FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

No matter what your business model, we meet you where you are. Kurt is the head of product, payments, strategy, and corporate development at FastSpring, as well as the General Manager of Interactive Quotes (IQ). Schedule a demo to see if we’re a good fit to be your next global commerce partner. About FastSpring.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 5, 2024

Key Definitions in Subscription Billing: Demystifying the Jargon By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fourth installment of our comprehensive guide on selecting the right subscription billing platform. Before we go much further, let’s go deep into essential definitions and concepts in the world of subscription billing.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Subscribe now ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) vs ERR (Experimental Runrate Revenue) ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is one of the most popular SaaS (Non-GAAP) metrics. However, it’s also one of the most loosely used metrics, and is frequently misused. Altimeter is an investment adviser registered with the U.S.

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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.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 10, 2024

To keep up with the modern donors’ purchasing habits, nonprofit organizations or NPOs can set-up recurring donation systems in-line with these donors’ spending preferences. Subscription-based business models have increased in number as media streaming platforms like Netflix and delivery services like Amazon have risen in popularity.

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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.

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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.

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Chaotic Flow

MARCH 25, 2014

My first serious lesson in the criticality of SaaS metrics was about six years ago when I was unexpectedly stumped in a board of directors meeting. At the time, SaaS investors and executives were still getting their heads around the SaaS recurring revenue business model, so there were very few resources to turn to for support.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

In this blog, we are looking at the business metrics that can be measured quantitatively and providing a few insights on how investors analyze them. We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics. Here is a simple formula to calculate ARR.

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Sixteen Ventures

AUGUST 14, 2022

The people in charge of your company – the Executives, Board, and Investors – want to improve a metric called NRR (Net Revenue Retention or NDR, Net Dollar Retention, if you prefer) for one very simple reason: it plays a direct role in the value of the company. Thus the premium placed on NRR as a valuation metric.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. What are SaaS companies?

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2022

Try not to limit your thinking to the economics your VCs want in business economics. No one built a business solely on metrics like TAT, LTV, etc., Investors will invest in your business if: You have a strong brand. The Sword: a product-led growth business. The Sword: a product-led growth business.

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2023

Investors want to know about metrics, the drivers of your business, and whether users are growing, engaged, or churning. Many customers in SE Asia are budget-based versus subscription-based. So if you’re trying to fit your business model into what SaaS looks like in the U.S. Do you want to fire a rocket into space?

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Baremetrics

MARCH 7, 2021

Read what you should know about subscription management and why it is important in recent times! Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Apart from the recurring revenue, subscription billing systems also offer appreciable stability to businesses.

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User Pilot

MARCH 31, 2023

What user onboarding metrics should you track if you want to evaluate your onboarding processes? We all know that successful onboarding is especially important for SaaS companies since they depend on a subscription-based business model. What are user onboarding metrics? Customer onboarding process.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

And because of the digital nature of SaaS businesses and their subscription-based business models, the ability to collect data on how the company is performing is easier and faster than ever. Enter the SaaS Magic Number, which measures the return on sales and marketing spend in generating new subscription revenue.

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User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

A good SaaS renewal strategy helps drive customer retention , increases the customer lifetime value , and improves your monthly recurring revenue. The renewal rate is calculated as the number of customers who renew their subscription divided by the total number of customers up for renewal at any given period.

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Either way - it’s clear these models are becoming cheaper and more effective, which is an exciting future for AI! I think we’re about to see an explosion of good business model AI applications in the near future. I created this subset to show companies where FCF is a relevant valuation metric.

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SaaStr

JUNE 5, 2020

I argue that standard saas metrics make it possible for founders to scale using debt capital (production capital thats cheaper) instead of solely relying on venture capital (financial capital thats more expensive). . It’s hard to imagine a world where analysis didn’t understand recurring, subscription based revenue for technology products.

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OPEXEngine

AUGUST 31, 2021

Metrics for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies can be more informative, and therefore more actionable, if they’re viewed in relationship to one another rather than in isolation, Christoph Janz, managing partner of Point Nine Capital, says. The post Usefulness of SaaS metrics lies in context, not isolation appeared first on OPEXEngine.

