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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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. At the peak of bull market exuberance at the end of 2021, a 1% improvement in revenue growth had the same impact on valuations as a 6% improvement in free cash flow margin. Let’s find out.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

Alex: Let’s dive into your business models. Alex: The other side of the equation on customer acquisition is monetization. One of the criticisms of SMB software is that each customer can only provide so much revenue. Mercury has never monetized via subscription and just focused on payments and float.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

And it worked; the Model-T was the most-produced car in the world until 1975. So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. Why is the SaaS Magic Number important?

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

For businesses offering subscriptions, memberships, retainers, and other recurring services, recurring billing is a powerful solution to streamline processes and ultimately enhance revenue generation. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model. Learn More What is Recurring Billing?

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Casey Accidental

JUNE 9, 2020

These plans included a lot of the goals you likely have in your company: improvements in acquisition, activation, and retention. But long term, how high could we push this retention number? What would great retention be for Eventbrite?”. across business models, customer types, etc. What do you do?

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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. The platform's usage-based pricing (no monthly fees!)

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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.

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Format changes are usually only required around platform shifts already occurring or platform shifts a larger company is trying to drive. This is creating a new value proposition for your existing audience so that you can acquire, retain, and/or monetize them better. I have written more about platforms here.

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Totango

AUGUST 16, 2022

Customer Retention Software Cuts Down Client Churn. Customer retention software has become essential for effective SaaS customer success strategies. A winning SaaS business model must prioritize retaining customers, which is far more cost-efficient than acquiring new clients to offset churn.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

And with the field having undergone a couple of “ knockout expansion years ,” with more revenue pouring into SaaS than ever, it has never been a better time for a young SaaS company. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

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Casey Accidental

JULY 17, 2023

I thought I would actually write down a lot of those thoughts and add some more depth for founders and employees working on these businesses. Don’t worry I got more marketplace content on the way as well Shortly after I got into tech, investors started to fall in love with subscription business models, mostly on the B2B side.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Client Contentment and Sustaining: CRM eventually results in increased customer retention and satisfaction, which are the industry’s holy grails in magazine publishing. Integration and Scalability: CRM is flexible and scalable, allowing you to adjust it to your evolving needs and goals as your business grows and evolves.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Modern commerce has witnessed subscription-based business models snowballing in popularity. For a business looking to leverage this model the Square subscription system is a powerful solution that can help you collect recurring payments and streamline your subscription operations.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We are excited to share the release of three new groundbreaking features designed to turbocharge your subscription revenue! Offers API Offers API is a revenue catalyst that enables businesses to maximize revenue at every customer interaction. Check out our 1ClickPay product announcement.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 23, 2020

Customer retention is more important than ever during these uncertain times. Businesses that are able to retain customers now, at the height of the crisis, will be in a much better position post-crisis. Here are some strategies based on basic customer retention principles to help you get through this challenging time.

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FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

Pricing your software as a service (SaaS) can be hard enough even during the best of times, but figuring out how to dial in the right pricing to drive more revenue in times of stagflation can be even more challenging. Using your pricing model to fight stagflation. Test creative SaaS pricing model combinations to unlock revenue.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription revenue can be defined most simply as a model which generates income from customers through recurring fees that are paid at regular intervals. These can be weekly, monthly, or annual payments. Before we get into the more complicated stuff, let’s consider the difference between earning revenue and collecting revenue.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Want to see more content like this?

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FastSpring

AUGUST 11, 2020

The way we purchase products is changing—and so are our business models. When it comes to software and online purchases, those transactions are increasingly moving to a subscription-based model, where customers put their purchases on autopilot so they can have continuous access to SaaS products. What is subscription revenue?

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Blulogix

APRIL 12, 2024

This final blog post underscores how leveraging the inherent intricacies of subscription billing can propel businesses towards increased revenue, enhanced profitability, and elevated customer satisfaction. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

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. TTM Revenue, $M. Revenue Growth. Net Dollar Retention. S&M Spend / Revenue.

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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. Understanding these terms is crucial, as they form the building blocks of any subscription-based business model.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Read more: Unique Ways to Use the B2B SaaS Business Model to Leverage Your Business’s Revenue Growth What is a SaaS B2B CRM? Customer analytics: By using data analytics, CRM platforms can offer insightful information. A CRM is more beneficial the more integrations it has.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

One way in which subscription management software can be of help to their clients is by implementing measures to track their revenue and churn rates, as well as create, update, cancel, and renew subscriptions. By doing this, they can maximize their revenue streams, draw in more clients, and raise customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s simple: the subscription revenue model benefits both customers and companies. Meanwhile, companies offering subscriptions can scale with confidence, with predictable revenue and deeper relationships with their customer base. What is the subscription revenue model?

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Casey Accidental

JULY 6, 2020

These plans included a lot of the goals you likely have in your company: improvements in acquisition, activation, and retention. But long term, how high could we push this retention number? What would great retention be for Eventbrite?”. across business models, customer types, etc. What do you do?

Retention 52

Retention Benchmarks Payments Payment Methods 52

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.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Accepting this fact, many businesses shifted to this business model and multiplied their revenue within a short period of time. Next, these subscription businesses need to plan and go for scaling subscriptions. To turn a challenge into an opportunity, you must have a flexible billing model. But what’s next?

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Companies will make retention a priority: customer retention, training retention and institutional knowledge (or history) retention.”. SaaS companies will evolve their products and messaging to support a fluid hybrid working model—office/home. Focus on more flexible business models.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Tim Kendall, the former President of Pinterest, repeated those words at an all hands to describe our strategy for monetization a few years ago. My role as an advisor to Greylock’s portfolio companies allows me to work with many different types of businesses: consumer social, marketplaces, SaaS, etc.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

He then sent out a link to this page inside payment failure notification emails. Users could now forward the payment failure email to the right person, without that person having an Enchant account. How My Marketing Concepts upsells annual payments during trial. Vinay writes, “The benefit of this was huge!

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CustomerSuccessBox

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter what era we live in, customer retention is something that will never fade away. Let’s see the process of acquiring new customers. Acquiring your customers is just a first step in the fruitful partnership process and retaining them is the next big thing. Financial Mathematics of a SaaS business model.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 24, 2023

To implement a usage-based pricing strategy, you must understand your value metrics, clearly communicate the pricing structure, set usage limits that trigger upgrade prompts, track usage across segments, and update your model as the product evolves. Better retention rates. Get your free Userpilot demo today! Seamless account expansion.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Making upsell offers.

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Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

To add to this, B2B marketplaces tend to have various different business models (commission, SaaS, not monetizing in the beginning), which makes it very difficult to come up with one-size-fits-all metrics for each funding round. As a result, we could not collect as many data points as we do for our SaaS napkin.

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