FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Customize and manage one or more subscription and trial models. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Fraud prevention and chargebacks.

Payments 125

Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 125

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. It's the No.1 Try Baremetrics free.

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Invoicing is a sales process where a seller issues a commercial document to a buyer requesting payment. This document shows all products and services rendered, the payment owed, and the contact details of both the buyer and the seller. An invoice also represents credit because the seller will only receive cash at a future date.

Payment Features 83

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 83

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We are excited to share the release of three new groundbreaking features designed to turbocharge your subscription revenue! They also complement several other subscription focused capabilities we have released over 2023. Check out our announcements for the Proration Preview and Subscription Plan Change History APIs. Interested?

Subscription 167

Subscription Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Solutions 167

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 6, 2025

ARR (annual recurring revenue) is a hallmark SaaS metric rooted in predictability. Customers sign multi-year contracts, churn and expansion are stable, and revenue can be confidently modeled. That predictability underpins why investors find “comfort” in SaaS models. I wrote an article about ERR vs ARR.

Cloud 146

Cloud Technical Review Software Review Technical Advisors 146

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2024

Long before the digital age, newspaper and magazine companies have been using the subscription model to create and retain a consistent readership for their publications. This business model has now been adapted very well in the internet age, especially in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and eCommerce industries.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 88

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 25, 2019

When you’re trying to validate an idea, work out product-market fit or find the right business model, you’re going to make a bunch of mistakes. A customer that leaves today might become a customer again later down the line as your business matures, grows and finds its fit. Dealing with reality. Build a feedback loop.

Churn 184

Churn Wireless Growth Hacking Construction 184

Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription revenue can be defined most simply as a model which generates income from customers through recurring fees that are paid at regular intervals. These can be weekly, monthly, or annual payments. Subscription Pricing Models How to Get Subscription Pricing Right The Advantages of a Subscription Revenue Model 1.

Payment Features 90

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 90

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Each of the companies Jon worked with lowered churn by creating a better notification process, including a reminder about their renewal six weeks prior to the billing cycle. In this piece, we offer seven case studies from SaaS companies — small tweaks they made to reduce churn and increase customer LTV. Small things matter,” Jon added.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

Chart Mogul

JANUARY 22, 2021

In this blog post, we have collected everything you need to know about churn — along with links to the best resources on the internet. You’ll never need to visit another site to learn about churn. Now you know — just mention churn. Definition of churn. Churn is a concept specific to subscription businesses.

Churn 136

Churn SaaS Benchmarks Subscription 136

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure. So that gets complex.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

With the Salesforce IPO in 2004, we saw the first sign that institutional investors were comfortable with a standard set of SaaS metrics: Churn, sales efficiency , ARPU, LTV, customer acquisition cost , and so on. . It’s hard to imagine a world where analysis didn’t understand recurring, subscription based revenue for technology products.

Venture Capital 289

Venture Capital Technical Review SaaS Scale 289

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

Depending on your needs, sellers may run into a number of potential limitations with the Paddle platform: Paddle doesn’t accept as many alternative payment methods as other MoR partners. The subscription management system doesn’t support multi-product transactions. Digital invoices. Subscription and recurring payment collection.

Payment Methods 143

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 143

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

In this Chargebee vs. 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. Check out the Baremetrics free trial to get better analytics on your subscription customers.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 95

Blulogix

JUNE 13, 2025

It’s a validation of what we’ve always believed: enterprise billing is fundamentally different , and solving it requires more than just subscription logic and pretty invoices. What to Look for in an Enterprise Billing Platform If you’re evaluating agile billing solutions, don’t stop at invoice templates and subscription logic.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Enterprise Traceability Scale 52

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

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Why Should You Launch a Subscription Box? According to MarketsandMarkets , the subscription and recurring billing market will grow to around $7.8 The premise is simple.

Outsourcing Services 134

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 134

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As your business grows and your focus shifts from acquiring new customers to retaining existing ones, churn prediction becomes an invaluable tool in your toolkit. Accurate churn prediction models help you improve the customer experience and prevent voluntary customer departures. What is churn prediction?

Churn 105

Churn Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis 105

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

International payment processors take on the responsibility of staying in good standing with various payment providers so that you don’t have to. Related: International Recurring Payments (How We Handle It for You). Factors to Consider When Choosing an International Payment Gateway.

