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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

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Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. Learn More What are ISVs?

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Card Machines: 6 Ways to Save Money on Payment Processing Equipment

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Then when you layer in the need for payment processing, the complexity of managing your finances escalates significantly. This is especially true when solution providers charge hidden fees , outrageous markups, and endless hours of confused Google searches. Owning a business can take quite the investment.

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How to Find the Best SaaS Billing Platform: A Complete Guide

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Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software?

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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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. However, several complex types of risks come along with this. Let’s get started.

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How to Implement Self Checkout for Small Business

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Once a relatively niche offering, the COVID-19 pandemic saw retailers accelerate the rollout of self-checkout systems, their contactless nature making them a lot more appealing than traditional checkouts for many consumers. TL;DR Self-checkout systems are automated checkout solutions that allow customers to process purchases independently.

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Top 6 Recurly Competitors and Alternatives: An In-Depth Review

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In this guide, we compare six Recurly competitors and alternatives according to several categories: Subscription management and recurring billing Checkout Global payment processing Reporting and analytics Pricing Customer reviews We’ll start with a deep dive into FastSpring — our end-to-end payment solution (i.e.,

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8 Best Chargebee Alternatives and Competitors (And How They’re Different)

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However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. While Chargebee supports several different payment gateways, you have to set up and configure each one. Remitting taxes at the end of the year.