FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

As the Director of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships at WP Engine , Carl has worked on many acquisitions and partnerships, including brands like Flywheel, Perfect Dashboard, Block Lab, and recently, Delicious Brains. How you should think about building a sellable business. Jump to highlights.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Now, 6 are set to close in the next 30 days with 24 more in active pipeline for early Q1” Breakout Data Start-Up: “SaaStr has a Great ICP (Seed, Series A and Series B accounts). ” Scale-Up in Revenue: “Annual influenced 30 opportunities in our pipeline. Just great for branding, awareness, and ICP.”

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SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

What we see now is the mix reverting to roughly where pre-Covid data would have suggested it should be at this point. Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. Or quite get right.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Platforms can create an immense amount of long-term value for companies, or be a minor component of their product strategy to maintain product/market fit. The Types of Platforms. Integration Platforms.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2022

With lockdowns preventing in-store experiences, shoppers have gravitated towards brands that can provide the best online experience possible. In fact, 75% of consumers were more likely to favor brands that exhibited clear and frequent communication during the pandemic. But what’s the best way to stay ahead of these expectations?

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

TL;DR Segmentation is a process of grouping customers by shared characteristics. A segmentation survey is used to gather the data necessary to segment customers. This improves satisfaction, retention, and brand loyalty , and improves the performance of marketing strategies. Let’s dive in!

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 87

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The success of your business can be greatly impacted by your choice of payment processing model in the dynamic world of eCommerce and online business. To simplify the intricacies of payment processing, two well-known solutions have surfaced: Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) and Merchants of Record (MoRs).

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Powered by a modern business messenger , it scales your ability to answer more questions from more customers without increasing headcount, budget, or hours logged. And they’ll have all of the personalized customer data they need across a range of tools – all in one inbox. Integrated knowledge base. It includes: Live chat.

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2024

This business model has now been adapted very well in the internet age, especially in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and eCommerce industries. The most potent benefit of the subscription-based business model is that companies are guaranteed a fixed revenue stream—if they can retain their customers or subscribers.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. The second factor to consider is whether or not the solution was built for your type of business.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When managing international recurring payments, there are three overarching considerations: Staying up to date with local tax laws and transaction regulations Making it really easy for customers to make the initial purchase and sign up for recurring payments Ensuring each subsequent payment goes through.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Sales teams feel constant pressure to speed up time-to-revenue and quickly close deals. To help take some of the pressure off, companies focus on technology investments to help their sales teams increase win rates and accelerate revenue while automating a lot of the tedious, manual processes that prove to be a bottleneck in the sales cycle.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most SaaS businesses adopt a subscription-based model supported by a recurring payment system. Setting up a recurring payment system can be complicated and requires the right tools to measure, manage, and review payments regularly. Cons for Businesses Using Recurring Billing Does SaaS Have to Be Recurring?

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features Payments 89

SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Without further adieu, here’s who is hiring a new VP of Sales in January: Spidertech , a SaaS platform serving law enforcement professionals, is looking for a candidate with B2B enterprise experience with a specific focus selling to government entities or public sectors. Yes, Your VP of Sales Also Has to Be a Great Salesperson Herself.

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SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

This episode is an excerpt from a session at SaaStr Scale. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors. Jessica Alexander, Senior Director Cloud Technology & OEM Partnerships, Crowdstrike. Rico Mallozzi, Sr.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But out of the plethora of answers you need to figure out, choosing the best ecommerce platform remains the most crucial. Small businesses or brand-conscious entrepreneurs will love Wix with its easy-to-use, cheap features, and greater design flexibility. A Review of the Best Ecommerce Platforms. Ready to check out Wix?

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 137

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. Expansionary revenue.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services 68

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 8, 2022

Facebook and Slack used to be the best community platforms for online businesses: they are free, everyone is using them, and they are easy to use. However, new online community platforms emerged to offer better interface, more customization opportunities, and the chance to create your own mini social network.

