Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

Innovative ISVs and SaaS companies know that one of the best ways to provide value to merchants—while improving your bottom line—is to provide integrated payments. For example, if you’re an invoicing software provider that lets SMBs manage their billing, then it makes sense to add payment processing tools to your platform.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 88

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. FastSpring offers a more robust, fully-featured platform that can support more use cases.

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Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions 142

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Unfortunately, things only get more difficult when it comes to running the whole business as a Shopify app developer. Thankfully, there are proven ways to build and grow a sustainable business. This article will cover 10 business tips for improving your Shopify app’s development, marketing, and sales.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team Outsourced Development Development 98

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Hackers are getting more sophisticated, and one area they love to attack is the online checkout experience on eCommerce websites, making secure payment forms more important than ever. We heard a wide variety of responses, such as: Using an AVS (Address Verification Service) Tokenization Stacking payment gateways Using encrypted payments.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features 146

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. Visualize every process from end to end. If optimizing your business processes sounds like a good idea, this post will tell you everything you need to know about how to find the perfect BPM software for you. Process Visualization.

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Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 131

Totango

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

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. Then, we’ll look at the pros and cons of contract renewal automation.

Outsourced Development 94

Outsourced Development Payment Services Payment Solutions Retention 94

Stax

MARCH 11, 2024

Owning a business can take quite the investment. Then when you layer in the need for payment processing, the complexity of managing your finances escalates significantly. Benefits of leasing credit card machines Leasing agreements on expensive equipment can benefit small to medium-sized businesses just starting.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 88

SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With the world’s most distributed compute platform — from cloud to edge — we make it easy for businesses to develop and run applications, while we keep experiences closer to users and threats farther away. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure.

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Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 246

Buffer Resources

APRIL 10, 2024

Fast-forward a decade, and the landscape of creator monetization has changed completely.   Whether you have 3,000 or 300,000 followers, you can monetize your Instagram with the right strategy. And this might be where your next monetization idea comes from. Let’s get into it.

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Payments Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service Payment Services 104

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. We’re a cloud content management platform.

Payments 120

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 120

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In the last six months, 103 web3 companies generated revenue on-chain, the smallest of which recorded a few hundred dollars of sales & the largest, Ethereum, tallied $401m. Total Revenue, $M. of Revenue spent on Software. At a 10x revenue multiple, web3 software should support about $0.75b to $2.3b

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Payment Solutions B2B Software Payment Services 313

Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. Whether or not a program integrates AI is less important than quality, safety, usability, and cost. Koester warned us that standalone solutions, without being integrated into the existing workflow, often go unused.

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Healthcare AI Payments Enterprise 111

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. Moreover, developing a profitable pricing strategy requires consistent model testing and compliance with international tax laws.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 78

Aysling

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

If you have strolled around the Aysling website, then it is likely you have seen the term “ Contracts to Cash ” in quite a few places, and you might be wondering what is Contracts to Cash; and how does it apply to my business? For that, we built great integrations to software platforms that pair well with our platform.

Outsourced Development 56

Outsourced Development Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 56

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2019

There comes a point in your company’s lifecycle when you must decide between outsourcing your ecommerce operations or continuing to keep everything in-house. It’s a loaded question that most businesses should not approach lightly since the wrong decision can have drastic implications for the success of your business.

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Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourced Development 104

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In that essay , we also talked about how a more common route for a SaaS business is to become a platform. Platforms can create an immense amount of long-term value for companies, or be a minor component of their product strategy to maintain product/market fit. The Types of Platforms. Integration Platforms.

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Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

SaaStr

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Many, however, will eventually switch to the externally funded phase because bootstrapping isn’t for every business. Yet, funded startups can learn a lot from the bootstrapped ones to grow smoothly and generate revenue. Hooking in new customers is exciting, but customer retention is where your business will make money.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Venture Capital 130

Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Today, the company is a massively successful SaaS business and another example of the flywheel business model that creates demand at the individual user and leverages that interest to sell department and company-wide contracts. TTM Revenue, $M. Revenue Growth. S&M Spend / Revenue. SmartSheet. SmartSheet.

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Payment Solutions Payments Outsourced Development Payment Services 363

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. I recommend that a startup should consider three questions when choosing a SaaS billing platform: What is the specific billing logic the platform should provide?

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Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Software Review 52

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 19, 2016

What is the optimal contract length with for your SaaS startup? It’s common to see SaaS startups initially price their products on a monthly basis, then add an enterprise “Call Me” plan which hides behind it an annual contract. Annual contracts bring predictability to a SaaS startup. Monthly, annual, multiyear?

