Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. In addition, 70% of new bookings in 2021 originated from expansions. Larger enterprise contracts imply longer contract terms and larger pre-payments, boosting these figures.

Payment Services 359

Payment Services Metrics Payment Solutions Payments 359

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Since its introduction, the SaaS business model has grown in popularity and transformed many industries. Why are SaaS software adoption rates among businesses so high? These features make it easier for SaaS users to scale their businesses as they expand and help them run more productive businesses.

Payments 52

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Trends 52

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In Casey’s last essay, he covered the differences between regular SaaS companies and SaaS-like Networks. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans. What are subscription payments?

Merchant Services 68

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services 68

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And is Stripe a good choice as your billing and payment provider? When Stripe was launched in 2010, dealing with payments online wasn’t a straightforward matter. Fast forward 10 years and setting up shop and accepting payments has become a lot easier, thanks to a large extent to Stripe. Is Stripe worth $100B?

Payment Methods 105

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 105

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Webcasting has quickly become a popular large-scale communication tool in the digital era. But having a successful webcast is reliant on finding the right webcasting service. The Top 6 Options For Webcasting Services. How to Choose the Best Webcasting Services For You. Which one is the best? Let’s dive in.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Scale 145

Frontegg

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When building your basic SaaS product, you will need to face many different stages of development in order to make sure you are ready to enter the market. If you are reading this, you probably have already started on your SaaS journey and you may even be searching for resources or ideas to guide you. Preparing For (SaaS) Liftoff.

Outsourcing Services 98

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 98

CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 3, 2022

Read on to know about the Customer Success books for Customer Success Managers (CSMs) to read in 2022. Top Customer Success Books for Customer Success Managers to read in 2022. Top Customer Success Books for Customer Success Managers to read in 2022. There are three sections in the book. Customer rating: 4.6

Customer Success 52

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User Pilot

JULY 27, 2023

Confused about trying to understand SaaS roles? SaaS companies have many moving parts, and it can be difficult to determine who does what. TL;DR SaaS, or “Software as a Service,” is a business model that delivers centrally hosted software to subscribers over the internet. What is a SaaS business model?

Sales Hiring 97

Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 97

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. This post is part of an ongoing series for SaaS founders and CEOs on setting up their financial stack in a scalable manner.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Software Review 52

User Pilot

JULY 20, 2023

TL;DR Voluntary churn happens when customers cancel or downgrade their subscriptions while involuntary churn happens when a customer can’t continue using a service for reasons that are partially or entirely out of their control, most of the time related to payment processing issues. Bad customer service. Poor onboarding.

Churn 92

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Freemium can help software companies gain users quickly—but what happens when it’s time to scale back or up? Free services must meet users’ basic needs, while also encouraging them to upgrade to the paid version once those basic needs are met. We are an early stage VC, mostly focused on SaaS all over Europe and and beyond.

Scale 134

Scale Scaling Payment Methods SaaS Payments 134

Stax

MARCH 21, 2024

Research shows that the global software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry was valued at $248.76 As such, the advantages of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked. SaaS business applications are web-based, which means that they are hosted on cloud infrastructure. tokenization, encryption). tokenization, encryption).

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ChurnZero

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s when it occurred to him: the process of scheduling an appointment with the barber was the same as it was 20 years ago. A double-booking problem emerges Named for a character role in the Netflix series, Game of Thrones , Squire set out to be a reservation system for barbershops: “Open Table for barbers”, as some have put it.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Scale 52

Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

This makes the apparent new direction of Intuit, the developer of QuickBooks, symptomatic of the wider transition within the SaaS space towards cloud-based software solutions. Note that this differs from the service discontinuation of the 2021 versions of QuickBooks desktop. This practice is also referred to as “sunsetting.”

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 4, 2020

And is Stripe a good choice as your billing and payment provider? When Stripe was launched in 2010, dealing with payments online wasn’t a straightforward matter. Fast forward 10 years and setting up shop and accepting payments has become a lot easier, thanks to a large extent to Stripe. Is Stripe worth $100B?

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 52

FastSpring

APRIL 30, 2021

Localized pricing helps software and SaaS companies expand their customer base and increase conversions. When price localization isn’t a part of your growth strategy, it limits long-term growth and prevents your business from reaching customers that want your products and services. This is especially true for SaaS business.

Payment Methods 79

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payments Pricing 79

User Pilot

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Reducing the CAC payback period can help SaaS companies boost their financial performance and drive growth. This metric helps SaaS companies choose the most effective customer acquisition channels , diagnose inefficiencies in customer retention strategies , and inform pricing decisions. Book the demo to see how!

