FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?

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Payments Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods 160

User Pilot

MARCH 24, 2024

TL;DR A user flow is a visual representation of the steps a user takes to achieve a specific goal within a website or app. Discover user paths to app actions. 11 User flow examples to inspire you to create your app flows: Basic user flow chart for logging in. Review generation user flow. Track user interaction patterns.

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Payment Solutions Payments Software Review SaaS Payments 105

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.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 148

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

What does the future hold for B2B software? In 2021 we will start to see the convergence of product led growth, remote sellers, remote buyers and sales enablement technology that tracks EVERYTHING. Chase Doelling, Director Strategic and Technical Alliances at JumpCloud. “I Mike Tria, Head of Platform at Atlassian.

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 96

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 7, 2020

As the coronavirus outbreak upends lives and businesses everywhere, support teams are increasingly the first place that customers turn to for guidance. Whether it’s checking on shipment status, processing refunds, or fielding requests for payment relief, support reps are facing mounting pressure.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. It comes down to having an online presence, understanding buyers’ needs, and, most importantly—a platform that can handle transactions.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

ProfitWell

JANUARY 2, 2020

Subscriptions are built on ongoing relationships with customers, so companies selling subscriptions need to understand how to monetize this relationship on a recurring basis. We’ll talk through the importance of audience targeting, the kinds of resources that are helpful, and the ways to differentiate between B2C and B2C sales.

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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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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

Kellblog

JANUARY 30, 2021

I certainly didn’t have “global pandemic” on my 2020 bingo card and, even if I somehow did, I would never have coupled that with “booming stock market” and median SaaS price/revenue multiples in the 15x range. That said, I’m back on the proverbial horse, so let’s dig in with a review of our 2021 predictions. 2020 Predictions Review.

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Technical Review Payment Services Payments AI Search 143

SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2019

There is no shortage of options when it comes to building your marketing technology stack. I’ve worked at multiple high growth SaaS businesses as a growth leader, and the data we’re seeing right now … This is from … is that CAC is increasing both in B2B and B2C, and you’re going to see how that relates, right?

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Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 150

User Pilot

AUGUST 30, 2021

A product analytics tool is a type of software that enables you to measure and visualize user data. Product analytics software varies but most have similar features, such as data capturing, customized segmentation, and KPI dashboards. Product analytics tools are a type of software that enables you to measure and visualize user data.

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Product Marketing Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 98

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Retain subscribed customers: Unlike other businesses, SaaS businesses rely on customers paying monthly or yearly for their subscription. Subscription businesses rely on recurring revenue from subscribers, so retaining dedicated customers is crucial to keeping your business alive. Is there support for this tool?

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 21, 2021

More than integrations and features and quarterly reports, back in August, Intercom turned 10. It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited.

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VP of Engineering Scale Technical Review Outsourcing Services 118

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 148

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

SaaStr

AUGUST 12, 2022

While Azure and Google Cloud grew at record rates, Shopify for example, its SaaS business only grew 10% last quarter. So clearly there are areas of our economy that are slow growing and B2C has its challenges. We are post-term sheet moving along diligence. Now, revenue’s coming in looking good. Take the meeting.

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FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

Look at Zoom or Slack: businesses designed for enterprise organizations that use B2C-like onboarding flows (such as product-led growth, or PLG) to fuel interest and adoption. Are you still making assumptions about your B2B go-to-market motion — assumptions that ignore B2C selling methods — that are limiting your growth potential?

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OPEXEngine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Challenges wrought by the pandemic haven’t come with easy or obvious solutions—other than a measure of agility to adapt to new situations. The impact of the pandemic was quite dramatic as we literally lost all of our revenue from one week to the other,” said Marcus Tillmann, CFO of online travel site Trivago. “We Robust technology.

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SaaS Payments Scale Strategy Payment Services 52

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Business to Consumer (B2C). Small and Mid-Market (SMM) SaaS Companies serve customers with annual revenues of $1 million to $1 billion and with a typical employee base of 100 to 1,000. The industry dynamics of SMM SaaS companies pose a threat for these businesses that are not faced by B2C or Enterprise SaaS companies.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ever since John Koenig first coined the term “SaaS” back in 2005, the software-as-a-service industry has been one of the fastest-moving and creative in the world. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. Recurring payments.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

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.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 147

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Features 147

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. B2B and B2C SaaS and Subscription Report. Why You Need to Review Your Pricing Strategy Today (and How to do it Right).

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Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). This is likely due to family subscriptions and internationalization. ARPA is the lifeblood of any subscription business. In the SaaS world, businesses generally aim to drive higher ARPA through add-ons and paid upgrades as the product matures. Things are very different for B2C though.