Outsourced Development 100

Outsourced Development SaaS Payments Startup Sales Hiring 100

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

“It’s likely that a finance or sales tools will be less susceptible to churn than a marketing tool, simply because it’s perceived to be more directly responsible for revenue.”. Ryan points out that many of the largest SaaS companies target enterprise customers that use longer contract lengths, so their churn rate will be lower.

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Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

A need to consolidate financial data in one place Baremetrics simplifies data analytics and customer segmentation 26+ Stripe Analytics in One Platform Powerful customer information supports their sales team The Future of UXPin Learn more about UXPin. At that time, they used both PayLane and PayPal to process payments.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 98

Frontegg

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When building your basic SaaS product, you will need to face many different stages of development in order to make sure you are ready to enter the market. You will have decided on web hosting, cloud hosting or other server options and you will have decided on a payment provider to make it easy for your customers to pay. Sound familiar?

Outsourcing Services 98

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 98

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. For example, the breakdown of old hardware, human errors, or malware can cause a hindrance to payments.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

FastSpring

JANUARY 5, 2021

When you were starting your online business, you probably weren’t thinking about how exciting the billing process would be unless you’re a trained accountant and love documentation, of course. You’re probably more interested in developing new products and creating business solutions. Revenue Recovery. Simplicity.

Payment Methods 125

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 125

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

Using third-party integrations to bring company-wide customer data into a central hub that’s designed to automate and optimize a Customer Success Manager’s output is when Customer Success really becomes a force to be reckoned with. What are the benefits of integrating with Customer Success software? Product, Development, or Design.

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2021

The last thing a VP in a Fortune 5000 company wants to deal with is credit card payments or monthly invoicing. For larger customers, make annual contracts the default, once you’ve gotten a few under your belt. But most folks doing self-service and selling to small businesses will find many want to pay monthly.

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Payment Features Outsourced Development Payment Services Scale 171

Baremetrics

APRIL 25, 2021

RESULTS Within just one month of using Baremetrics, Cancel Timeshare has saved hours of manual entry, recovered over $680 in failed payments, and supported their customer service goals. Their team uses Baremetrics to keep track of important business metrics like MRR , stay on top of failed payments, and organize customer information.

Payments 98

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 98

Mucker Capital

APRIL 6, 2024

But more often than not, founders don't have that expertise or background in finance AND they are focused on starting a business, developing products, getting out and selling, etc. Startups should begin to develop long-range financial models, understand their unit economics, and prepare for more complex financial planning and analysis.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Systems Review Development Team Review Technical Review 52

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

To run a business online, you probably need a customer relationship management ( CRM ) software package and/or payment processor to manage your customers and their invoices. Stripe is often the payment processor of choice for SaaS businesses because it can handle recurring revenue streams. Table of Contents.

Payment Services 94

Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments Payment Features 94

Neil Patel

APRIL 14, 2021

Historically, freelancers have had a number of platforms to connect with potential employers, including Upwork and Fiverr. As the demand for freelance work increases, it stands to reason that the number of platforms mirrors this growth. The platform will focus on work like consulting, writing, marketing, and graphic design.

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Marketplace as a Service Payment Methods Payments Social Media 144

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 1, 2019

But there are actionable plays that high-growth companies use to scale their revenue. Having led sales teams at Facebook, Twitter, and now Intercom, I’ve developed and executed many of these plays. Keep your top sales reps motivated with development plans. Inspired by the Japanese concept of Ikigai, or “reason for being.”

Scale 155

Scale Sales Hiring Sales SaaS Payments 155

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. It’s simple: the subscription revenue model benefits both customers and companies. Meanwhile, companies offering subscriptions can scale with confidence, with predictable revenue and deeper relationships with their customer base. What is the subscription revenue model?

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Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 74

User Pilot

APRIL 29, 2024

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 monthly recurring revenue.

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SaaS Payments Business SaaS Payment Solutions 102

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The overall business strategy should guide every digital marketing decision. When building out a plan, the Ecommerce Manager should keep company goals like revenue, conversion rate, etc. Develop Action Plans. Should your Ecommerce Manager be in-house or outsourced? Know the Customer. If you do, that’s great!

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Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions Outsourced Development 88

SaaSOptics

JULY 12, 2021

Our team has been hard at work developing this product enhancement, and now we are ready to share it with the world. . Like with Revenue, ASC 606 has changed the way companies must account for certain types of Expenses. . From there, our platform will push the information you need for your journal entries directly back to your GL.

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Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 52