SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

This episode is an excerpt from a session at SaaStr Scale. What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. As a result of this, marketplaces have exploded in growth, and here’s some facts and figures.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 196

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Charting the Future: What Are the Emerging Trends in Subscription Billing and Monetization? The landscape of agile monetization is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations, and new business models.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

To accept payments internationally, you also need to offer local payment methods, collect and pay consumption tax, adhere to local transaction laws and regulations, and much more. Then, we compare 10 of the top payment solutions starting with a deep-dive into our solution, FastSpring. What is an international payment gateway?

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 144

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

You never think about self-storage businesses until you need one. Storable , the leading provider of all-in-one software for the self-storage industry, has a vision for its payments solution that is reminiscent of the industry it serves. But they’re everywhere (up to 60,000 nationwide), hiding in plain sight. Get started today.

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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. Common Marketplace Vectors.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2022

How do you make your fledgling business seen and heard in a competitive business marketplace? Despite their primarily sloppy execution, some of the world’s largest and most admired businesses share one thing in common: they were all built using the right business economic model. The sword and the shield.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The SaaS industry is constantly evolving, and for many companies in the space, that means having to evolve their business model. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean a “pivot”, but more often the evolution is a shifting business model as the company scales and the user base grows and changes. Gaining new customers.

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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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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Vindi is a PCI-certified online payment platform for recurring billing.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Customer support is more business-critical than ever. Powered by a modern business messenger , it scales your ability to answer more questions from more customers without increasing headcount, budget, or hours logged. Obviously we’re a little biased ??

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 6, 2024

Many of us happen to use WhatsApp to connect with businesses in real-time, but with the normal app, it does not have much impact. And that is why WhatsApp has launched the WhatsApp Business Service with a set of premium features for businesses to run without much hassle. WhatsApp Business is absolutely free.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. “These are just some of the questions you need to consider when evaluating a payment service solution as these are the same questions your customers will surely ask you,” Levi says.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 138

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

“Pendo for Startups” gives companies access to the product usage data that today’s investors consider alongside business metrics as they vet deals, as well as sentiment and guidance tools to improve product usage and adoption. Learn how Pendo can help companies go from startup to scale-up here. ProfitWell.

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BitPay

MAY 25, 2023

A growing number of businesses have begun accepting cryptocurrency payments to meet the demands of their crypto-using customers. Fortunately, today it’s easier than ever for B2B businesses to start taking cryptocurrency in exchange for their goods and services, with no crypto knowledge required and no complicated integrations.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

With the cost of acquiring new customers significantly higher than retaining existing ones, businesses are increasingly focusing on innovative strategies to enhance customer experiences and reduce churn. Tailor experiences, from onboarding to customer service, ensuring each subscriber feels uniquely valued.

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Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right. How AWS Does It.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 11, 2024

Over the last decade, we’ve seen record growth in player demand driven by several tailwinds, including: the rise of mobile and emerging markets, new business models like free-to-play and subscriptions, transmedia storytelling, and much more. The games industry has a cost problem.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. How good is my business doing?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. Is it safe? Let’s go ??.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 140

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 20, 2019

Fiverr, a marketplace for freelancers just joined the parade of software companies going public. The Fiverr filing sets up a comparison of Fiverr versus Upwork, the grand-daddy of freelancer marketplaces. Upwork Versus Fiverr: A Different Approach to Services. We call this the Service-as-a-Product (“SaaP”) model.

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SaaStr

JULY 9, 2019

Join Anish Shivdasani, CEO of Giraffe, as he provides unique African experiences learned from scaling to 1M users. Giraffe is a mobile job matching platform that helps medium skilled workers get access to opportunities and helps businesses to recruit staff faster, and easier, and more affordably than any other way. How’s it guys?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Here’s what SaaS businesses need to know about simplifying sales tax. Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. . But don’t worry, because TaxJar has your back.

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Merchant Services Scale Technical Review Sales Hiring 178

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Navigating the Waves of Change: How Digital Transformation Impacts Monetization By BluLogix Team Digital Transformation: A Catalyst for Monetization Innovation In the ever-evolving business landscape, digital transformation has emerged as a powerful force, reshaping industries and redefining the paradigms of success.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

The faster you grow, the more likely you are to achieve long-term success (and actually survive long enough to scale). Just look at subscription analytics startup ChartMogul whose brand and product are now a household name in the SaaS community. Along the way, they’ve become something of a leading authority on subscription businesses.

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User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

Are you looking for Zendesk integrations to boost the efficiency of your self-service customer support? SmileBack is a feedback app designed for helpdesk solutions so you can evaluate your customer support services effectively. As of 21 July 2023, there are 1,503 integrations in the Zendesk marketplace.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2021

Ep #402: Mårten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, explains their innovative approach of packaging customer value derived from a variety of activities into an annually recurring subscription offering that delivers outstanding value to customers while simplifying the buying process and the customer journey. Mårten Mickos.

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Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Outsourced Development Scale 142

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By BluLogix Team Elevating Customer Engagement and Retention Through Automation In the competitive arena of recurring revenue models, the mastery of customer lifecycle management (CLM) becomes paramount for sustaining growth and ensuring customer satisfaction.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

Let me show you why you should be scoping out reviews for your business. Why It’s Important for Your Business to Get Reviewed. With over 31 million small businesses in the US, consumers have a massive amount of choices. For businesses, this means it’s crucial to find ways to set your brand apart from competitors.

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 20, 2022

Now that you’ve chosen to read this article, I suppose you are already aware of the weightage that the Customer Success function holds for your SaaS business. Under all the fancy showbiz lies the fact that running a SaaS business is very challenging. Benefits of having a Customer Success Software for your SaaS business-.

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Navint

JANUARY 29, 2019

Highlight Video: Explaining the Subscription Economy: Why Your Company’s Future May Depend On It. The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. As the leading consulting firm that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

When using captive pricing for SaaS products, the core product usually offers enough functionality with a free or basic subscription to demonstrate the platform’s value but will require specific upgrades for expanded functionality. In this example, this is a SaaS accounting software platform for small businesses.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions. Subscription Billing 1. Company B: A cloud storage provider used UBP to attract budget-conscious startups and scale with them. Think of it as a B2B marketplace where usage drives the entire ecosystem.

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User Pilot

JUNE 29, 2023

HubSpot offers customer relationship management (CRM) software solutions for businesses. Best HubSpot integrations for data sync If you want to use an integration primarily for data sync, you can integrate HubSpot with the following tools from the HubSpot app marketplace. Userpilot and HubSpot integration. out of 5 in G2.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

When using captive pricing for SaaS products, the core product usually offers enough functionality with a free or basic subscription to demonstrate the platform’s value but will require specific upgrades for expanded functionality. In this example, this is a SaaS accounting software platform for small businesses.

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Pricing SaaS Payments Payments Payment Methods 78

Stax

JANUARY 22, 2024

In a world where we’re spending more and more time online and every click is a potential transaction, it’s no surprise the eCommerce and digital payments sectors are experiencing exponential growth. In this article, we’ll dive into the intricacies of two types of players in the eCommerce ecosystem: payment gateways and payment facilitators.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Afterward, Patrick founded several businesses in diverse sectors, including tech, healthcare, and finance. Its focus is on businesses in Big Data, mobile, and SaaS. Talk: Scaling & Exiting: Dreams, Designs & Dramas. The “first boots on the ground” when it comes to solving business issues, Patric?

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