USIO

JUNE 24, 2025

Embedded payments have become the financial backbone of modern SaaS, fintech, and marketplace platforms. This guide breaks down the top players in the embedded payments space, comparing revenue share models, payment rails, and — often overlooked but critically important — support and service quality. Support Rating: 3.5/5

Payments 100

Payments Payment Services Embedded Payments Merchant Services 100

Trint

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Since the introduction of the internet, digital communication in business has evolved rapidly. Social media influences Social media changed the face of modern-day business communication like nothing before it. The COVID-19 effect Voice communication has never been more important than during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Communication 130

Communication Social Media Marketplace as a Service Business 130

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

RD Station is an inbound marketing platform targeted at small and medium-size businesses. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. Some of its top uses include financial services, e-commerce, marketing, education, and many more. . Founded : 2011.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

In this episode of Growth Stage, we interview gaming D2C and creator marketing expert Justin Sacks of Nexus about his thoughts on: What winning strategies AAA and AA publishers use for D2C in mobile. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. It’s your marketplace or a distributor.

Payments 164

Payments Mobile Payment Methods Revenue 164

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Master merchant Payment facilitator that becomes the merchant of record on behalf of a network of smaller merchants (sub-merchants) or billing companies that regularly collect payments; key markets for master merchant networks include government, education, utilities, and nonprofit organizations.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 147

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them. The platform enables the two sides to better communicate via social media and messaging. was created by a team with 25+ years of experience in location-based tech, spanning various services and real-time asset tracking systems.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

And that is also true when selling and marketing your product, particularly with the arrival of GDPR, which has brought the issue of data security and privacy to widespread public awareness. GDPR makes organizations accountable for data breaches caused by third-party service providers. What is a ‘privacy ecosystem’ and why it matters.

Underperforming Technical Team 220

Underperforming Technical Team Systems Review compliance Marketplace as a Service 220

SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2020

By PandaDoc Marketing Specialist Travis Tyler. In today’s fast-paced B2B marketplace of instant communication and process automation , businesses cannot afford to rely on the classic definition of a deal. Client services – 22%. Marketing – 21%. Treat deals as dynamic. Executive Leadership – 43%.

Technical Review 310

Technical Review Marketplace as a Service Construction Software Review 310

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

VC State of the Market with SaaStr’s CEO and Cowboy Ventures : Hear from SaaS VC legend, Aileen Lee , and SaaStr’s CEO Jason Lemkin on the current state of VC and what you need to know for 2023 and beyond. Scaling Revenue in 2022: What’s the Same and What’s Different?

Sales Hiring 278

Sales Hiring Scale Marketplace as a Service B2B 278

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In this guide, we will break down these unconventional forms of marketing. Influencer marketing is the practice of working with well-known social media users to grow your brand. Marketers like influencer promotions too. Why Your E-Commerce Business Should Use Influencer Marketing Tools. So what’s the answer?

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Branding Payment Solutions Payment Services 142

Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

My blog attracts millions of viewers, and accolades have stacked up for entrepreneurship, marketing, and influence. You may not know that behind the Neil Patel brand is a powerful and growing network of digital marketing agencies with offices around the world. Neil Patel’s foray into digital marketing began with his blog.

VP of Engineering 137

VP of Engineering Marketing Marketplace as a Service Social Media 137

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Latin America is undergoing a digital transformation, and the SaaS community is exploding as a result. He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. He served as National Director for Marketing in both places. Diego Cordovez, CMO, Meetime.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

SaaStock

MARCH 26, 2019

Elevator pitch : Construct develops a field communication platform for construction projects. Its platform enables engineers, architects, and project managers to communicate and collaborate in the construction supply chain network. The startup is comprised of expert researchers from academia and financial markets.

Startup 210

Startup Artificial Intelligence SaaS Construction 210

FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2024

However, as SocialBee utilizes many different ways to package and monetize their software as a service subscriptions, they began discovering new ways to test the FastSpring platform’s capabilities. We’ve had very good communication with [CSM] Garreth, but also with the leadership team at FastSpring,” Ovi said. “We

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Payments Payment Features Subscription 158

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

Across markets, companies were “taking big data sets and visualizing them in interesting ways to create user experiences.” When Justin and his initial team started looking for a way to capitalize on VR/AR technology, they focused their attention on the “made-to-order” industrial market. Experience is the keyword here. Justin explained.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 147

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Pendo announced a new offering aimed to help startup companies accelerate product-market fit, and prove that product traction to early stage investors. According to Blissfully’s report: The typical mid-market company uses 185 different apps. You can click here to watch the brief, useful video and/or scan the announcements below.

Sales Hiring 225

Sales Hiring Scale Payment Features Marketplace as a Service 225

Neil Patel

AUGUST 4, 2021

There’s no doubt about it: a successful video marketing campaign will absolutely transform how your business operates. It’s hardly something you can leap into blindly, and understanding the process behind successful video marketing campaigns will help you avoid costly mistakes in the future. Let’s take a look at the statistics.

Marketing 145

Marketing Social Media Sales Hiring Technical Review 145

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 28, 2020

Here are five quick takeaways: One of Aircall’s superpowers is that it built an App Marketplace – and then opened it up for partners to build their own integrations. Today, more than 60% of the tools on the marketplace have been built by third parties. Short on time? That’s the power of becoming a platform. What’s going on?

Marketplace as a Service 186

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Government Retention 186

Sales Hacker

JANUARY 23, 2019

Last week, I got a marketing email announcing a major promotion (three months free) about a product I had just purchased and paid full price for. Secondly, when he did speak with Marketing, they informed him this promo was just for prospects not customers like me. 6 Strategies To Improve Marketing & Sales Alignment.

