SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

Let’s say you receive a contract from a customer that outlines they will pay you $100 for the monthly subscription with an invoice of terms Net 30. Accrual accounting means you send the invoice for $100 to your customer in January, but will not receive the money until February. Mistake #9: Don’t forget about compliance.

Finance 323

Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 323

Blulogix

JANUARY 18, 2024

Streamlining Subscription Renewals with a Robust Billing Platform By BluLogix Team Subscription renewals stand as a critical pillar in the structure of any subscription-based business, playing a significant role in both customer retention and as a potential point of revenue loss if not managed effectively.

Subscription 52

Subscription Payment Features Scale compliance 52

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Mobile credit card processing enables them to collect same-day payments on the spot, eliminating the hassle of invoicing or waiting for checks. This not only improves cash flow but also enhances customer satisfaction by offering convenient payment options. And with that, you’re up and running. This doesn’t have to be the case.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We’ve shared a number of parts of Buffer’s business transparently over the years — and one piece we’ve always wanted to expand on is where your money goes when you pay for a Buffer subscription. and Pendo for customer communication and engagement.

Merchant Services 74

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 74

Stax

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Without strategies in place, disbursements can chip away at your hard-earned bottom line. Several types include credit card, fuel, service, payment processing, peak-time, environmental, regulatory, and minimum usage surcharges. Regulatory Compliance. Identify peak demand periods first before implementing a pricing strategy.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Crafting the Blueprint: How to Build a Monetization Framework for Agile Success By BluLogix Team A Step-by-Step Guide to Architecting Your Monetization Strategy In the dynamic realm of agile monetization, constructing a robust Monetization Framework is akin to drafting a master blueprint for a skyscraper.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Underperforming Technical Team Construction Customer Lifetime Value 52

SaaSOptics

MARCH 10, 2022

Is your company taking advantage of CFO tools like automated invoicing, database management, and automatic tax-compliance updates? As the world’s #1 CRM platform, Salesforce can do everything from providing more insight into customers or sales to improving inter-company communication for better customer service. If not, read on.

Payment Services 87

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 87

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Even if the consensus is out that it’s okay for merchants to not incur costly transaction fees if accepting credit card payments, it can be difficult to understand how to collect surcharge fees from your customers and retain your customer base. How Does Surcharging Compare to Other Fee Management Strategies? But it is advised.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Stax 88

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Look for platforms that offer scalability to handle increasing transaction volumes and the flexibility to adapt to new business models, markets, and pricing strategies. Support for Multiple Pricing Models: Your chosen platform should accommodate various pricing models—subscription-based, usage-based, tiered pricing, etc.—allowing

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Underperforming Technical Team Operational efficiency. Technical Review 52

FastSpring

JULY 10, 2019

Thinking about transitioning to a subscription-based business model? In fact, according to a recent report from Gartner, more than 90 percent of software providers are expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022. Why should I care about subscriptions? Automate subscriber communication.

Merchant Services 67

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 67

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

We are taking a number of steps to ensure compliance with GDPR, but now is the time to consider the entirety of your security and data privacy strategy, both in terms of how you build it and how you communicate it. One way to do so is to set up contractual assurances that compliance will be achieved by all your vendors.

Underperforming Technical Team 220

Underperforming Technical Team compliance Systems Review Marketplace as a Service 220

Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

Learn how to achieve payment processing compliance when surcharging to improve your company’s financial stability and reputation. PCI DSS compliance, a global framework, mandates specific requirements and best practices for maintaining credit card data security. Consumers pay more for the convenience.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

After all, there are many more payment options available than ever before, and each comes with differing costs and technology needs. This article explores the legal landscape surrounding surcharges, shedding light on the intricacies of state and federal laws and strategies for small businesses to manage processing costs.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Stax Payment Methods 88

Neil Patel

JANUARY 15, 2021

Ringless voicemails are a direct marketing strategy that can increase the volume of customers you reach while keeping the outreach cost low. Ringless voicemail software allows you to leave or “drop” voicemail messages with server-to-server communication. In these cases, reaching a large volume of people makes sense.

Scale 127

Scale Automotive compliance Pricing 127

Audacix

AUGUST 22, 2022

We know for a fact that large enterprises in particular view security as a key component of a SaaS company proving itself as enterprise-ready : You, as a leader in SaaS company, need this certification because it’s so widely accepted and acknowledged as a prerequisite before they will purchase your software. Clear communication of timelines.

Software Review 75

Software Review Development Team Review Systems Review Software 75

Scytale

APRIL 24, 2024

After all, there’s hardly anything ‘straightforward’ about PCI DSS compliance, especially if you’re trying to manage and maintain it yourself. So, to make sure you’re still on the right track and you stay on it, here are five best practices for PCI DSS compliance. What is PCI DSS Compliance?

Payment Services 52

Payment Services compliance Payment Solutions Payment Methods 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. How Castos upsells subscription tiers. His podcast hosting company uses data analytics that looks at which users are most likely to grow out of their current subscriptions.

Merchant Services 110

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 110

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

That’s the beauty of subscription models. While implementing a subscription model means ongoing revenue, it also brings up many challenges for managing those subscriptions. You have to create a subscription-friendly product, infrastructure, marketing plan, and customer retention plan. Advantages of a Subscription Model.

Payment Features 116

Payment Features Payment Services Subscription Payment Solutions 116

SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2019

Because the business world is changing and your customers may demand that you run on certain locations and there are more and more regulations, compliance, GDPR, data residency that everyone in at a certain scale has to be compliant with. What about compliance? And our marketing strategy is completely an ABM approach.

