FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Gather metrics and view reports on monthly recurring revenue. Automate Payment Failure Handling and Reduce Churn.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 13, 2021

App monetization is essential to the success of your mobile app. Whether you plan to charge for downloads or use subscription services to generate income, your app will never be profitable without a monetization strategy. There are many ways to monetize your app and even more tools to help you do it.

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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

When you’re using a DIY payment solution like Stripe, making it work for your business falls on your developers. From testing out plugins to setting up new payment methods, maintaining Stripe can be very time-consuming. This often happens when your setup requires complex integrations that are difficult to maintain.

Merchant Services 138

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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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Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

As a business or marketing professional, when consumer habits change , you must pay attention. OTT platforms were made popular by streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube, and more. As you may have guessed, many platforms, like YouTube, are categorized under both VOD and OTT. We cover both in this guide.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this guide, we compare six Recurly competitors and alternatives according to several categories: Subscription management and recurring billing Checkout Global payment processing Reporting and analytics Pricing Customer reviews We’ll start with a deep dive into FastSpring — our end-to-end payment solution (i.e.,

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

EA Games, for example, increased its market value from $4 billion to $33 billion in just six years after introducing GaaS content. Games as a Service acts as a continuous revenue service for developers, allowing them to break their reliance on the one-time purchase. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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Payrix

MARCH 20, 2024

In a market shaped by fierce competition, emerging technologies, and dominating customer expectations, B2B software companies have evaluated many angles of differentiation to keep the attention of their customers. Among the most recent strategies proving successful for software companies is Embedded Payments.

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Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Keep an eye on this feature's rollout to leverage broader communication channels on Meta's platforms. Explore this verification process to boost your brand's credibility on Meta platforms. Explore Threads' growing interconnectivity with other platforms to amplify your content visibility.

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FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

The Swiss-based SaaS company now helps governments, enterprises, and SMBs in over 120 countries by providing maps API for web and mobile developers. Use Affiliates As Local Sales Partners MapTiler maintains developer documentation in English — and as the primary business language throughout the world, this works well for most of its users.

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 20, 2024

Read more: Your Strategy to Boost Digital Magazine Subscriptions Section 1: Understanding SimpleCirc and its Place in the Market SimpleCirc has set itself apart in today’s cutthroat market by revolutionizing circular payments and providing user-friendly solutions that expedite transactions involving several parties.

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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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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

A market segmentation survey is a market research tool. This improves satisfaction, retention, and brand loyalty , and improves the performance of marketing strategies. Demographic segmentation divides the market based on statistical characteristics of the population such as age or gender.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The pre-revenue startup phase has a host of stresses that hopefully disappear as the company begins to earn revenue. Depending on the amount invested, it is possible that all members of the team are working full time jobs to support themselves and then doing that again to push their startup onto the market. Table of Contents.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Inbound marketing is the process of getting potential clients to find your company. Both of these tasks can rely on content marketing , for example events, podcasts, blogs, and social media posts. Whatever marketing strategy you choose, use Baremetrics to monitor your sales data. Table of Contents.

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” And we need platforms to be able to do that.

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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 this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 6, 2021

Add all of these considerations to an already competitive job market, and the search may seem insurmountable. Take heart, with the stock market still performing well into 2021 and vaccines beginning distribution across the United States, things are looking up. Yes, Your VP of Sales Also Has to Be a Great Salesperson Herself.

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 28, 2024

By giving the MoR for SaaS authority over tasks like paying taxes, processing payments, and conversions of currencies, SaaS companies are able to concentrate on their core services, improve customer support, and spur innovation in their products. Consumers pay with the foreign currencies (Yen, GBP, AUD) that correspond to them.

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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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BitPay

JANUARY 17, 2024

While this change gives investors another way to bet on Bitcoin, it’s also a positive signal for merchants that accept crypto payments. This approval allows for the trading of these ETFs on various platforms, including the NYSE Arca, Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Nasdaq. This can be an integral part of your marketing strategy.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

According to Smart Insights , 45 percent of companies don’t have a clearly defined digital marketing strategy; 17 percent of companies have a digital marketing strategy in place, but it’s separate from their marketing plan. They don’t have the strategy, tactics, or tools they need to market their business well.

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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. B2B customer journey touchpoints are occasions when business customers interact with a brand. Customer service. Customer success.

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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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Payrix

APRIL 2, 2024

A comprehensive Embedded Payments strategy isn’t complete without value added services. But, as a software platform, what value added services should you be considering? And when should you start thinking about these solutions and infusing them into your payment ecosystem and experience?

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ProfitWell

JULY 22, 2020

In recent years, primarily due to the internet, there has been a significant shift in how businesses reach customers. However, today they can market their products online and set up distribution channels to deliver products directly to consumers. However, e-commerce revenues are projected to rise to $6.54 rise from 2019.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. Payment Gateways , Payment Processing , PSPs, MoRs — What’s the Difference?

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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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Unbounce

JUNE 28, 2022

A big part of ecommerce is using social media to engage audiences and build an authentic brand. But now, social media can also be used as an ecommerce market of its own: social commerce. People sometimes get ecommerce and social commerce mixed up because both are related to social media marketing. Source: Target/Instagram.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

If you’ve ever considered launching your own online business, chances are you’ve thought about the required tools. And while there are several ecommerce platforms on the market, Shopify and WordPress remain the most prominent. A Review of the Best Ecommerce Platforms. In fact, on the contrary, there are way too many.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 5, 2024

In the age of digital transformation and fierce competition, e-commerce companies must optimize their business processes and improve efficiency. Reasons for High Bounce Rates Seo With David takes a detailed look at the numerous possible reasons for high bounce rates in their research: A complicated or inconvenient checkout process.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Ryan Dunagan, VP of Marketing at Spotio. The prevailing go-to-market structure for SaaS companies in the last decade is through an inside sales team. Focus on more flexible business models. Trust will become more and more important as a brand attribute”. Mike Tria, Head of Platform at Atlassian.

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Payrix

MARCH 12, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. How do they think about attaching payments to those existing customers?

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

and our commitment to keep up with market rates when it comes to how we pay our team. For us, that’s a rewarding indication we’ve stayed true to our mission and strategy to support small businesses. Merchant Fees At Buffer, we rely on Stripe, Google, and Apple for our payment processing needs.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 12, 2021

Like any business, creating an app requires laying the groundwork before launch. Here’s a five-step guide for getting ready to launch your app, including how to do your research, ways to monetize your app , and what to include in your business plan. Build an App Step 1: Do Market Research. How are they monetized?

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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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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

The subscription pricing model is a business model in which a customer pays a recurring fee on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) to use a service or product. That means a company generates revenue on a regular basis based on how many customers it has and what subscription plan they choose. Key finding?

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