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Subscription Finance: What is Customer Lifetime Value?

FastSpring

However, there’s one metric that doesn’t get as much attention—customer lifetime value. Since most SaaS and subscription-based businesses depend on recurring payments to sustain themselves, it can pay dividends to keep a close eye on lifetime value and customer retention rates.

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What is Recurring Billing?

Baremetrics

Most SaaS businesses adopt a subscription-based model supported by a recurring payment system. Setting up a recurring payment system can be complicated and requires the right tools to measure, manage, and review payments regularly. Customer Lifetime Value iii. Processing such payments can be complex.

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Annual vs Monthly Subscription for SaaS Businesses: Weighing the Pros and Cons

Incredo

Over time printed newspapers were replaced with online sources of information but the subscription pricing model didn’t lose its popularity and spread in other industries too, from cable television to health clubs and from online academic journals to software providers. 4 Attracts more customers as monthly payment size is small.

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What is the SaaS Magic Number and How Do You Calculate It?

Stax

By analyzing the SaaS Magic Number, SaaS companies can determine how well their revenue-driving investments (in sales, marketing, and customer retention) are translating into actual revenue growth. It helps businesses understand the effectiveness of their customer acquisition and retention strategies.

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13 SaaS Renewals Best Practices For Driving Business Growth

User Pilot

TL;DR The SaaS renewal process involves a series of actions on/before the renewal date that lead to a customer’s renewal. A good SaaS renewal strategy helps drive customer retention , increases the customer lifetime value , and improves your monthly recurring revenue. Increase the customer lifetime value.

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Judge a book by its cover

ProfitWell

Since physical stores are closed and customers are buying products online, their first physical interaction with an item is when the packaged is delivered. RetailDive shares Using ecommerce packaging to strengthen brand identity , a playbook on how to optimize your packaging to meet customer expectations.

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CAC Payback Period: How to Calculate and Reduce It?

User Pilot

TL;DR The CAC payback period measures the time it takes for a company to recover the money invested in new customer acquisition. This metric helps SaaS companies choose the most effective customer acquisition channels , diagnose inefficiencies in customer retention strategies , and inform pricing decisions.