Cloud 168

Cloud Scale Trends Machine Learning 168

SaaSOptics

JANUARY 20, 2022

Less work plus open communication equals higher morale for everyone involved. ASC-606 Compliance in Compensation Planning. Let the strategy inform the plan. Let the strategy inform the plan. Your business strategy should always inform your compensation planning. Expense Recognition and ASC-606. Keep it simple. .

Compensation 77

Compensation Scale compliance Forecasting 77

User Pilot

APRIL 6, 2023

However, they can be very helpful in speeding up communication and reducing hold times. Build personalized & streamlined customer experiences Personalized customer experiences are the cornerstone of any great customer success strategy. And AI can help you make your customer experiences more personalized and streamlined.

AI 98

AI Customer Success ChatGPT Management 98

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 20, 2023

Manage complex cases on compliance, payroll, invoicing, account setups, etc. Take a step back to analyze user expectations and communicate them in a structured way to the product team and prioritize future functionalities. Establish a process of knowledge acquisition between the customer experience team and payroll specialist.

Customer Success 19

Customer Success Outsourced Development Payment Features Government 19

BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

3-pronged strategy: reorganize, reskill, retool. BetterCloud customer Shawn Carney, director of engineering, IT & compliance at Etsy, noted the importance of interacting with users. With Gartner’s recommended 3-pronged strategy, you can achieve the idyllic promise of SaaS. To read the full Gartner report, click here.

Scale 64

Scale SaaS Government User Experience 64

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. Note: FastSpring’s Revenue and Subscription Dashboards quickly show our customers where their revenue is coming from, the average order value or MRR per country, promotions performance per country, and more.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

BetterCloud

APRIL 25, 2024

You likely already have a laundry list of SaaS subscriptions that have been around the company longer than you have. Are you using too much or too little of your budget on these subscriptions? Common SaaS budgeting mistakes to avoid Your SaaS budgeting strategy will look different depending on the size of your company.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

This funding generally gives the company a couple of years to further develop its products, team, and begin to tackle its GTM (go-to-market) strategy. Security/Compliance: Early-stage startups are likely not going to be SOC certified. Be aware that it might not check all the boxes from a compliance/security standpoint.

Outsourcing Services 77

Outsourcing Services Scale Startup Outsourced Development 77

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Charting the Future: What Are the Emerging Trends in Subscription Billing and Monetization? This blog post explores the emerging trends that are set to redefine subscription billing and monetization, offering predictions for the transformative journey ahead in the digital economy.

Artificial Intelligence 52

Artificial Intelligence Trends Subscription Payment Features 52

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While their target audience and the breadth of their solutions are the key differences, vertical and horizontal SaaS also share many similarities, in particular cloud-based hosting and subscription business models. Subscription-based model Subscription pricing is the most common model used by both horizontal and vertical SaaS providers.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

How to read this guide We’ve structured our list of resources according to the complete mobile app marketing process, from planning your strategy, to acquiring new users, activating them, and capitalizing on monetization opportunities. Braze’s free mobile marketing course will help you build a mobile strategy that actually works.

Mobile 40

Mobile Marketing Growth Hacking Technical Review 40

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

It’s quite a unique go-to-market strategy and quite a unique way of serving our customers. What happened is that we had big companies – more than 1,000 to 5,000 people – reaching out to us directly through their CIO and chief communications officers. We launched at GSK (another pharmaceutical company) in July. Guess what?

Scale 151

Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

So, companies that target other small companies have their own billing and payment plans and strategies. The challenge may be exacerbated by the intricacies of organisational procurement procedures, strict security and compliance regulations, and the need for substantial customization.

Payments 59

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 59

Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

Personal touches and direct communication will benefit both you and your customers. Keep Track of Your Small Business’s Invoices and Payments. Every small business needs to manage payments, invoicing, and billing. What strategies will you use to keep your small business organized?

Payment Methods 144

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Strategy 144

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 16, 2022

Whenever a company collects data on a customer – whether it’s in a point of sale (POS) or customer relationship management (CRM) system, a website or social media interaction, an email or customer service communication, or any other channel – all that information can be aggregated and stored in a customer data platform (CDP). .

Data 118

Data Point of Sale Technical Review Social Media 118

SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Partner with product and engineering to advise on valuable product feedback and proactively communicate product updates and releases to customers. Collaborate with partnerships and sales on selling techniques and growth/retention strategies. Communicate product roadmap to customers.

Customer Success 10

Customer Success Scale Leadership SMB 10

SmartKarrot

APRIL 13, 2020

SaaS businesses are organizations that provide subscription-based software applications that are centrally hosted on their servers over the internet. Instead of buying and installing the infrastructure, customers can simply bear the subscription costs of the functionalities they use. Source: Byteant , December 2019.

SaaS Payments 19

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services Sales Recruiting 19

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet: The original version of Stripe was just this one API to really accept Gull payments online. It would take days or weeks to even get approved, but you also had to go through all these hoops of PCI compliance. You have a lot more, I think, things that slow down development dramatically when you go into a platform strategy.

Payments 118

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 118

Buffer Resources

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Meta's Subscription Model WSJ unveils Meta’s ad-free subscription pricing, impacting ad visibility on Instagram and Facebook – this may affect ad engagement rates. It might be time to re-evaluate your advertising strategies on these platforms. WhatsApp 1.

Social Media 82

Social Media AI Search Subscription Payment Features 82