SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Software Important. From a business model perspective, Shopify has in essence been a fintech and merchant product first and a SaaS product second for quite some time. Overall subscription solutions revenue is up just 21%, while payments and merchant solutions are up 35% — from a much, much larger base. #2.

Payments 289

Payments Merchant Services Revenue Payment Solutions 289

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. There was a new emphasis on building software for people. Should you push more on GTM?

Payment Solutions 279

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 279

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

As difficult as SaaS companies can be to build, that can go double for things like setting up billing systems and automating revenue. Maybe your billing system is not ready, your invoicing is a patchwork, or your reconciliation and invoicing have to be done manually. The explosion of low and no-code solutions.

Payment Features 257

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 257

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. Wix along with Squarespace and also WordPress / Automatic have pushed deeply into e-commerce and as part of that, payments. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Add e-commerce, payments and more has pushed it up.

Payments 279

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods SaaS Payments 279

Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer Retention Software Cuts Down Client Churn. Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn.

Payment Solutions 106

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Retention Customer Success 106

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

But while the brand and market penetration is strong, the business model is challenging. It still loses money on the hardware, and the payments side is fairly low margin (28% or less). The software license is high margin, but it’s only 20% of the total revenue.

Scale 303

Scale Payment Solutions Payments Sales 303

Payrix

APRIL 3, 2024

We know it and you do too – Embedded Payments are growing in popularity among software companies. At a very high level, a referral partnership is an integrated payments model. You as the software company make an agreement with a payment processor to become one of their referral partner s.

Payment Services 100

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Facilitation 100

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. Embat is building the next-generation treasury management software. It’s one of the top 3 pain points of mid-market and enterprise CFOs.

Payments 275

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 275

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. GlossGenius is a vertical SaaS and payments company for the beauty and wellness industry. Is your app part of a larger predictable work sequence?

Cloud 303

Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 303

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Many founders hit the brakes on growth to pivot towards profitability when in reality, the right combination is aiming for durable growth with a profitable business model. Be careful not to over-rotate based on short-term market dynamics. What’s your pulse check on the venture markets right now, today?

Technical Review 276

Technical Review Software Review Venture Capital Payment Solutions 276

Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

In a subscription business model, customers pay a recurring fee in exchange for a product or service. This could be a subscription box, a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, or even just a streaming platform like Netflix. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88

Stax

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Cash is no longer having its moment; card payments are in. From debit and credit cards to Google or Apple Pay, digital, contactless, and mobile payments are on the rise. That’s why for most businesses, it’s almost impossible to make do without a credit card terminal. Learn More What’s a Payment Terminal?

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

The Angel VC

MARCH 22, 2012

It's a simple plan for an early-stage SaaS startup with a low-touch sales model – a company which markets a SaaS solution via its website, offers a 30 day free trial, gets most of its trial users organically and through online marketing and converts them into paying customer with very little human interaction.

Startup 189

Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 189

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. More on that later.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A master merchant, often referred to as a payment facilitator or merchant aggregator, is a third-party agent that acts as the link between acquirers and online merchants. The master merchantis the primary account holder for a payment processing system, overseeing and managing multiple subordinate accounts, often referred to as sub-merchants.

Merchant Services 100

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 100

SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

CircleCI is a cloud-based continuous delivery platform that helps software delivery teams build, test, and ship changes to their applications. Offering its services as a freemium-based model, CircleCI recognizes driving trials as the cornerstone of a go-to-market strategy for any developer tool. . The transition to a usage-based model.

Scale 260

Scale Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services 260

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The promise at the heart of the SaaS business model has always been that by sacrificing relatively large one-time payments, you’d maximize revenue over the long-term lifetime of the customer. In four letters, the promise of the SaaS model is CLTV (Customer Lifetime Value). So what’s the solution?

Customer Success 155

Customer Success Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Scale 155

Infinicept

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By Michael Bradley, Senior Vice President of Growth, Infinicept Software-led payments are driving rapid changes to financial institutions’ payment services strategies. Software companies (sometimes known as independent software vendors or ISVs) are becoming the predominant distribution platform for payment services.