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ChurnZero

MARCH 18, 2022

With so many SaaS metrics floating around, and even more opinions on when and how to use them, it can be hard to know if you’re measuring what really matters. Leading SaaS expert, Dave Kellogg, and ChurnZero CEO, You Mon Tsang, sat down to answer all the questions you want to know about SaaS metrics like ARR, NRR, GRR, LTV, and CAC (i.e.,

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

And one of the types that a lot of companies miss is revenue backlog : the total unrecognized revenue across the term of a given subscription agreement. Revenue backlog is beloved by investors for the picture it paints of your business’ future, and it can be a useful way of providing commentary on your company’s commercial trajectory.

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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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Valuize Consulting

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Net Dollar Retention is the most important valuation metric in the technology industry. With all new and 80% of historical software vendors now operating on subscription-based business model (Gartner, 2018 ), the adoption of subscription and consumption revenue models has achieved dominance. NDR Is Your MVP.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. You have to deal with recurring payments, multiple pricing plans, annual vs monthly payments, add-ons, variable payments and the list goes on.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 22, 2020

Here’s a shout out to Dave Kellogg’s Key SaaS Metrics podcast, recently released on Aznaur Midov’s SaaShimi series. Dave does a terrific job explaining the current state of the art on important SaaS metrics. The podcast is an excellent SaaS Metrics 101 listen even for experienced SaaS finance experts.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

The subscription model is booming. Almost everything is sold as a subscription, from socks to razor blades, and of course software. Without further ado, let's look at nine subscription-based companies absolutely nailing it in 2020. What is a subscription company? So why the subscription business model?

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 2, 2021

Everything you need to consider before you’re ready to make the Build vs Buy decision for your subscription analytics platform. In this post, we want to share some of that knowledge in order to help companies that are trying to decide whether they should build or buy their subscription analytics software. Further reading.

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Baremetrics

MAY 13, 2021

Start with a free trial to make your financial modelling seamless. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. 1 Why does SaaS cash flow modelling matter? Start with a free trial to improve your revenue forecasting model.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 31, 2023

How Will AI Effect Software Business Models? Like many, I’ve been thinking about how AI and foundation models will effect the world of software. In particular - how AI will effect software business models. Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA.

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User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

Introduces key metrics that can affect your company’s value. Shows how to leverage PLG strategies to boost the value of your SaaS business. Revenue-based valuations are more suitable for SaaS startups because it doesn’t take into account upfront investment which affects SDE or EBITDA negatively. Let’s get to it!

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Chart Mogul

APRIL 2, 2021

Everything you need to consider before you’re ready to make the Build vs Buy decision for your subscription analytics platform. In this post, we want to share some of that knowledge in order to help companies that are trying to decide whether they should build or buy their subscription analytics software. Further reading.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

It’s easy to get lost in the noise of “SaaS monetization makes the world go round,” “Subscriptions mean printing money,” and other hype. The more money you will have left to add more customers, get them committed to subscriptions, and keep them away from your competitors. This is known as a unit metric.

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Totango

JULY 29, 2022

Did you know that 70% of revenue in a subscription-based business comes from existing customer renewals and upsells? This SuccessBLOC also features a Scorecard where you can quickly see live updates and metrics for specific goals related to identifying upsell opportunities and achieving growth targets. Growth rate last 90 days.

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 13, 2020

There’s a question that every startup founder, subscription service provider, and ecommerce store owner, needs to ask themselves on a regular basis: Is this the most effective price for my product or service? Especially if you’re trying to get ahead in today’s highly competitive SaaS and subscription markets. Target customer personas.

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

2020 is the year of Corona Virus thus far but it’s also the year in which the subscription business model is excelling. Subscription companies have become incredibly popular in the past two decades. Almost everything is sold as a subscription, from socks to razor blades, and of course software.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The model has not really changed, but the relative importance has. Over time, industries develop key metrics used to help gauge success and progress.

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