SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Discover Bessemer Venture Partners’s annual State of the Cloud report, going through trends, benchmarks, and metrics that underpin the Cloud economy. SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. What does this mean for Cloud companies?

Cloud 299

Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 299

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 Software Review 147

Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. In addition to keeping fees low, you want to make sure the service is reliable, fast, and able to offer your customers a smooth experience. 5 Power Your Growing Business Want to Reduce Your Churn? Try Baremetrics free. Table of Contents.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 98

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Integrating customer-facing subscription management tools on your own site.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

FastSpring serves as a merchant of record for over 3500 companies that use our platform every day to sell digital products globally. We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business. Set up a demo or check out our platform yourself.

SaaS Payments 159

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Merchant Services 159

SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2025

Regulatory compliance can be a moat, not just overhead Spending five years securing money transmitter licenses across 50 states created a significant barrier to entry that competitors can’t easily replicate. The compliance risk is significant,” Ren says. SMB customers. From Zero to $1.4 ” 2. .

SMB 130

SMB Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 130

User Pilot

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to Userpilot’s SaaS Product Success Metrics Benchmark report , Fintech and Insurance companies had the second-lowest activation and adoption rates of all industries. This is because the client onboarding process in financial services faces unique challenges. What are they? Let’s get started.

Payment Services 111

Payment Services SaaS Payments Onboarding Payment Solutions 111

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas. In part two, we’ll cover five churn-prevention strategies that have been successful in other SaaS businesses. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks Part II: 5 Proven Strategies for Reducing SaaS Churn Part III: Churn Definitions and Additional Resources. Table of Contents.

Benchmarks 147

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2023

Capchase’s dataset is comprised of roughly half bootstrapped companies and half VC-backed companies, so there will be some differences in benchmarking from what you see from the VC firms. One, when you have really high gross margins, your cost base actually increases much slower than your revenue base. Diversity yields results.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital 246

Chaotic Flow

OCTOBER 8, 2013

From a SaaS customer’s point of view, there is little distinction between your SaaS product, website, mobile app, support, service and community. Great SaaS product management professionals don’t simply specify features and functions, they create online experiences that satisfy business, professional and personal needs.

SaaS Payments 200

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments Scale 200

FastSpring

JUNE 6, 2024

Xsolla is a merchant of record (MoR) payment provider that serves the video game industry. The platform includes a broad feature set that provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to sell online and accept online payments globally, without having to manage localization, sales tax and VAT, or fraud prevention on their own.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments 78

Stax

JUNE 20, 2024

An ISV partner is a software vendor that partners with an ISV and provides additional services or technology. However, the significance of selecting the right ISV partner program for cloud services or SaaS companies can’t be overstated. Its purpose? To foster symbiotic relationships that drive mutual growth.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Stax 88

Baremetrics

JULY 7, 2021

For every decision-maker in a SaaS company, understanding SaaS financial benchmarks makes a proper interpretation your internal performance metrics possible. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. 2 Why use SaaS Financial Benchmarks?

Benchmarks 105

Benchmarks SaaS Payments SaaS Payments 105

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When discussing the financial metrics for a SaaS company, revenue vs. profit is among the most common comparisons encountered. When a SaaS product or service has been developed, tracking the ROI (return on investment) involves always keeping revenue vs. profit at the top of mind. What is revenue? What is revenue?

Payments 103

Payments Revenue Payment Services SaaS Payments 103

Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Stripe is a payment processing company but is also used to create reports. Close to 2 million websites use Stripe reports and the company holds a 18.54% market share in the payments processing category. Of course, media buzz alone shouldn’t convince you to use Stripe (or any other reporting and analytics platform).

Payment Services 98

Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments Payment Methods 98

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

Throughout this series, we have provided many resources to prepare you for this stage of your business journey. Armed with these considerations and guidance around invaluable tools — many often not mentioned as part of the debt raise process — you’ll hopefully stay on top of all your contractually required reporting, tracking, and much more.

Payment Services 93

Payment Services Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services Development Team Review 93

SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

In addition, we believe that this data is representative, because if you look at the different kinds of buyers from the respondents, you see it spans everything from operations and marketing to sales and engineering, even down to legal. The first goal is to share with you benchmarks. Our second topic, benchmarks around retention.

Scale 249

Scale Sales Hiring SMB Payment Services 249

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing , when it comes to finding the billing history for Stripe customers, things are needlessly complicated. Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 98

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Net revenue retention (NRR) and gross revenue retention (GRR) are two important metrics. NRR and GRR are important secondary metrics for any SaaS enterprise that brings in money through a subscription revenue model. Connect Baremetrics to your revenue sources, and start seeing all of your revenue in a crystal-clear dashboard.