Payment Services 148

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 148

FastSpring

JULY 10, 2019

Thinking about transitioning to a subscription-based business model? In fact, according to a recent report from Gartner, more than 90 percent of software providers are expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022. We know this is a big decision for businesses. You’re not alone.

Merchant Services 101

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 101

FastSpring

APRIL 2, 2019

To spare you the headache, here’s a quick guide to help you make sense of subscription finance—starting with monthly recurring revenue. What is Monthly Recurring Revenue? Monthly Recurring Revenue, or MRR, is the expected normalized monthly revenue based on currently active subscriptions.

Finance 113

Finance Subscription Payment Features Revenue 113

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

But, how do you decide which licensing model works best for you and your clients? We are going to walk you through a couple of the most popular pricing models—perpetual license and annual license, along with its variant subscription model —as well as mention a couple of the other popular ways to monetize software.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

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

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. But in the past few years, subscriptions have seen a bit of a resurgence. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find an industry that hasn't seen at least one subscription success story: Cars. Even the humble houseplant doesn’t seem immune to the subscription economy.

Payment Features 74

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 74

Baremetrics

APRIL 2, 2021

In this Chargebee vs. 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. Are you interested in improving your churn rate and taking your business to the next level?

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Net Dollar Retention Shows SaaS’s Best Qualities NDR encapsulates SaaS revenues’ best qualities in one metric: the subscription-based model. To calculate your net dollar retention, take all of your existing ARR at the beginning of the period, add on any cross-sell or upsell, subtract out any churn, and then see the ending ARR.

Metrics 261

Metrics Marketing SaaS SMB 261

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.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments Subscription 59

Totango

JANUARY 23, 2020

You are not powerless in the face of churn. There are almost always indicators that a customer is going to churn, which means that if identified early, a good Customer Success team can mitigate the risk and execute a successful recovery plan. Think of churn like a risk that can be negotiated like any other. . Why Churn Matters.

Churn 111

Churn Enterprise Strategy Management 111

SaaStr

MARCH 9, 2022

Pursue Diverse Revenue Models. Sometimes, it takes innovative thinking to pull more revenue out of a current customer base or business model. Along with a higher growth rate, leadership should also pause to review their retention and churn rates. You can use both organic and inorganic tactics to grow your business.

Revenue 261

Revenue Sales Hiring Leadership Scale 261

SaaSOptics

AUGUST 17, 2020

Revenue Modeling for a Subscription vs. Non-Subscription Businesses . Revenue modeling. If you’re new to SaaS, you may be wondering what the differences are between revenue modeling for subscription businesses as opposed to non-subscription companies. Churn: Loss of existing customers

Deferred Revenue 98

Deferred Revenue Subscription Payment Features Revenue 98

Clouded Judgement

JULY 16, 2024

” How OneStream Makes Money From the S-1: “Our business model centers on maximizing the lifetime value of a customer relationship. We recognize revenue from our SaaS contracts ratably over the term of the subscription period, which is typically three years but can range from less than one year up to ten years.

Benchmarks 298

Benchmarks Data Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 298

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate? How can Sa aS companies reduce its churn rate? What is the SaaS churn rate and why does it. source ).

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

But it’s not intrinsic to the product – rather, it’s baked into 3fe’s business model. Subscription services have been steadily on the rise for years now. Subscription services have been steadily on the rise for years now. The rise of subscription services. The right experience.

B2C 222

B2C Outsourced Development Subscription Payment Features 222

Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

As industry leaders in billing software, our mission is to help our customers work more efficiently, recover more revenue, and effortlessly collect invoices. TL;DR A billing platform is a comprehensive system facilitating subscription management, recurring billing, revenue recognition, payment gateways, analytics, and dunning processes.

Stax 88

Stax Payments Payment Services Payment Features 88

Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

For businesses offering subscriptions, memberships, retainers, and other recurring services, recurring billing is a powerful solution to streamline processes and ultimately enhance revenue generation. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Features 88

Chaotic Flow

MARCH 25, 2014

My first reaction was something like: “Well our current booking rate is pretty strong and we’re a SaaS business, so even with no immediate improvement to bookings we’ll continue to pile up revenue quarter after quarter, right?” I had totally neglected the impact of churn. What makes a SaaS business different?

Metrics 156

Metrics Business SaaS Forecasting 156