Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. So, when it comes to comparing platforms, major players like Stripe and Shopify Payments are likely to top your list. Both of these platforms are excellent, particularly for budding startups, but are they the right fit if you want to scale up fast?

Payment Methods 98

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 98

SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2023

PST — Jeff Richards, GGV Capital Managing Director, and Tiffany Luck, GGV Capital Partner, share what it takes to win as a SMBTech startup in today’s economy. Rewind The Clock — How Did We Get Here Most small businesses in pre-2010 didn’t have computers in their store or restaurant. Most didn’t even have internet. Can you believe that?

Scale 245

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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

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. While Chargebee supports several different payment gateways, you have to set up and configure each one. Remitting taxes at the end of the year.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

In 1994, a CD was sold on a website called NetMarket marking the first official Internet purchase (although there are rumours that students at MIT and Stanford were using the Internet to sell marijuana from the 1970s…). This early payment processor did very little and wasn’t all that important to global commerce. Table of Contents.

Payment Services 97

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 97

Chaotic Flow

OCTOBER 8, 2013

From a SaaS customer’s point of view, there is little distinction between your SaaS product, website, mobile app, support, service and community. It is a seamless online experience…if you design it that way! SaaS Product Secret #3 | Enable Ecommerce. SaaS Product Secret #1 | Optimize Public Pages.

SaaS Payments 200

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments Scale 200

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). Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way!

Payment Features 255

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 255

FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? While there is a plethora of payment platforms to consider, Stripe and PayPal should be at the top of the list. After all, it plays a big role in how you get paid.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding the right recurring payment system to process recurring invoices for your subscription-based business isn't easy. If you're currently looking for the right recurring payment system, this guide will help. If you're currently looking for the right recurring payment system, this guide will help. Interested in a demo ?

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 105

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 ?” The essence of transactional method is that your customers pay only for what they actually use, not the whole infrastructure.

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription 184

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. So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. One is your churn.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The classic example sees a company move from niche startup to mainstream scale-up, but it can also see companies hone their product-market fit by focusing on a more specialized, and yet more lucrative, user base. Can one person buy via a credit card or will multiple stakeholders need to be involved? Goal of website.

Business Model 195

Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

SaaStr

MAY 23, 2022

Some of your churn you really can’t do anything about, but at least half the time, you can save the customer if you just show up or show up more often. Too many startups are better at closing deals than collecting the cash. Show up to your bigger deals in person much more often. So go spend more time with them. More here.

Sales Hiring 316

Sales Hiring Management Airlines Venture Capital 316

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. Recurly: Easily Integrates with Multiple Payment Gateways. Zoho Subscriptions: Online Subscription Billing Platform.

Payment Solutions 146

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Software Review 146

SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. Listen to your team.

Sales Hiring 269

Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 269

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

So let me tell you what I’ve done and learned both myself and across 25+ high growth startups I’ve invested in or advised. And I got most of this wrong before I got it right personally. Top-line revenue, inclusive of churn, inclusive of upsells and self-service, net of everything. That’s stressful. It’s tough.

Sales Hiring 355

Sales Hiring Scale Sales Payments 355

SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This immediate time-to-value applies to your product and the content you share on your website. As soon as users land on your website, they should get the value quickly. You want your customers to make the payment decision as soon as possible. Find where your customers are online and listen to them.

Payment Methods 241

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Company Culture Payment Solutions 241

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 147

User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2025

This article shares exciting product manager roles focused on retention and churn and showcases standout candidates in the field. Stripe: Product Manager, Local Payment Methods Cost Optimization Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Recommended product manager job openings in data-driven companies 1.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Retention Churn 52

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

When Ariel started in 2015, he and his co-founder came to SaaStr as early-stage founders and found hope and some direction for their startup. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc. So, he went online and found it for $199 a night and put it on his own credit card.

Payment Solutions 276

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 276

The Angel VC

MARCH 23, 2016

Almost exactly four years ago I published a financial plan template for SaaS startups based on a model that I had created for Zendesk a few years earlier. The original v1 model was a very simple plan for early-stage SaaS startups with a low-touch sales model.

SaaS Payments 217

SaaS Payments Headcount SaaS Payment Methods 217

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

In the language of SaaS, I churned. And the experience got me thinking: Was immediate removal of paid features the best chance to keep me from churning? When did I officially count as “churned”? Did they count me as churned on the day I canceled? In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas.

Benchmarks 147

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Most startups play defense when discussing pricing with customers. Startups operate in newer markets where pricing standards haven’t been set. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, but at least once per year.

Pricing 124

Pricing Startup SaaS Payments Payment Methods 124

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Churn is the share of your customer base that has stopped using your service over a defined period of time. Churn can be calculated in two ways, namely customer churn and revenue churn , and there are good reasons to calculate both. 1 What is customer churn? 2 What causes customer churn? Table of Contents.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services Churn Merchant Services SaaS Payments 98

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Intruder provides ongoing monitoring to find security weaknesses in networks, websites, APIs, and cloud setups. They introduced more billing methods to support their customers, and reporting pains started to kick in. Individual events, like customers signing up or churning, can distort the bigger picture and lead to poor decisions.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Features Payments 52

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

Next, determine your target consumer, meaning the person who needs that problem solved. Curation-type boxes offer samples of new products or items selected based on a consumer’s personal preferences. You should track, at minimum, the following four metrics : Churn rate (CR): CR is how many customers you lose, on average, each month.

Outsourcing Services 139

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Subscription Payment Features 139

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Prepare for renewals with value adds to reduce churn. 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. Recurring payment processing.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

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

Full Session

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Are you looking to optimize your website’s performance but unsure if VWO is the right choice? Whether you’re a startup or an enterprise, by the end of this article, you’ll have enough information to select the best platform for your business. You’re in luck! Book a demo to learn more.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 52

Baremetrics

APRIL 6, 2021

When you’re setting up your subscription business for e-commerce success, you will need a system to process online payments that allows automation for accepting subscription payments. Stripe: Pros & Cons Stripe is a common payment processing system used by a wide range of businesses. Table of Contents.

Payment Methods 81

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 81

User Pilot

JULY 18, 2023

Tracking your customer churn rate will help you keep tabs on business growth. You will have data sets for analyzing your churn/retention history, which will better position you to make intelligent business decisions. Types of churn rates you should calculate: customer churn rate, revenue churn rate , and involuntary churn rate.

Churn 98

Churn SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 98

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Your business requires a fast and reliable tool for sending and receiving payments from clients. But with so many payment processing tools on the market, which one should you choose? Here's a list of six payment processing platforms for 2021. 1 Different B2B Payment Processing Tools 1. Payment-tracking.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments 80

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. Churn rate. Churn is the percentage of customers that end their subscriptions within a certain amount of time.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

Baremetrics

APRIL 13, 2021

As a subscription-based business, choosing the right payments processor and setting up a recurring payment system for your customers is critical to running a successful company. In this guide, we'll go over how to set up recurring payments and handle invoicing in a manner that's streamlined, convenient, and low on fees.

Payment Features 98

Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 98

FastSpring

JANUARY 19, 2023

NitroPack , a website performance optimization platform, has become one of the fastest-growing startups in CEE. When NitroPack was first getting started, they used PayPal to accept and process payments. “It Companies can sign up and pay online and log into their customer portal to make plan changes.

Merchant Services 147

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments Payment Features 147

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