Payments 98

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 98

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Recurly debate, we take a look at the best option for your business. These are some of the most revered apps when it comes to subscription billing platform and recurring payments management. Chargebee vs. Recurly: An overview These two subscriptions and billing systems have more or less the same features.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 95

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. Docusign integrates with all sorts of productivity, sales and legal software.

Payments 56

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

Neil Patel

MARCH 23, 2021

A service marketplace is a website or app for buying and selling services. It’s easy to build: These days, there are various marketplace software providers to make the process of launching your site quick and simple. Link building: Research blogs in your niche where it would make sense for them to link back to you.

Marketplace as a Service 144

Marketplace as a Service Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 144

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. In their early stages, SaaS software startups typically target the early adopters in the tech or mid-market segments.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Modern commerce has witnessed subscription-based business models snowballing in popularity. Whether it’s streaming services like Spotify or Netflix, software, meal kits, or even a monthly book club, consumers are embracing the convenience and value that subscription services offer. What is the Square Subscription System?

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments Subscription 59

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. These saas can be either web or app-based or even both.

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Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The idea for Stripe, I’m sure most of you know in the early days was to have just a few lines of code and lead developers accept payments in the apps and services. There were solutions for the stadiums for the very large conferences, but nothing really for under 20,000 people. So first, I would say the API and Stripe.js

Payments 155

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 155

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 19, 2024

Smooth payment processing is at the heart of any business’s smooth operations and growth. If the process is not secure, then you run the risk of losing your customers’ trust resulting in catastrophic consequences for your business. Today let’s dive into this payment aggregator vs payment facilitator debate.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 59

FastSpring

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Businesses are constantly trying to figure out how to increase customer retention rates. But what if your business model is designed to create repeat customers. Essentially, that’s the beauty of subscription business models. As a business trying to get into the subscription game, those are pretty promising numbers.

Payment Features 141

Payment Features Subscription Strategy Payment Methods 141

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2019

To recap a fantastic year at FastSpring, we want to take a look back at our top 10 blog posts from 2019. As a partner in growth for thousands of software companies around the world, one of our goals is to provide blog content that is helpful, interesting, and informative. Subscription Finance: What is MRR? Enter A/B testing.

Payment Methods 60

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 60

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

Touchpoints also include occasions when clients interact with your software app in a SaaS context. Which business functions or departments are involved in the interaction. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Persuading a customer to try your freemium app.

B2B 122

B2B Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 122

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

If you’re interested in running an ecommerce site that follows this business model, you need to make sure that your site builder supports dropshipping. While not every website builder will come with dropshipping functionality out of the box, the best ones will seamlessly integrate with dropshipping software and third-party tools.

Payment Methods 101

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 101

Blulogix

APRIL 12, 2024

The intricate nature of subscription models can indeed be a formidable maze, but with the right strategies, businesses can turn these complexities into substantial advantages. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

Payment Features 94

Payment Features Subscription B2B Payments 94

Subscription Flow

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Recurrent Payment Processing is a key component of modern business models. Today, most of us rely on recurring payment solutions for streaming services, gym memberships and other similar subscription services regardless of industry. The concept of recurring payments drives business efficiency as well.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 52

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. But we provide a combination of APIs and software. Payments has been around for thousands of years. Dare I say SaaS. They were self taught developers.

Scale 159

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 159

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

According to our data, SaaS and subscriptions businesses lose around 9% of their MRR due to failed payments on average. Thankfully, there’s a way to not only drastically reduce involuntary churn, but grow your business while you’re at it. A dunning process is the manner you go about recovering your customers' failed payments.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 105

Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

5 Advantages of Using the Right Automated Billing System for Subscription Businesses By BluLogix Team In the fast-paced world of subscription-based businesses, managing recurring revenue streams efficiently and effectively is essential for sustained growth and success. Subscription Billing 1.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Subscription 52

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some solutions, like Slack or Microsoft, are useful for any kind of business. What is Vertical SaaS?

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Blulogix

JANUARY 28, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing a Robust Subscription Billing Software By BluLogix Team Choosing the ideal subscription billing software is a crucial decision, but it’s just the beginning of optimizing your recurring revenue operations. BluIQ offers robust data integration capabilities to streamline this process.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Subscription 52