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How to Find the Best SaaS Billing Platform: A Complete Guide

Stax

But if you’re a B2B solution, there’s a high likelihood that businesses will be interested in being able to accept customer payments, rather than just sending them a PayPal link or to a generic payment gateway. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software? What is a SaaS Billing Platform?

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An In-Depth Guide to Subscription Billing Platforms (+ 5 Options)

FastSpring

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. Optimize Your Checkout Process to Increase Conversions.

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

In the language of SaaS, I churned. And the experience got me thinking: Was immediate removal of paid features the best chance to keep me from churning? When did I officially count as “churned”? Did they count me as churned on the day I canceled? In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas.

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Most SaaS Metrics Really Only Work if You Have 75%+ Gross Margins and 100%+ NRR

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In particular: Hybrid SaaS with payments and fintech usually has far, far lower gross margins than pure software. See, e.g. Shopify, whose blended gross margins with payments even at its scale are still less than 50%. Non-Recurring Revenue Doesn’t Count, At Least Not as Much. Pass-Through Revenue Simply Doesn’t Count.

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Top 6 Recurly Competitors and Alternatives: An In-Depth Review

FastSpring

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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Discovering SimpleCirc Alternatives for Your Magazine in 2024

Subscription Flow

Read more: Your Strategy to Boost Digital Magazine Subscriptions Section 1: Understanding SimpleCirc and its Place in the Market SimpleCirc has set itself apart in today’s cutthroat market by revolutionizing circular payments and providing user-friendly solutions that expedite transactions involving several parties.

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In-Depth Comparison of 5 Monthly Recurring Billing Software

FastSpring

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.