FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

Payment Services 131

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 131

FastSpring

APRIL 17, 2024

Through interactive roundtable discussions and refreshment breaks, you’ll be able to share ideas, brainstorm solutions to your most pressing challenges, and form meaningful connections. We handle every payment need from subscription management to tax collection, remittance and more so your business can go farther, faster.

Payment Services 96

Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 96

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 140

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 140

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2024

Long before the digital age, newspaper and magazine companies have been using the subscription model to create and retain a consistent readership for their publications. This business model has now been adapted very well in the internet age, especially in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and eCommerce industries.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 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. In their early stages, SaaS software startups typically target the early adopters in the tech or mid-market segments.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

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.

Payment Solutions 142

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 142

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

Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

As the business landscape continues its unstoppable evolution, the necessity for operational efficiency and innovation becomes even more pronounced. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model. Physical and eCommerce product subscription businesses are expected to make up 45% of the market’s value.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Features 88

Software Platform Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I love a story about how a company dominated its industry primarily by changing its business model. The Prior Business Model: Ticketron. Ticketron’s business model was to install ticket dispensing kiosks at retail locations in cities. The New Business Model: Ticketmaster. Ironic, huh?).

Business Model 52

Business Model Payment Solutions Payments Business 52

Stax

JANUARY 5, 2024

There are many different types of payment terminals to choose from, and you need one that’s going to help your business operate the most efficiently. Selecting the right payment processing terminal will not only help reduce your processing costs, but it’ll also increase your profits.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 24, 2024

Many companies offer consulting services because businesses need expert opinions and suggestions on various matters. However, what is the business model for offering consulting services? One of the business models to offer consulting as a service is the subscription business model.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Solutions Consulting Payments 52

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Q4 sales numbers usually outperform the rest of the year thanks to year-end holidays and their associated shopping cycles — but how much does that trend carry over into software and SaaS sales? We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business.

SaaS Payments 144

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Merchant Services 144

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?

Payment Methods 124

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 124

SaaStr

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Software Important. From a business model perspective, Shopify has in essence been a fintech and merchant product first and a SaaS product second for quite some time. Overall subscription solutions revenue is up just 21%, while payments and merchant solutions are up 35% — from a much, much larger base. #2.

Payments 230

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Revenue 230

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. A customer buys a license for your software, and they get the product (either through a download, a CD or even more old school—floppy disks). Enter the world of SaaS billing systems. how you receive the payment).

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

With cashless now BEING king, credit and debit cards are the primary method for your customers to make payments. of consumer payments came through card payments. And electronic payments were at 14.2%, closing in on cash at 15.5%. Credit card and debit card payment processing fees apply to them all.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, efficient and seamless payment processing is paramount to your bottom line. As industry leaders in billing software, our mission is to help our customers work more efficiently, recover more revenue, and effortlessly collect invoices. said Suneera Madhani, founder and CEO of Stax. “The

Stax 88

Stax Payments Payment Services Payment Features 88

Blulogix

APRIL 8, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Aligning Financial Transactions with ERP Systems In the world of subscription management , the seamless alignment of financial transactions from the billing system with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems is paramount.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments Subscription 52

Agile Payments

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

PayFac or Payment Facilitation enables software platforms to both brand and monetize payment processing offerings while at the same time offering instant, hassle-free customer payments onboarding.

Payfac 88

Payfac Payments Business Model Payment Services 88

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Putting narrative order on the past decade, a 10-year-period that has somehow remained stubbornly nameless, is quite the challenge, but it’s impossible to make sense of the 2010s without understanding the role of software. What was perhaps less predictable was the ensuing prevalence of the subscription-based business model.

Payment Solutions 259

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software SaaS Payments 259

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. Square Fees: 3.5 percent and $0.15 percent and $0.30

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

Blulogix

JANUARY 28, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide to Implementing a Robust Subscription Billing Software By BluLogix Team Choosing the ideal subscription billing software is a crucial decision, but it’s just the beginning of optimizing your recurring revenue operations. BluIQ offers robust data integration capabilities to streamline this process.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Services Subscription 52

Infinicept

OCTOBER 31, 2022

By Michael Bradley, Senior Vice President of Growth, Infinicept Software-led payments are driving rapid changes to financial institutions’ payment services strategies. Software companies (sometimes known as independent software vendors or ISVs) are becoming the predominant distribution platform for payment services.

Payments 98

Payments Embedded Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 98

SaaStr

OCTOBER 28, 2023

We require payment right away. Ask yourself: Can someone deploy your app in minutes? Freemium is a business model. Dear SaaStr: My Startup Doesn’t Have a Free Trial or Freemium Option. Should we change this? Free trials and freemium options work well — if you can support them well.

Startup 245

Startup Payment Solutions Business Model Enterprise 245

Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

5 Advantages of Using the Right Automated Billing System for Subscription Businesses By BluLogix Team In the fast-paced world of subscription-based businesses, managing recurring revenue streams efficiently and effectively is essential for sustained growth and success. Subscription Billing 1.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Solutions Payment Services Subscription 52

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.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. Embat is building the next-generation treasury management software. It’s one of the top 3 pain points of mid-market and enterprise CFOs.

Payments 195

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 195

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. Docusign integrates with all sorts of productivity, sales and legal software.

Payments 55

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 55

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.

Healthcare 138

Healthcare AI Artificial Intelligence Payment Solutions 138

SaaStr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Payments and e-commerce drag blended gross margins down to 60%. Wix along with Squarespace and also WordPress / Automatic have pushed deeply into e-commerce and as part of that, payments. But payments can be low gross margin, and they are for Wix. Add e-commerce, payments and more has pushed it up.

Payments 211

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods SaaS Payments 211

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.

Subscription 148

Subscription Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Solutions 148

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.

Payment Services 76

Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payment Methods 76

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 133

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 133

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.

Pricing 118

Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 118

Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

The 80s and 90s were all about physical purchasing and installation of software CDs and floppy disks. This philosophy applies to both low and high touch business models, where the vendor has to eliminate all potential usability problems that may arise. Best For: Online Payment Processing. So pick accordingly. #1

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Scale 98

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

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