Strategy 105

Strategy Marketing Sales Marketplace as a Service 105

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. And the ones that aren’t are generally, kind of related industries, IT services and those sorts of things. And the other thing I learned is it’s very, very hard to build a two-sided marketplace, Sam. Show Introduction [00:10].

Marketplace as a Service 111

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 111

FastSpring

JULY 26, 2024

With so many marketing channels to manage to promote your game, combined with the complexity of monetizing your games on multiple platforms, in PC marketplaces, or even D2C via your own webshop, your head might be spinning keeping up with where to focus your efforts. So we have the most used product in market for PC console games.

Development 158

Development Strategy Marketing Forecasting 158

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 5, 2020

All of this thinking, planning and building culminated most recently in the launch last week of our App Partner and Service Partner programs , which unlocks new sales, marketing and technical opportunities for companies we collaborate with. Those are fundamentals to actually building an effective marketplace.”. Jeetu Patel, Box.

Marketplace as a Service 171

Marketplace as a Service Transportation Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 171

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. Do you have a pricing page on your site or do you make it up on the fly? Entry level application (<$5,000 p.a.).

Business Model 195

Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. MSPOTs are a valuable tool for a number of reasons - they drive alignment and communicate in simple terms what can often be a complex area. Prioritisation 4.

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Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 215

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

It also integrates with other tools in your business’s tech stack so you can work seamlessly with other customer-facing teams – like marketing, sales, and product – to help, delight, and retain customers all from one inbox. Below, we’ll share everything you need to future-proof your tech stack for the new conversational support era.

Technical Review 249

Technical Review Customer Support Payment Methods Payment Solutions 249

SaaStr

JULY 22, 2019

We are the world’s most complete and comprehensive instrumentation platform on the marketplace today, that is cloud-based, that is SaaS-based. We could see the market opportunity there, but nothing as big as we’ve been able to realize, now, as a company. We started out in the commercial SMB mid-market space.

Scale 230

Scale Scaling Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team 230

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Tech stacks are the backbone of modern sales and marketing operations. But, too often sales and marketing tech stacks are cobbled together from existing tools and workflows that have organically developed over time. 3 tips for building a sales and marketing growth stack. A suite of tools that creates new business growth.

Technical Review 161

Technical Review Marketplace as a Service Systems Review Customer Success 161

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 26, 2024

Subscribe now ServiceNow Kicks Off Q4 Earnings Season ServiceNow kicked off Q4 earnings season on Wednesday (they are almost always the first software company to report), and I thought I’d dig in to see if they left any clues for what we should expect for the broader software market. Even a DCF is riddled with long term assumptions.

Cloud 167

Cloud Marketplace as a Service AI Subscription 167

Buffer Resources

APRIL 10, 2024

Get started for free → How to make money on Instagram Jump to a section: Partner with brands on sponsored content Livestream and earn Badges from fans Offer paid subscriptions Sell your own products and services Take up affiliate marketing Sell digital products Develop and teach a course Join Instagram’s Creator Marketplace 1.

Payments 120

Payments Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service Payment Services 120

Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

As industry consolidation accelerates and large players dominate market share, strategic partnerships offer an essential way to expand reach, tap into new markets, and drive innovation. Expanding Service Portfolios: Collaborate with partners to offer bundled services that meet complex customer needs.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Scale 52

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

Over the course of the next 10 years, the landscape in the market dramatically shifted, dramatically changed. First lesson learned, I truly believe that any product you are bringing to market, you need to have what I call BHAGs, big, hairy, audacious goals. The consumer literally changed overnight just right under our fingertips.

Scale 148

Scale Marketplace as a Service Sales Recruiting Scaling 148

Neil Patel

AUGUST 17, 2021

You want them to associate your company with a particular product or type of service. Whether you’re a startup just trying to build a name for yourself in a crowded marketplace, or you’re trying to rebrand an old company , you can benefit from a brand awareness campaign. Then, do some market research. Then, start communicating!

Branding 145

Branding Social Media Marketplace as a Service Acquisition 145

Neil Patel

JANUARY 21, 2021

It offers grid, board, and timeline view; co-authoring and communication on tasks; and project planning and scheduling. Contact Contact is more well-known for email marketing, they also have a website builder that’s great for bootstrappers. The Constant Contact website service is $10 per month. HostGator costs only $3.84

Payment Methods 140

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourcing Services Sales Hiring 140

How To Buy Saas

APRIL 19, 2024

In recent years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized the way businesses operate, offering scalable solutions accessible over the internet. This shift has not only transformed internal business operations but has also significantly impacted external market dynamics.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service SaaS Payments Payment Services Artificial Intelligence 40

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Switching to a different service is something that takes a lot of effort. Andrew: I started on the driver side of the business, and as everyone knows about marketplaces, the supply side is often the trickiest, hardest side. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun. You joined on the supply side, correct?

Acquisition 224

Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224

Chaotic Flow

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

The volatile combination of small market entry costs and big network effects creates wave after wave of disruption and consolidation, and quite a few millionaires along the way. SaaS Marketing Strategy #8 | Nurture Community. So it goes with SaaS marketing. Yet the sad truth is that most do not.

SaaS 122

SaaS Marketplace as a Service Customer Lifetime Value Acquisition 122

FastSpring

JULY 14, 2020

Communicate with Your Affiliates. Communication with your affiliates is important for many reasons, but as it relates to fraud or risk in your program, it is especially important. Want to learn more about growing your business with the support of a full-service ecommerce partner and an affiliate program?

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Sales Recruiting Payment Services Marketplace as a Service 148