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How FastSpring’s Proforma Invoice API Automates Subscription Renewals, Upgrades, and Add-Ons to Maximize Revenue

FastSpring

Throughout the year, sales and subscription management teams juggle hundreds or thousands of subscription upgrades, add-ons, and renewals across customer accounts. What if every customer renewal— from estimate to invoice —was predictable and seamless for everyone involved? Predictable forecasting. The result?

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Unearned Revenue: What it is and What it Means for Subscription Businesses

Stax

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years.

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Best Invoicing Procedures: How to Handle Invoices for Small Businesses

Baremetrics

Invoicing is a sales process where a seller issues a commercial document to a buyer requesting payment. This document shows all products and services rendered, the payment owed, and the contact details of both the buyer and the seller. An invoice also represents credit because the seller will only receive cash at a future date.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

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. And Jason here, I’m going to add a #11.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower SaaS

If you launched tomorrow, how many users would you forecast? eCommerce Does your startup run on a subscription model? How many kinds of subscriptions do you support? How many kinds of subscriptions do you support? What are the rules for subscriptions? Communication/Forums Are there discussion forums?

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A data-driven framework for customer success renewals forecasting

ChurnZero

How can we shift our mindset from reactive to future focused, from assessing past mishaps to forecasting ideal scenarios? Renewals forecasting was historically a sales game, but increasingly, CS teams are responsible for expansion revenue. Choose the right metrics to inform your forecasting model. Where can you start?

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21 of The Top Product Announcements You Missed at SaaStr Annual

SaaStr

Learn more about Bandwidth’s new communications API suite built for scaling SaaS companies here , or schedule a meeting today to get the conversation going. To learn how to marry all of your customer health and feedback data to drive insights and build more accurate revenue forecasts, go to ClientSuccess.com. SaaSOptics .