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge. Think back to the days of eBay and Craigslist, that’s pretty much where we stand with B2B marketplaces. Namely, the tendency towards higher order values and complex workflows.

Marketplace as a Service 83

Marketplace as a Service B2B Payments SaaS Payments 83

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

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?

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

Point Nine Land

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

One of the lessons I, along with many other founders and investors, have learned in my roughly 15-year journey in SaaS investing is that most businesses adopt new technologies at a painfully slow pace. ServiceTitan, a leading vertical SaaS for home services, penetrated 1% of its core TAM of 900,000 home services businesses.

AI 120

AI SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Artificial Intelligence 120

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

When selecting a funnel tool, look for customization, integrations, segmentations , and dashboard options. Here are the best funnel-tracking tools to explore: Userpilot is a product growth platform that gives you granular insights into your funnels with heatmaps, custom events, product usage tracking, and more.

Payment Solutions 102

Payment Solutions Data Analysis Software Review SaaS Payments 102

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Your SaaS product’s free trial conversion rate is one of the most important growth metrics to track. That’s because an integral component of the product-led growth strategy is your ability to convert a free trial user into a paying customer. The average conversion rate for SaaS companies varies between 18.6%

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions Scale 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. The second factor to consider is whether or not the solution was built for your type of business.

Payment Solutions 109

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 109

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). In the language of SaaS, I churned. In part two, we’ll cover five churn-prevention strategies that have been successful in other SaaS businesses. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks. Is There an Ideal Churn Rate for SaaS?

Benchmarks 114

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 114

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 15, 2024

Inaccurate, packed with "filler," or completely AI-generated — bad B2B (business-to-business) content is easy to spot and even easier to find online. But what makes B2B content good ? According to one study, it also costs over $50 billion annually due to wasted resources alone. Tough question.

B2B 55

B2B Technical Advisors SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 55

CustomerSuccessBox

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Customer Success has become a must for every SaaS business with the advent of the subscription economy. The success of your business goes hand in hand with the success of your customer. For so many years, SaaS has focused so strongly on the acquisition that they have been blind to other aspects of the customer journey.

Payments 52

Payments Customer Success SaaS Payments Revenue 52

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Free trials can impact cash flow and revenue generation, especially if a significant portion of trial users don’t convert into paying customers. Types of free trial models in SaaS: opt-in and opt-out free trials, freemium , free trial after a demo, and free trial with gamified extensions. What’s a free trial in SaaS?

SaaS Payments 89

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Strategy Payment Solutions 89

FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

The Swiss-based SaaS company now helps governments, enterprises, and SMBs in over 120 countries by providing maps API for web and mobile developers. MapTiler has seen significant growth in revenue in countries with active affiliate partnerships. From 2015 to 2020, MapTiler doubled the number of countries where it has customers.

Payment Methods 139

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Social Media 139

User Pilot

APRIL 18, 2024

In SaaS, getting users to value quickly matters a lot, so invest in onboarding and self-service support. Userpilot is a product onboarding platform that can help you with that. How to create effective conversion paths: step-by-step process Here’s how you create a robust conversion path for your SaaS product.

Payment Methods 96

Payment Methods Marketing SaaS Payments Payments 96

Totango

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

SaaS Tools to Jumpstart Your Business Growth: Five Essential Apps. Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) tools automate your business functions, fueling your growth by increasing efficiency. This promotes higher customer satisfaction and retention, elevating sales and increasing revenue. What Are SaaS Tools?

SaaS Payments 71

SaaS Payments Scale Payments Payment Solutions 71

Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

More than ten years later, cohort analyses have become an essential part of most SaaS companies’ toolkits. I have written this guide specifically for first-time SaaS founders with limited experience. By conducting a cohort analysis, you can track customer behavior, retention, churn, and revenue over time.

SaaS Payments 128

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments SaaS 128

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 27, 2022

?. Manual document collection is not exactly what you would call a seamless process. Whether it’s customer onboarding or just gathering information for an event, we’re often trapped in endless follow-ups and back-and-forth emails until we finally get the assets and can move on with other, more meaningful tasks. SaaS-struck.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review 118

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Now more than ever, it is crucial for businesses to invest in SaaS customer journey in this era of the complete overhaul of the digital world. What is SaaS customer journey? You can improve every facet of your SaaS business with an accurate mapping of the customer journey.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services 52

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. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). That includes: A global focus.

SaaS Payments 124

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 124

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Precisely – about SaaS affiliate programs… SaaS partner programs entice both software providers and affiliate partners for various reasons: 1) SaaS products are usually low-cost. 3) Almost any business in the world needs this or that software for its own needs. 5) Everyone minds his own business.

SaaS Payments 139

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 25, 2021

Financial Mathematics of a SaaS business model. SaaS business models are different from traditional business models. Unlike the traditional business model, where once the opportunity is marked closed-won, it’s time to celebrate, but when it comes to SaaS, the acquisition is not the end game.

Retention 52

Retention SaaS Payments B2B Business 52

SaaSOptics

MARCH 10, 2022

SaaSOptics is the bridge between a company’s CRM and general ledger that prevents revenue from falling through the cracks. SaaSOptics automates your expense and revenue recognition , helping you keep your data clean and making audits a breeze. Utilizing ePay tools makes sending invoices and receiving customer their payments easy.

Payment Services 87

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 87

Chart Mogul

MARCH 16, 2018

How do you measure mobile app monetization in the context of subscription revenue? Historically, mobile app monetization has largely been about scaling and optimizing ad revenue from in-app purchases (IAP). Today, publishers have a lot more choice when it comes to picking a monetization strategy.

Payments 49

Payments Mobile Payment Solutions Subscription 49

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

User adoption is essential for B2B SaaS companies, as it helps customers to learn about your product, adopt features , stick around, and nurture product growth. But how does user adoption impact your business? We have ten best practices to improve product adoption: Personalize the onboarding experience with segmentation.

SaaS Payments 87

SaaS Payments Strategy Payment Solutions SaaS 87

User Pilot

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Looking for a good user analytics tool and wondering which one of Heap, Pendo, and Baremetrics is the best option for your SaaS company? In this post, we’ll discuss exactly that – which tool is best for user analytics depending on the different criteria that different SaaS companies may have. Let’s compare them!

Payments 52

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Methods 52

User Pilot

DECEMBER 3, 2022

In SaaS, this is usually the moment they start a free trial or freemium plan. The conversion stage (also known as the purchase stage) happens when a customer buys from the business for the first time. In SaaS, this is when they upgrade from a free trial to paid, or from a freemium to a premium plan. Acquisition. Conversion.

SaaS Payments 97

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 97

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

And there’s more and more bifurcation between the ‘haves’ – the fast growers – and the ‘have nots’ of SaaS than ever before. The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80