Payments 75

Payments Metrics EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

Incredo

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When you’re looking to generate significant revenue as a newbie in the SaaS market, your product prices shouldn’t go above $5000. For a SaaS company (and almost any business), both success and failure depend on decisions that founders make: team members, target groups, product functionality, and of course business model.

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring 157

OPEXEngine

AUGUST 9, 2022

By benchmarking critical go-to-market KPIs, like the Magic Number – which measures how many new dollars of revenue growth are obtained getting from your sales and marketing investment compared to your competitors. One industrial company, for instance, makes account assignments in a cloud-based sales planning platform.

Scale 59

Scale VP of Engineering Payment Services Underperforming Technical Team 59

SaaStr

AUGUST 5, 2020

Are you technical? Business, the customers are getting impacted. Timelines’ longer for fundraising for closing customers and payments get delayed. These founders have described their investors as resilient, as ambitious, as modest and diligent. I’m definitely first-generation tech, first-generation VC.

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Technical Review Payment Methods Travel Development Team Review 144

ProfitWell

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Some companies report revenue churn, others only share customer or user churn numbers, and often there’s no distinction between whether churn numbers are annual or monthly. I mean, just take a look at all these different surveys: A 2018 KBCM Technology Group survey reported a median annual revenue churn rate of 13.2%

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Software Platform Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

The vast majority of tech press is about B2C software companies or software for IT department (e.g., But, there are a few good b2b blogs and newsletters those of you interested in enterprise cloud business applications should follow for inspiration. Platform Economics and Strategy. PMNTS.com B2B Site.

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B2B Software Review Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 40

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

What makes me sad is that even with the obvious benefits of higher renewals, most SaaS companies still lose huge amounts of revenue to customer churn. Yes, some churn might be unavoidable , but you’d be surprised at how much revenue you could save by implementing a few basic strategies to increase renewals. Accurately predict revenue.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 45

GetUplift

DECEMBER 12, 2021

These ads are aimed directly at the heart of parents, showing them that Lego is an integral part of building, inventing and bringing their kids’ dreams to life. . Ultimately, emotional marketing increases conversions that lead to more business revenue. The second thinking system is rational and calculated.

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Payment Methods Marketing Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team 122

FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

A type of performance-based marketing in which a business rewards partners (also known as affiliates) for each visitor or customer brought by the affiliate’s marketing efforts. The largest 3rd party ecommerce platform. They also offer Fulfillment by Amazon, where they handle the fulfillment process for your business at extra cost.

Payment Methods 84

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services 84

SmartKarrot

MARCH 8, 2022

An exceptional thought leader and a brilliant coach to thousands of executives, Allison Pickens, is a leading expert on recurring revenue growth. A star in the world of Customer Success, Amarachi Ogueji is known for her exceptional skills in retaining B2B and B2C SaaS clients. Allison Pickens. Amarachi Ogueji. Anika Zubair.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Scale SaaS Payments 21

SmartKarrot

JUNE 1, 2020

SaaS and cloud solutions have successfully left an indelible imprint in the newer technologies. Basically, this compares the success of any two or more companies, whose primary method of revenue is a subscription. The model clearly shows how high the growth rate is for the companies that have chosen a subscription business.

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Subscription Payment Features Payment Methods SaaS Payments 10

SmartKarrot

APRIL 20, 2022

From apparel brands to food delivery platforms, almost all B2C businesses offer loyalty programs; and a majority of them are a huge hit. But, implementing these programs in Business-to-Business (B2B) environments can be a little different. Loyalty programs are a great way to gain insightful customer data.

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SmartKarrot

MAY 13, 2022

Technological advancements are bringing massive changes in everything around us. It has paved the path for unexpected disruptions across culture, market, industry, processes, and whatnot. Now technology has turned the table completely and made customers more in power for the entire journey. This was a disruptive technology. #2

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B2B Artificial Intelligence Payment Services Social Media 10

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With the rise of AI, new sales technology and automation at the forefront of the sales echo chamber these days, we thought we’d take a moment to bring it back to BASICS – that’s why we’ve rounded up this complete glossary of sales terms and definitions to help you remember where it all started. AB Testing. Base Salary.

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Scale Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments 99

FastSpring

AUGUST 11, 2021

The new SST system, dubbed SST 2.0, is much simpler for businesses compared with the previous Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime it replaced and the old SST framework that preceded GST. Malaysia extended its tax system to cover digital services provided by foreign service providers on January 1, 2020. Possible SST Penalties.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 148