FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

For many SaaS and software companies, international sales are a key part of their growth trajectories. But with international growth comes a long list of international business concerns about how to appeal to potential customers in new countries. Why it’s so important to optimize pricing for local markets. Your choice.

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Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer Retention Software Cuts Down Client Churn. Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Retention Software Review 102

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software?

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. 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. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tools such as Subscription Reporting, Trials With/Without Payment Method, Proration Preview API, and Change History API all optimize growth and retention to unlock your business potential. Refreshed Subscriptions Features In addition to these new features, we’ve rolled out several other subscription tools in the past year.

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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). Offer and manage one-time add-ons, coupons, and more.

Payments 93

Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 93

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. This has historically been a significant cause of customer support cases as well as development friction.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Navigating the bustling SaaS landscape without a reliable CRM system is similar to one being like a child who is attempting to learn a skill without the helpful guidance of a teacher. The majority of the time, SaaS companies are involved in business-to-business sales. Adopting new policies can be expensive and invasive.

Payment Solutions 59

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 59

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Failed payments are part of running a subscription or SaaS business. It’s normal for credit card payments to get declined. But unless you have dunning management in place, chances are those failed payments are costing you a lot of money. In short, dunning is recovering failed payments from customers.

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Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods 76

Backlinkfy

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Today, selling products through traditional brick and mortar stores are slowly depleting, due to most purchases that start with an online search. With these online retailers, you’ll discover that you can shop at the comfort of your home and have your items delivered to you the same day or the next day.

Payment Methods 56

Payment Methods Payment Services Sales Hiring Technical Review 56

Baremetrics

MAY 13, 2021

Cash flow modelling software lets you use historical data from a time period to develop a forecast of your incoming cash from revenue. For SaaS businesses, you use your contraction monthly recurring revenue (MRR) , churn, and average revenue per customer in addition to other transaction data to predict your future cash flow.

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Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 78

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). That includes: A global focus.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 145

User Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Online reviews to understand attributes that customers value most, such as specific features, ease of use, customer support, pricing, and so on. Collect customer feedback to recognize problematic areas of your app and act on them by addressing actual needs that are not being met (instead of just minor bugs).

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 103

Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription. What is the subscription pricing model? 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.

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 184

Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this episode, a16z partner Seema Amble talks with Dimitri Dadiomov, the co-founder and CEO of payment operations platform Modern Treasury, about the challenges of creating a new category, hiring for marketing before you hire for sales, and why developing new features is similar to birding. And that was the origin story.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 110

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This is part three of a three part series on sequencing business models. In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This post is a collaboration with Gilad Horev. Integration Platforms.

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Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

FastSpring

MAY 5, 2020

We love to see when a seller finds a unique way to customize our full-service ecommerce platform to deliver a great experience to their customers. Take a look at the Q&A below to hear from Nicolas Hefti, Founder, and Lead Developer at Appizy about his experience with adding Fastspring to their single page application.

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Payment Methods Payments Payment Solutions PayPal 81

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That trend is being reinforced by advances in licensing and Open Finance, the promise of ubiquitous instant payments, and regulatory support for innovative fintech solutions. In particular, several government actions have expanded fintech’s capabilities in Colombia in recent years.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Banking 81

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 4, 2023

In recent years, the recurring revenue model has gained tremendous popularity among a wide spectrum of consumers. The factors influencing this meteoric rise are both complex and interlinked — increased internet accessibility, the development of cloud technology, and even the global pandemic have all played a part.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features Payment Methods 52

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. The internet revolution led to the dawn of the executive era, where on-prem developed into on-demand, with factors like ROI and KPIs entering the picture. Best For: Online Payment Processing. So pick accordingly. #1

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

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. “This is everyday for me, so I love talking about it,” says Carl Hargreaves about mergers and acquisitions.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 146

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CRM (customer relationship management) software can help with just that. By giving your subscribers timely, relevant, and personalized content, you build a relationship of trust and loyalty that encourages them to stay subscribed for longer periods of time and even refer friends and family to your magazines. Well, be confused no more.

Payments 59

Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 59

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. 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. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

B2B customer journey touchpoints are occasions when business customers interact with a brand. For example, a website visit, an online sales purchase and a phone support call are all potential customer journey B2B touchpoints. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes.

B2B 118

B2B Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 118

Baremetrics

JANUARY 18, 2022

This is particularly useful for SaaS businesses without many brick-and-mortar assets. How to Develop a Great Price Localization Strategy 1. Price localization can be done on its own or as part of an ecommerce personalization strategy. The former is a great option if your clients are also an international business.

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Payment Methods Pricing Payment Services Strategy 98

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes everything from media content to enterprise software solutions and technology infrastructure. In the pay per use pricing model examples, customers only pay for the specific resources or services they use, according to the pay per use business model.

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Payment Solutions Payment Features Pricing SaaS Payments 59

Neil Patel

MARCH 23, 2021

A service marketplace is a website or app for buying and selling services. These online marketplaces have also made remote work more accessible to millions of people around the world. For example, you can start a website for personal trainers without having the skill. Build a Website for Your Service Marketplace.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The writing on the wall is clear—businesses need to start accepting digital payments and software providers need to start offering payment services one way or another. In this article, we’ll break down two popular terms used in the payment processing industry—ISV and PayFac —and see what they exactly mean.

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Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 88

Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

It offers a way to bring down customer acquisition costs and has been proven to keep users in a game for far longer than the pay-to-play method. 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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Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 122

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Deciding between Stripe vs. Chargebee for your online payment processing needs? Stripe supports online payments for e-commerce businesses, while Chargebee helps SaaS companies set up and manage their recurring payments. Both platforms have pros and cons worth learning about. Table of Contents.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Methods Technical Review Payment Features 59

ProfitWell

MAY 15, 2020

If you haven’t transitioned to SaaS yet, I promise moving to a cloud-based computing system sounds more complicated than it actually is. There are many different cloud-based models for storing data, but this article is focused directly on SaaS. First, to nip any confusion in the bud, SaaS stands for “software as a service.”

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 75

Blulogix

APRIL 12, 2024

Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions. Recurring & Usage Billing Embracing Complexity as a Competitive Edge The first step in capitalizing on subscription complexity is embracing it as an integral part of your business model.

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Payment Features Subscription Payments B2B 77

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients. The ideal executive champion is the person who most acutely feels the pain of the problem remaining unsolved, is held responsible internally for solving the problem, and has the budget to solve it.

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Healthcare AI Payments Enterprise 109

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

When it comes to your unique payment processing needs as a growing business, which is better— Stripe vs. Authorize.net ? But which is better for your business? Currency Conversions Stripe is able to process more than 135 different types of currencies, helping you take your business worldwide. Table of Contents.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review Technical Review 52

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. Therefore, reengineering the value chain and realigning teams to the new business model are necessary for this major shift.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Services Subscription 59

User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

However, the higher the rate, the better your business health. SaaS renewal best practices for driving free to paid conversions include: Create a personalized onboarding experience to retain trial users. Personalize the cross-sell messages based on user segment. SaaS renewal rates above 80% are generally considered healthy.

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SaaS Payments Business SaaS Payment Solutions 102

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

You can create a successful streaming app by modeling the business practices of Netflix, Hulu, DirecTV NOW, YouTube TV, and HBO Now. The video streaming app market has exceeded over ten billion viewing hours. Conventional delivery methods are losing market share at alarming rates.

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Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods Development 40