Payments 95

Payments Retention Revenue Payment Services 95

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of the things our CEO David Nachman told me during a one-on-one about the purpose and direction of the community was that this community is an opportunity to lessen the transactional nature of our relationship with customers and other software and SaaS businesses. We provide a service; you make money; repeat on autopilot.

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 148

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 31, 2021

Human support is an essential part of any successful support strategy, but the reality is that it doesn’t scale and it’s expensive to operate. A whopping 68% of support leaders say their team hit roadblocks once a month because their support stack isn’t integrated with technology used by other teams.

Payment Methods 214

Payment Methods Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 214

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

Using third-party integrations to bring company-wide customer data into a central hub that’s designed to automate and optimize a Customer Success Manager’s output is when Customer Success really becomes a force to be reckoned with. Sales or Sales Operations. What are the benefits of integrating with Customer Success software?

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

Baremetrics

MAY 4, 2020

And if you’re not careful, it can slowly eat away at your revenue and bleed your company dry. The customers whose subscriptions end because their credit card payments failed and they never made up for the payment. dunning emails) to customers when their payments fail is your best bet at recovering that lost revenue.

Payment Methods 124

Payment Methods Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 124

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. All of the businesses we’ve looked at in the past have been purely SaaS businesses.

Benchmarks 100

Benchmarks SaaS Payments Metrics Scale 100

Stax

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That’s why understanding surcharging—including its definitions, types, calculating methods, and best practices—can help you incorporate surcharging into your operations. TL;DR Surcharges are additional fees consumers pay on top of the base price of goods or services. Service surcharge. Payment processing surcharge.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CLV is simply the average amount of revenue you can expect to generate from a single customer before they churn. Calculate your customer lifetime value Use Baremetrics to calculate your customer lifetime value Why is customer lifetime value important to your business? Just check out this demo account here.

Customer Lifetime Value 98

Customer Lifetime Value Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 98

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Customer service.

B2B 122

B2B Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 122

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. For modern Software as a Service (SaaS) companies, the automobile is replaced by primarily digital and cloud-based solutions and software.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Customers trust that your ecommerce store is securely handling their payment information and that they’ll get the product they are paying for. Make sure you’re protecting your revenue by instilling greater trust in your checkout process and reducing cart abandonment with these 5 checkout elements.

Payment Methods 84

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 84

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Confused about customer churn vs. revenue churn? Revenue churn — the amount of revenue you've lost. Revenue churn = money lost. This article will cover everything you need to know about customer churn vs. revenue churn. What is Revenue Churn? How to Prevent Customer Churn and Revenue Churn Bottom Line.

Churn 105

Churn Payments Revenue SaaS Payments 105

Unbounce

AUGUST 7, 2024

/ Conversion optimization How to implement a conversion rate optimization (CRO) process By Josh Gallant and Garry Lee. The key word here is “process.” Effective CRO requires clearly established processes that you can follow to guide your testing and refinement. More blog posts by Garry Lee Why do you need a CRO process?

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Benchmarks 98

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS Metric #1 – Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). ARR is an essential subscription metric that identifies the recurring revenue expected on an annual basis from the subscriber base. ARR = (Overall subscription per year + recurring revenue from add-ons or upgrades) – revenue lost from cancellations.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

Baremetrics

AUGUST 24, 2021

Arguably the most beautiful aspect of SaaS or subscription based businesses is the recurring revenue that comes with them. As a business owner or founder, you worry far less about how much cash is in the bank with the predictability that Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) brings. Changing the Price 2.

Subscription 97

Subscription Payment Features Software Review Payments 97

CustomerSuccessBox

APRIL 7, 2022

It’s undeniable that the SaaS model works differently and attracts revenue on a monthly or annual basis, unlike the on-premise software that deals with one-time payments. But with effective customer success, it’s possible to attain those extra gains from the SaaS revenue model. Stay tuned and read on to incur extra SaaS revenue.

Customer Success 98

Customer Success Payments SaaS Payments Revenue 98

Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Account-Based Everything / Revenue. Annual Recurring Revenue. Account refers to a record of primary and background information about an individual or corporate customer, including contact data, preferred services, and transactions with your company. . Business Development Representative. AB Testing. Account Executive.

Scale 105

Scale Payment Methods Sales Recruiting SaaS Payments 105

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

However, businesses have to be listening. Let’s say someone uses your product or service, and the customer had a great user experience. The three Apple Watch app capabilities we’ve mentioned are the tip of the iceberg for businesses. There are so many Apple Watch apps that can be used to promote products and services.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Social Media Business 145

Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

You could also scan documents and upload them to a cloud-based storage service , or simply save them on your computer (be sure to back up your computer regularly!). Your loyal customers are at the heart of your business. This allows you to spend less time managing customers, and more time improving your product and business systems.

Payment Methods 144

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Strategy 144