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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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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FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

When TestDome was created, CEO and co-founder Mario Zivic knew the pre-employment testing software company wouldn’t be able to rely on domestic sales to succeed. “As Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally? Selling internationally is key to their business model.

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Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 136

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?

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

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.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. How viable is it for companies to shop their apps outside of mainstream marketplaces?

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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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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.

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Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This piece, Part A, uses Clay Christensen’s Jobs to be Done lens, along with an assessment of viable product wedges and business models, to share what we see as the most promising applications of AI in enterprise healthcare. The tasks are labor-intensive, with low historical adoption of traditional software products to facilitate them.

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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. Trial With/Without Payment Method Configure trials in the way that best suits your business and customers, directly within the FastSpring app.

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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 1 Intercom.

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

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

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Note: From global payment processing to global VAT and sales tax management, FastSpring is the easiest way to sell around the world. This includes internal data we pulled from 271 global SaaS and software sellers using FastSpring to process transactions last year. No matter what your business model, we meet you where you are.

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Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 110

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 124

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This includes everything from media content to enterprise software solutions and technology infrastructure. Read more: How to Evaluate If Pay per Use Billing Is Meant for Your SaaS Business What is the pay per use pricing model? Inadequate engineering can lead to unpredictable revenue for the pay per use billing model.

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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.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 84

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 84

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. So as probably most listeners know, WordPress is a content management system for building websites.

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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

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.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 78

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Part A , we outlined the paths to generating unique value for the healthcare system and patients. Some organizations pride themselves on building their own tech stack in certain areas like patient experience, where others tend to look externally first before considering custom development.

Healthcare 109

Healthcare AI Payments Enterprise 109

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Asana builds productivity and task management solutions. Today, the company is a massively successful SaaS business and another example of the flywheel business model that creates demand at the individual user and leverages that interest to sell department and company-wide contracts. Asana filed their S-1 this week.

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Payment Solutions Payments Outsourced Development Payment Services 363

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 109

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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User Pilot

OCTOBER 17, 2023

As for customer insight examples, we’ve brought four ways to leverage them to help grow your business: Using welcome surveys to personalize the product experience to match users’ needs and preferences. Then you can refine your help center resources and use them to provide proactive support and tailored solutions.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Services 95

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Many software and applications are there that claim to boost the performance of your business, but today, the focus of businesses is such technology that can ensure growth in the long run. Customer Relationship Management ( CRM ) software are the ultimate solution to help you.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Payment Solutions 59

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. It culminates in an overview of how to you can create a streaming app.

Payment Solutions 40

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods Development 40

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 52

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

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

JULY 27, 2023

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? This model contrasts the traditional—and outdated—model where users purchase and install software on their computers or servers.

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Sales Hiring SaaS Payments Sales Recruiting CTO Hire 98

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

CRM (customer relationship management) software can help with just that. This translates into profitable and long-lasting business growth. ROI and Cost-Effectiveness: CRM is an economical and ROI-driven solution, which means that it yields a favourable return on investment over time. Well, be confused no more.

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OPEXEngine

JUNE 11, 2020

You hear the terms SaaS, subscription, term licenses and perpetual license software tossed around frequently. The terms aren’t universally understood, nor are the implications of each on the financial model of a company, so the following is an effort to provide an overview.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

Games as a Service acts as a continuous revenue service for developers, allowing them to break their reliance on the one-time purchase. With more games being developed every year, GaaS gives them a competitive advantage in the fight for user attention. Games as a Service Payment Options. Games as a Service Business Models.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 122

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

Touchpoints also include occasions when clients interact with your software app in a SaaS context. Which business functions or departments are involved in the interaction. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Persuading a customer to try your freemium app.

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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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Subscription Flow

JANUARY 26, 2024

Secondly, we intend on focusing exclusively on SubscriptionFlow to see how this software in particular can assist you in not only calculating accurate SaaS MRR growth but also in increasing it for the strength of your business. Rather, the most important thing to keep an eye on is the pattern that develops over time.

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