SaaSOptics

APRIL 7, 2022

A free trial is often seen as the quickest way to get customers signed up and using a SaaS product/service, but it comes with several strings attached. What Does Freemium Mean in Business? A freemium business model allows companies to build up a large initial user base at no additional costs. 30 or 60 day trial period).

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Business Model Payment Features Business SaaS 74

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

TL;DR A scalable solution adapts to higher volumes, evolving business models, and new payment methods without breaking down or holding you back. It adapts as you grow, offering the tools you need to manage payments, support new business models, and ensure secure, efficient payment processing.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 88

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. This model allows sub-merchants to focus on their core activities while benefiting from streamlined access to payment services.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 100

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. The Types of Marketplaces.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. Sam Jacobs : What’s the business model? And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam.

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OPEXEngine

JULY 27, 2021

About two weeks ago, we invited our customers to a private roundtable, virtual discussion on Scaling Finance. This is something that we do every quarter in what we call the SaaS Finance MeetUP. It is an exclusive meeting limited to Finance executives benchmarking with us and governed by Chatham House Rules.

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Finance Outsourcing Services Scaling SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

MARCH 7, 2022

There are important relationships that exist between sales, marketing, and finance professionals. Influenced by their experiences with consumer marketplaces and leaning into their own technological comfort zones – buyers are more than capable of finding information on their own. Here are some of the key takeaways from our conversation.

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Technical Review Sales Marketplace as a Service Banking 106

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Until recently, only industry titans like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google could successfully and effectively harness continuous, real-time data use statistics to fuel events-based billing models. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right. How AWS Does It.

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AWS SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments 98

Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Popularized by Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert, the invention wasn’t all that complicated: issue bonds with very high interest rates and correspondingly high risk, and use that capital to finance the wholesale acquisition of mismanaged, inefficient, and sclerotic companies. Inside sales? The curves simply do not meet. All of them!

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VP of Engineering AI Payment Methods Merchant Services 91

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

How to Harness the Power of Digital Market Dynamics for Product Innovation By BluLogix Team Innovating Subscription Offerings in the Agile Digital Landscape The digital marketplace is an ever-evolving ecosystem, characterized by rapid changes in technology, consumer behavior, and competitive landscapes.

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Innovation Marketplace as a Service Tiered subscription models AI Search 52

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

How Monetization Efficiency is the Heartbeat of Business Success in the Digital Age By BluLogix Team The Critical Role of Monetization Efficiency In a world where digitalization has redefined the marketplace, the spotlight shines ever so brightly on the concept of monetization efficiency. Why Does Monetization Efficiency Matter?

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Marketplace as a Service Business B2B Finance 52

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The Art of Flexibility: How to Master Dynamic Pricing Models in Subscription Billing By BluLogix Team Adapting to the Pulse of the Market for Maximized Revenue In today’s rapidly evolving digital marketplace, static pricing models are becoming a relic of the past.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Subscription Pricing Marketplace as a Service 52

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

I was an account executive covering financial services vertical and covering in New York. Adnan Chaudhry: And at first, I just want to acknowledge that we’re going to talk about the business models of some of our broader customers, some of the things Salesforce is going through. It’s a business crisis.

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Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 187

FastSpring

JULY 26, 2024

With so many marketing channels to manage to promote your game, combined with the complexity of monetizing your games on multiple platforms, in PC marketplaces, or even D2C via your own webshop, your head might be spinning keeping up with where to focus your efforts. But then also the business model of games different.

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Development Strategy Marketing Forecasting 158

ProfitWell

MAY 21, 2019

Ari Wells is the VP of Product Marketing at cloud service mogul Akamai. Finding proper market fit should be part of any business model as it’s the place where customer acquisition happens in the early stages of your company. You have to look at the marketplace and understand how people are actually finding their success.

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Product Marketing Marketing Development Team Review Technical Review 70

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Select the Right Automation Tools: Choose automation platforms that integrate seamlessly with your existing CRM, billing, and service delivery systems. The tools should offer flexibility to customize workflows and communication based on your business needs.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services Revenue Payment Facilitation 52

ProfitWell

JANUARY 15, 2020

Pricing analysts collaborate with organizations that employ some form of a recurring revenue model to test various hypotheses about the efficacy of existing and proposed business models, pricing and packaging structure, and general market behavior. Inform on optimal price points for different packages and services.

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Pricing Marketplace as a Service Payment Features Subscription 54

OpenView Labs

OCTOBER 11, 2019

In a market that requires companies to earn their customers’ business each and every day, it can literally make or break your entire business model. Instead, we now pay a finite, fixed fee for mobile service. Pricing is an incredibly important part of any SaaS product’s go-to-market strategy. No unexpected costs.

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Sales Hiring Part-Time VPE CTO Hire Technical Review 45

Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The SaaS Business Model & Metrics: Understand the Key Drivers for Success by David Skok, Matrix Partners SaaS Metrics — 201 A slightly deeper dive into SaaS industry metrics. But it’s not always clear when and how to find the right finance leader. It literally tries to make all industries happy.

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Scale Underperforming Technical Team Sales Hiring SaaS 52

Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe Connect is a comprehensive payment processing solution designed to cater to the unique needs of platforms and marketplaces. As a part of the broader Stripe suite, it facilitates digital transactions and enables businesses to accept credit card payments and manage complex money flows.

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Stripe Connect Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments 40

SmartKarrot

JUNE 25, 2021

No business can survive in the long run without a loyal customer base for its services or products. As its name should communicate, the Customer Development model focuses on developing customers for the product or service your startup is building. Inputs that come in from customers will shape the business model.

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Development SaaS Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 10

SmartKarrot

MAY 9, 2022

You could look at your finances and assume that if they are strong, you are doing well. And while it is certainly helpful to have a solid financial foundation , innovation is an equally important part of a thriving business. Read on to learn how to create a culture of innovation at your company. How to Create an Innovative Culture?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 6, 2019

Tradeshift Buy, which is essentially what we call private marketplaces. Think about it like Amazon or eBay, but instead of being for you and I, it is the Fortune 500 companies of this world that use it, companies like Unilever going and buying [produced 00:04:02] enzymes, ingredients, on our private marketplace technology.

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Payment Solutions Payments Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 164

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. And that kind of gave us a little bit of a head start to then bring together a couple of angels and like early stage investors to hire our first couple engineers and really pivot from being a service company to starting the path to becoming a software company.

Payment Solutions 136

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 136