The Angel VC

MARCH 22, 2012

It's a simple plan for an early-stage SaaS startup with a low-touch sales model – a company which markets a SaaS solution via its website, offers a 30 day free trial, gets most of its trial users organically and through online marketing and converts them into paying customer with very little human interaction.

Startup 189

Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 189

Stax

AUGUST 29, 2024

The dominance of cashless commerce means only businesses that ensure the seamless processing of in-store and online credit and debit card payments will remain competitive. The question is: how do payment service providers work and how can you choose the right one for your business?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

Market trends: why is it easier than ever to build an online business? Despite all these growing pains, it’s still never been a better time for online businesses. You can now outsource most of your business needs, from e-commerce (like Shopify) to website building (like Wix).

Payment Features 255

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 255

Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” or “ What are the best tips I can get in terms of annual vs monthly subscription models ?”.

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription 184

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a startup with only two or three people, it would be absolutely impossible to go international without this kind of platform.” 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. Here’s why. Paddle offers it.

Payment Solutions 148

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 148

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc.

Payment Solutions 280

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 280

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The company is an AI platform that empowers teachers to give instant, personalized feedback to students, based in San Francisco. Many founders hit the brakes on growth to pivot towards profitability when in reality, the right combination is aiming for durable growth with a profitable business model.

Technical Review 274

Technical Review Software Review Payment Solutions Venture Capital 274

Neil Patel

JULY 26, 2021

For example, many McDonald’s restaurants are franchises, meaning an owner (or group of owners, in some cases) pays McDonald’s to use their brand name, menus, logos, and other business assets. A few businesses that offer franchising options include: 7-Eleven Taco Bell Great Clips Ace Hardware. Research Startup Costs.

Payment Methods 136

Payment Methods Business Sales Hiring Travel 136

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

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2024

Ready to join Europe’s biggest startup and tech event with the leading startups, investors, executives, and media from 174 countries? We’d love to talk with you in person! Schedule a demo now or at VivaTech in person! FastSpring is how SaaS companies sell online in more places around the world.

Merchant Services 149

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Artificial Intelligence 149

Baremetrics

MAY 7, 2019

There are more funding and financing options for startups today than there ever have been before. There’s also been an explosion in debate and transparency about navigating startup funding and financing. Let’s explore the funding and financing options for your startup. Funding Your Startup. Buffer spent $3.3

Finance 111

Finance Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 111

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Next, determine your target consumer, meaning the person who needs that problem solved. Business Model. Decide which business model you’re using for your box.

Outsourcing Services 134

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 134

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. Or maybe ARR, depending on your model. Kind of extreme sales models out there for SaaS businesses. And this is also a personal perspective.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

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. Square Fees: 3.5

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

FastSpring

APRIL 17, 2024

We’d love to talk with you in person! How to Connect With FastSpring at SaaStock USA 2024 Stop by our booth or connect with the team via the SaaStock USA 2024 app to learn more about subscription management, international taxes, and how using a merchant of record can enable you to collect payments faster for your business model.

Payment Services 158

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 158

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business? FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including subscription management, payment localization, VAT and sales tax management, consumer support, and more.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Speaker video: Stripe is really a set of developer tools for building and operating an online business. I’m an execution person.

Scale 160

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 160

ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing. What is the SaaS business model. Recurring payments. Recurring payments take the form of monthly recurring revenue, otherwise known as MRR. Early stage.

Business Model 54

Business Model SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 54

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Take a traditional business, like a furniture store. This method can help you determine the best ways to reach SaaS growth within your business.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

ProfitWell

JANUARY 17, 2020

Over the past decade, ecommerce subscription companies have doubled down on the subscription model to monetize their relationships with customers. But starting an ecommerce subscription service isn’t an easy task. What are ecommerce subscription companies? 4 popular types of ecommerce subscriptions. Let’s dive in.

Payment Methods 12

Payment Methods Payments Payment Features Merchant Services 12

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. Setup Pricing model and payment gateways.

Growth Hacking 105

Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

ProfitWell

JULY 22, 2020

In recent years, primarily due to the internet, there has been a significant shift in how businesses reach customers. However, today they can market their products online and set up distribution channels to deliver products directly to consumers. Undoubtedly, online shopping offers consumers a lot of conveniences.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Branding Payment Features 93

Casey Accidental

JUNE 9, 2020

across business models, customer types, etc. In those businesses, the business failing and churning as a result is called “involuntary churn”, though that can also mean a payment method not working for someone who wants to retain in other models. I actually didn’t have a great answer.

Retention 145

Retention Benchmarks Payments Payment Methods 145

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The pre-revenue startup phase has a host of stresses that hopefully disappear as the company begins to earn revenue. Depending on the amount invested, it is possible that all members of the team are working full time jobs to support themselves and then doing that again to push their startup onto the market.

Payments 110

Payments Revenue Startup Development Team Review 110

How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

Our Verdict Skynova is a user-friendly invoicing software best suited for freelancers and very small businesses who need basic invoicing and expense tracking with minimal fuss. It offers an attractive free plan and an affordable paid plan, making it budget-friendly for startups. Its very basic by design.

Software Review 40

Software Review Systems Review Technical Review Payment Solutions 40

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. ISVs and SaaS providers differ in software distribution, licensing models, hosting responsibilities, support options, upgrade and maintenance procedures, and scalability.

Outsourcing Services 88

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Baremetrics

JANUARY 18, 2022

Price localization can be done on its own or as part of an ecommerce personalization strategy. Ecommerce personalisation is a popular strategy for driving business growth by engaging more with your customers’ needs and giving them a unique shopping experience. Don’t Forget About Packages Bundle pricing.

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Pricing Payment Services Social Media 98

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. First, they choose a plan and a payment method. how you receive the payment).

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

Some businesses outgrow their home countries after a seed or startup period that saw initial success domestically, while some businesses founded with niche markets or in smaller countries may need international sales as table stakes on day one. Learn more about what DutchBasecamp does here. Your choice.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

Test creative SaaS pricing model combinations to unlock revenue. Our all-in-one payment platform includes a best-in-class localized checkout, subscription management, global tax management, reporting and analytics tools, and more. But know which changes are important to your business model. How FastSpring can help.

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 148

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.

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 148

Baremetrics

MAY 13, 2021

If you’re a SaaS or eCommerce business, you have a unique situation with cash flow because of the importance of retention, recurring revenue, and dunning. Start with a free trial to make your financial modelling seamless. Baremetrics uses live data points rather than historical data to develop your cash flow model.

Payment Solutions 78

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 78

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. You also get several invoicing tools and dunning management , all necessary for your business's smooth running.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 95

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

It’s become apparent that for hypergrowth SaaS startups today, there are two distinct phases. Stripe hit the market with such force that they could rely on a high-velocity, bottom-up distribution engine to give them the kind of traction other startups could only dream of. How to bring formal sales into a growing startup.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But if you’re a B2B solution, there’s a high likelihood that businesses will be interested in being able to accept customer payments, rather than just sending them a PayPal link or to a generic payment gateway. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software?

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

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. One of the most fundamental changes any startup can go through is entering this market niche.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

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? Try Baremetrics free.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 88