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SaaS Payments Customer Lifetime Value Payment Solutions Acquisition 102

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

But based on the number of requests for worst-case scenarios we've gotten from customers in the past two weeks, there's a non-zero chance you are losing sleep over this if you are a SaaS founder. We want to help, and I believe my experience with other SaaS companies may be useful to you as you plan out your company’s new future.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Sales Hiring Payments 52

User Pilot

JUNE 29, 2022

This data enables product managers, customer success, and marketing teams to detect friction points and unravel product growth opportunities. The customer segmentation process will allow you to create personalized in-app experiences and onboarding flows tailored to users’ specific cases. Demographic segmentation data. Easy to set up.

SaaS Payments 97

SaaS Payments Software Review Payment Solutions Payment Methods 97

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Businesses are shifting from rigid, consumption-based business models to flexible ones that let users pay for the goods and services they use only as much as they use them. They can use it to establish, monitor, and improve customer relationships, billing cycles , invoices, payments, and subscription plans.

Payments 59

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Subscription 59

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A busy and thriving beauty store must process dozens of in-store hair & skin appointments and sell products while regularly catering to eCommerce sales and bookings. To make your lives easier, we’ve crafted a complete guide that will help you scale your beauty store or salon. What is a POS System?

Point of Sale 40

Point of Sale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Systems Review 40

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. I learned a million lessons about SaaS, about start-ups, and about life along the way.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Kellblog

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

ARR, ACV, bookings, TCV, new ARR, net new ARR, committed ARR, contracted ARR, terminal ARR, or something else? New ARR means you’re focused on sales adding water to the SaaS leaky bucket — regardless of whether it’s from new or existing customers. What’s Joe’s forecast for the quarter? 7,500K what?

Scale 83

Scale SaaS Payments Metrics SaaS 83

User Pilot

AUGUST 10, 2023

It’s best to send transactional NPS surveys: During the onboarding process to get insights into the customer experience. Upon a customer service call to measure customer satisfaction with the help received. Book a demo now to learn more about our NPS functionalities. After the free trial ends to understand why they converted.

SaaS Payments 89

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Interviewing 89

User Pilot

JUNE 30, 2023

Userpilot is a product adoption platform that offers an AI-powered writing assistant to generate SaaS microcopy. enables content creators to generate compelling and persuasive marketing copy. Known for its budget-friendly pricing , Rytr enables the creation of high-quality content such as blog posts, emails, and social media captions.

AI Search 98

AI Search AI Payment Solutions ChatGPT 98

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2019

But there are actionable plays that high-growth companies use to scale their revenue. “These sales plays are our blueprint to scaling a billion dollar business” Our answers to these questions are the topic of our new book, Intercom on Sales. and “What tactics will my team use to win and retain customers?”.

Scale 155

Scale Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales 155

OPEXEngine

MAY 3, 2022

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. In this case, assume that our theoretical company closes a SaaS deal with an Average Annual Contract Value (ACV) of $120,000.

Deferred Revenue 59

Deferred Revenue Metrics SaaS Payments Payment Features 59

yoursales

JANUARY 28, 2022

When it comes to sales technology quite often sales tech isn't picked based on what YOU need, but based on what your network have been using for their sales process. What you should be making decisions based on is, which sales processes generates the best outcomes you're after - and for your customers.

Scale 111

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Sales Recruiting 111

User Pilot

MARCH 5, 2024

Will it scale well with your app or website? How easy is the integration process? User segmentation : Userpilot enables you to segment users based on such filtering criteria as demographics, company data, user interactions with features and events, NPS scores , and more. Value for money : How much does the tool cost?

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments Payment Methods 52

User Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Customer service data to spot common problems in your service, analyze common queries, and predict customer behaviors and trends. Leverage event data to perform funnel analysis and identify areas of friction within the conversion process, then fix them. Since you need the right tools to follow a customer insights strategy.

Payment Methods 91

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 91

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Since the original version of this post from early 2017, we’ve worked with many more SaaS companies and a common theme has been moving companies from a starter template to a more robust financial model. This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath.

Deferred Revenue 111

Deferred Revenue SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Services 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. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

Growth Hacking 105

Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In Casey’s last essay, he covered the differences between regular SaaS companies and SaaS-like Networks. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

Sixteen Ventures

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Whether you have a Software-as-a-Service, subscription or membership business or you sell one-off products or services and simply want to do business with your customer more than once, Customer Success should be your driving purpose. … The Customer Success Book. Technology Enables Strategy; Doesn’t Define It.

Customer Success 136

Customer Success SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 136

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

And SaaS analytics play a crucial part. Find out why SaaS analytics are important, which to track, and which tools are best for your subscription business. What are SaaS Analytics? SaaS analytics are analytics specific to the SaaS subscription industry. What are SaaS Analytics? Uncover churn.

SaaS Payments 85

SaaS Payments Subscription Payment Features Technical Review 85

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. There’s a lot of services. These companies can scale really efficiently.

Payment Solutions 147

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