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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? Join Joaquim Lecha, CEO at Typeform, and Christoph Janz, Managing Partner at Point Nine, as they delve into freemium at scale. The first one is brand exposure. The second one is customer feedback at scale.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 23, 2024

There are two popular brands used in the CRM and customer service space – Zendesk vs Freshdesk. If you’re looking for automation and data visibility, CRM software is great for your business. Your teams can view customer tickets, purchase history, payment history, and every other interaction with the company.

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Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments Scale 52

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.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Through Watch, users could view both scripted and live video from professional networks, brands, influencers, and everyday people. and added a ton of features for brands and marketers. In this post, I’ll dive deep into how to use Facebook Watch for marketing, now that the platform has matured. Content on Facebook Watch.

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Stax

MARCH 19, 2024

Business owners are increasingly showing an overwhelming preference for SaaS platforms with embedded payment capabilities as part of their offerings. Not to mention the benefit of extra revenues from payment processing fees collected on each transaction. What are Integrated Payments?

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Vindi is a PCI-certified online payment platform for recurring billing.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 11, 2023

Contactless payment methods are tapping into the future of commerce. International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts that 80% of retailers will offer contactless payment and app-based scan-and-pay systems in-store by 2023. When we talk about leaders in the contactless payments space, we must talk about PayPal.

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Unbounce

JUNE 28, 2022

A big part of ecommerce is using social media to engage audiences and build an authentic brand. If you’re a chronic social media scroller, you’ve probably seen typical social media ads that include an embedded link that takes you to the product page. Right now, social commerce is an $89.4 billion market , expected to grow to $604.5

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Neil Patel

AUGUST 27, 2020

Square POS (our overall best) Shopify POS (best for ecommerce retail integrations) Vend POS (best for multiple fashion, sports, or homeware stores) Toast POS (best for restaurants and food businesses) ERPLY POS (best for small franchises). How to Choose The Best POS System for Your Business. Add-ons/Integrations.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. Luckily, like most complex processes and tasks, it can be simplified. Think of it this way.

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Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 10, 2024

WhatsApp has become a powerful tool for both personal connections and businesses to streamline communication and connect with customers. This messaging platform has a staggering user base of over 2.78 billion people worldwide and over 200 million businesses. Seamless in integrating with various CRMs and other third-party tools.

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Buffer Resources

JULY 11, 2023

I want to share more about my journey of building a creator business while working full-time. Here are what I did to achieve growth and monetization in the first five months. Focus on evergreen and owned platforms Most creators default to publishing content on social media platforms first.

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

Having invested in 9 B2B marketplaces and gathered data from 20+ different investors, here are our findings on what it takes to raise money in 2021 for B2B marketplaces. Before we dive into the details, it’s worth noting a couple of things: A majority of the data points (particularly at the seed stage), were from European VCs.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

However, as they are multi-purpose in nature, you cannot expect these features to not be as in-depth and robust as more specialist platforms. Personal branding – Managing your personal brand is becoming more important every day. Personal branding – Managing your personal brand is becoming more important every day.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 14, 2024

You can read more about WhatsApp Business API here. WhatsApp API providers are third-party platforms that empower you with the API for a seamless flow of communication between your business and customers. You can also integrate e-commerce platforms to send automated messages for order confirmation and tracking, etc.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2021

If your new year’s resolutions included anything about scaling your business or expanding into other countries, then there’s a lot to be excited about at FastSpring this month. Part of the beauty of our platform is that we take on all the merchant complexity related to global ecommerce.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s simple: the subscription revenue model benefits both customers and companies. Meanwhile, companies offering subscriptions can scale with confidence, with predictable revenue and deeper relationships with their customer base. What is the subscription revenue model?

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For a SaaS business to survive, it needs to track its business data. For a SaaS business to thrive, it needs to deeply understand what the business metrics mean for the state of the business. The skills to manipulate data are lacking at many companies and too expensive to acquire. Integrations 3.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Why You Should Use an Alternative to Amazon for Your E-commerce Business. We already touched on one of the main reasons to seek other venues: the perils of depending on one sales platform. If you haven’t already established yourself on one of the alternatives to Amazon, your business could tank. User Types.

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