Kellblog

MARCH 6, 2019

Enterprise SaaS has drifted to a model where many, if not most, companies do multi-year contracts on annual payment terms. Buyers typically perform a thorough evaluation process before purchasing and are quite sure that the software will meet their needs when they deploy. How did we get here? Let’s consider an example.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans. What are subscription payments?

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SmartKarrot

APRIL 21, 2023

This is where revenue intelligence comes into play, helping companies to gain valuable insights into their revenue performance, identify growth opportunities, and drive profitability. In this blog, we will explore two key areas of revenue intelligence: deferred revenue and expansion revenue.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

This model allowed me to work with dozens of SaaS startups using spreadsheets, while we built our financial modeling software Flightpath. For example, your marketing leader may not need access to everyone’s salaries, and yet they should be the person owning your marketing funnel driving the new customer forecast.

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OPEXEngine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

This means that by the end of the year, the company has only realized $900 of the projected $1,200 – translating to a realization of 75% of revenue. To work around this and produce more accurate financial reports, revenue recognition is recorded. Effectively, the revenue is deferred and not yet realized.

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ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

There are hundreds of SaaS tools online that will help your business increase retention and decrease churn. Simplify accounting: Accounting can be a far bigger pain in the SaaS industry than other businesses, due to deferred revenue and other delayed revenue forms being common. Why does your SaaS business need tools?

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 11, 2021

Revenue recognition, as per GAAP, states that payment is recognized as revenue after delivering the product or service in its entirety. Of course, that’s not how SaaS revenue works. (We We wrote more about revenue recognition here!) This often has an impact on SaaS businesses with deferred revenue streams.

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