SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Join Anish Shivdasani, CEO of Giraffe, as he provides unique African experiences learned from scaling to 1M users. Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. Yeah, great.

Scale 167

Scale Sales Recruiting Scaling SaaS Payments 167

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

In this blog, we are looking at the business metrics that can be measured quantitatively and providing a few insights on how investors analyze them. SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams. These businesses usually consist of 2 to 3 people, and companies are taking bets on their products that aren’t even fully realized yet. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers.

Technical Review 144

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

As long as you find a platform that looks professional and handles the billing and analytics properly, you’ll be in good shape, right? They pick the platform that will work for their needs now — and the one that makes the smallest dent in their budget. It pays to make the right choice of billing platform from the start.

Payment Solutions 73

Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments 73

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 124

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 124

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. Because horizontal SaaS companies serve both startups and enterprise businesses, scalability is a key selling point.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Grasswire, it was because we had no team and no monetization strategy, which I do not recommend. All of the cool ideas that you had, you would get really clear feedback about what was going on, but if it was a good idea, it would really move the needle in revenue and volume. Uber is a classic marketplace company.

Acquisition 145

Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 145

Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Accepting payments is the most important functionality that a business needs to start selling. But to accept payments seamlessly and securely, you need a merchant account. A merchant account refers to a business bank account that allows businesses to accept electronic payments for goods and services.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Because with a bad VP Sales you can lose so much momentum, and create so much internal confusion, that this one bad hire can really cripple you as you try to get from Initial Traction to Initial Scale. In sum -> Learning and understanding how to maximize the revenue per lead. No Revenues”. It’s going to take a few steps.

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Sales Hiring Scale Sales Recruiting Sales 363

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 6, 2024

And that is why WhatsApp has launched the WhatsApp Business Service with a set of premium features for businesses to run without much hassle. WhatsApp Business is a powerful tool that helps businesses transform by accelerating sales, engaging audiences, and driving better customer support. Delighted!!!!

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Technical Advisors 52

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. The last kind of constituent here is investors and business owners. Or annual recurring revenue for some types of companies.

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yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

With the launch of the Pipedrive Marketplace a very wide range of third party apps & integrations. Scroll to the right in the table below and filter for integrations to find what works for you. Drive Revenue. StoryDimensions - Capture, Develop and Deliver Customer Stories … at Scale. Account Based Selling.

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

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. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers.

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Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

All that Saas

MAY 1, 2021

In this roundup, we are going to have a look at some of the best Influencer Marketing Platforms that you can use to connect with the right influencers, manage campaigns, measure analytics, and a lot more. Influencer marketing platforms are a great solution to engage with your audience in the right way. dollars in 2018. Influence4you.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. It just made it a lot easier for us to scale up Salsify as we found success. Ultimately, what we’re building is a multi-channel commerce platform.

SaaS Payments 262

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 262

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

With that said, there are definitely CMS platforms that are better than others, depending on your specific use cases and unique scenarios. There are specific elements that you need to consider as you’re shopping around and evaluating various CMS platforms. These platforms let you customize everything using the HTML code of your site.

Payment Methods 141

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Systems Review Technical Review 141

SaaStr

MAY 14, 2023

Algolia went from zero to seven figures in revenue in 12 months, and the launch of their search as a service product, and grew pricing from $19 a month to $100,000, which sounds amazing. They built themselves into a core platform for HR 2.0 web services. When you look at it, how do think about setting that revenue goal?

Sales Hiring 238

Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Scale Payment Methods 238

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right. How AWS Does It.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

These tools make it easy for anyone to launch an ecommerce business by building a website from scratch. So if you’re interested in selling products or services on the web, you’ll need to find an ecommerce builder to create your online store. Beginners should aim for platforms that don’t require coding. Business Stage and Size.

Payment Methods 99

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 99

SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

In this session, the audience will learn about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup, to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber and Microsoft. I mean payment cultures, payment habits are, yeah, different in every country all over the world.

Payment Methods 144

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 144

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

That’s never been truer for software businesses in particular than in the past 10-15 years, with the internet stimulating an explosion in the number of viable revenue models. Let’s take a look at some of the most popular revenue models used today — why they’re popular, why they work, and why they will (or won’t) work for you.

Payments 40

Payments Revenue Payment Methods SaaS Payments 40

Sales Hacker

MARCH 2, 2020

Integrity Selling for the 21st Century. Strategy and Process. Predictable Revenue. Leveraging transparency and vulnerability in your presentations and your negotiations leads to faster buyer consensus, larger deals, faster payments, longer commitments and more predictable sales forecasts. Agile Selling. Spin Selling.

Scale 141

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Recruiting Payment Methods 141

SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

We looked at the world in 2008, 2009, and we said, “How come it’s almost impossible to connect two companies to do business, especially if they have complex business processes, but we can all connect as consumers on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, every single day we want to do business?”

Payment Solutions 154

Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 154

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

You have that every day, and if you’re a financial services company (particularly a lending company like where I came from), you crave something that allows you to be in front of your customer every day. But of the ones that have shut down, I read the stat that no one has defaulted on their credit card payments.

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Strategy Payment Methods Payment Services Startup 36

Backlinkfy

JULY 30, 2019

Amazon also hosts a marketplace wherein other Internet purveyors may display and sell products, and offers several software-as-a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service solutions for business. In today’s world most merchants started out use Amazon marketplace to test out products before opening an online store.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 40

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. They process billions annually for platforms like Constant Contact, GoFundMe, Ecwid, Infusionsoft, Meetup, Freshbooks & Zoho. Want to see more content like this?

Payment Services 134

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 134

How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 7, 2021

Software for dropshipping is a must if you are planning to start this e-commerce business model. To Be very sure about owning a profitable dropshipping business, you need to be wise enough with the software you are using for dropshipping. I have shared that list in the next block of this blog. So read till the end. Get Oberlo.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Software Review Software 52

Chargify

MARCH 6, 2018

This blog post is part of our Customer Spotlight series. Throughout the series, we highlight Chargify merchants and the lessons learned as they grow their subscription-based businesses. The company has both a B2C product for parents and a B2B product for private tuition businesses (in the U.S. Quick, seamless integration.

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Navint

OCTOBER 25, 2018

I have several clients who have been able to scale and grow to $500M, but now their new goal is to get to $2B, as an example. But often the operational side had been duct-taped together and is now struggling because it can’t scale to reach $2B or $5B. Why do you think scaling operations of product-first companies is so challenging?

Payment Services 40

Payment Services Scale Marketplace as a Service Payment Methods 40

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

So I think that is somewhat of a good news in this in that SaaS businesses are sticky. And so while the churn I don’t want to minimize it, stable base of revenue should be able to maintain that through the year. I was an account executive covering financial services vertical and covering in New York.

Sales Hiring 167

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 167

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. What makes a SaaS business so hard? As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development.

Payment Features 197

Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services 197

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

The faster you grow, the more likely you are to achieve long-term success (and actually survive long enough to scale). Along the way, they’ve become something of a leading authority on subscription businesses. This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Payments Payment Services 183