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PayPal Fees: How They Work and Alternative Solutions

FastSpring

If you run a small business, nothing beats the convenience and simplicity of a service like PayPal. But this convenience is somewhat deprecated when you look at your PayPal account and see a significant problem: fees. How much does PayPal charge?” The Anatomy of the PayPal Fee Schedule. PayPal’s basic fee is 2.9%

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Finding the Best Automated Billing Software for Small Businesses

Subscription Flow

In today’s world, having automated billing software is of immense importance because most SaaS companies are growing at an impossibly fast rate due to the various technological booms that are taking place around the world. It comprises outlining costs, accounting for taxes, monitoring payments, and contacting unpaid clients.

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In-Depth Comparison of 5 Monthly Recurring Billing Software

FastSpring

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. FastSpring: All-in-One Billing Solution for SaaS. Recurly: Easily Integrates with Multiple Payment Gateways.

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What Is an ACH Payment Facilitator?

Stax

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

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Five Contract Renewal Tools to Increase Customer Retention

Totango

The contract renewal stage of the customer lifecycle is a critical component of driving retention for SaaS products. Knowing how to use technology to optimize your contract renewal process can increase your retention rates and your revenue. First, we’ll review what contract renewal is and what it means to automate the process.

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2Checkout vs. Stripe vs. FastSpring: Comparing Payments, Taxes, and Platform Features (+ Pricing)

FastSpring

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. What does all of that mean? What Is FastSpring and Who Is It For?

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A Vendor’s Guide to B2B Ecommerce

FastSpring

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. If a product or service is being sold online—regardless if the sale itself happens through a sales-rep assisted process, online shop, or platform—it’s considered B2B ecommerce.