Easy Cross Border Transactions With FastSpring as Your MoR
FastSpring
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Our platform accommodates one-time purchases or recurring payments , subscription downloads and cloud-based offerings, trials with and without payments, and more.
Embedded Payments: No-Nonsense Guide for Developers
USIO
JULY 10, 2025
You’ve got three solid options—pick what fits your tech stack, timeline, and user experience goals: a) Hosted Payment Pages A fully customizable form hosted by Usio. Perfect for donations, subscriptions, or invoice payments. You control the branding, fields, and flow. Is there a sandbox? How do I test? Definitely.
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Navigating PCI DSS Controls: Your Path to Secure Payments
Scytale
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Heres who must follow PCI DSS requirements : Any business that processes, stores, or transmits payment card data. SaaS companies offering payment solutions, subscriptions, or integrations that handle transactions. Third-party service providers supporting businesses that process payments.
Clouded Judgement 7.25.25 - TAMs Lie
Clouded Judgement
JULY 25, 2025
Check out the npm downloads over the last year! Most public companies don’t report net new ARR, so I’m taking an implied ARR metric (quarterly subscription revenue x 4). Companies that do not disclose subscription rev have been left out of the analysis and are listed as NA. The red dot is when it went GA end of May.
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The Ultimate Gartner Report to Driving Growth & Recurring Revenue
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In 2023, companies are looking to improve their revenue and drive sustainable growth by scaling their subscription offerings, to increase the rate of growth and resilience by moving from one-time sales to recurring revenue.
SaaS Platform Explainer: Definition, Examples, and How to Grow in the Software as a Service Industry
Stax
JUNE 3, 2025
A SaaS platform is cloud-based software that delivers tools, features, and services over the internetno downloads or hardware required. This level of accessibility empowers remote work, cross-border collaboration, and real-time updateswithout IT headaches or downloads. No more manual downloads or downtime.
SaaS vendor management 101
BetterCloud
JANUARY 3, 2025
SaaS has revolutionized how we work, but let’s be honest, managing all those subscriptions can feel like juggling flaming torches. You’re dealing with contracts, security concerns, and costs that seem to spiral out of control. This blog is your guide to conquering SaaS chaos. It’s about sanity.
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Understanding SaaS Sales Tax
Subscription Flow
OCTOBER 22, 2024
7 additional states apply tax if the SaaS service is downloadable as a software. For instance, in some regions SaaS sales tax is applicable if the service is delivered through a software which can be downloaded. SaaS products are being taxed in over 40 countries in the world today.
The hidden risks of shadow IT
BetterCloud
DECEMBER 16, 2024
All too often, with no SaaS system of record, those licenses linger unused with only an invoice to pay while a new employee steps in and probably buys yet another new license. SaaS vendor contracts should be added to a centralized SaaS system of record at the subscription start. And when those employees leave? Ready to learn more?
SaaS CX: The Optimal Failed Payment Recovery Strategy
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Maintaining a positive customer experience during payment recovery is key to minimizing churn and improving retention.
ERP ≠ Monetization: Why Your Finance Stack Needs an Upgrade
Blulogix
MAY 13, 2025
But if youre relying on your ERP to handle the complexities of IoT or Telematics monetizationdevice-level billing, usage analytics, subscription logic, channel managementyoure setting it up to fail. Invoices are missed. Yes, it handles financial reporting, general ledger entries, and compliance. Its great at what its built for.
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Can Mobile Games Really Achieve >50% of Revenue From D2C?
FastSpring
JANUARY 9, 2025
Justin Sacks (02:08) Taking me back, I think I got a summer job in high school so that I could pay for my own WoW subscription. Back in the day, games, well, at least large online multiplayer games, required a subscription rather than just a one-time fee. How many years you recall did you pay for the subscription?
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Payment processing in Canada: A roadmap for platforms eager to expand
Payrix
JULY 8, 2025
Payment processing nuances in Canada From a payment processing perspective, software companies familiar with the U.S. Interac : Canada uses a single debit network called Interac, which ensures secure payments for in-person transactions. Companies must certify their payment devices to meet Canadian standards.
SaaS sales for startup leaders
Chart Mogul
JANUARY 9, 2025
For some, a “qualified” lead might be someone who fits the ICP and has shown basic interest, like downloading an ebook. In your calculations, consider not only how many new customers you need to reach revenue goals but also how many of those customers are likely to stay on board and ideally expand their subscription.
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Most companies think they’re ready for usage-based billing. Until it’s too late
Blulogix
JUNE 9, 2025
Usage data is messy and inconsistent CPQ can’t simulate dynamic pricing Finance can’t recognize usage-based revenue accurately Invoices lack transparency—and customer trust suffers Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?
The 12 Best Social Media Marketing Courses to Elevate Your Skills in 2024
Buffer Resources
AUGUST 21, 2024
Self-paced courses : These courses usually have pre-recorded content that you can download and learn at your own pace. The best part is that Jade has designed her entire course to include a community and run on a subscription model. There’s no one “better” type of course.
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Why MGI Research Ranked BluLogix a Top Agile Billing Platform in 2025
Blulogix
JUNE 16, 2025
This includes hybrid models—like subscriptions + usage + one-time charges—and flexible terms like commitment enforcement, ramp-ups, co-termination, and auto-renewals. Companies rely on BluLogix to manage their end-to-end monetization—from catalog and CPQ to usage mediation, invoicing, and revenue recognition.
From Paper to Payment in a Click: How Usio’s eBilling Solution Makes the Transition Fast, Simple, and Smart
USIO
JULY 21, 2025
The finance team dreaded the last week of the month—folding invoices, stuffing envelopes, printing return slips, manually processing payments. The New Way to Bill: Flexible, Fast, and Fully Integrated At its core, eBilling is about more than sending an invoice—it’s about creating a smarter, faster revenue cycle. Who’s It For?
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The Real Reason SaaS Companies Struggle with Usage-Based Billing—And What the MGI Report Says to Do About It
Blulogix
JUNE 17, 2025
By BluLogix Team The Real Reason SaaS Companies Struggle with Usage-Based Billing—And What the MGI Report Says to Do About It For years, SaaS companies have embraced subscription billing for its simplicity and predictability. Without the ability to rate events in real time—or even hourly—companies delay invoicing and lose revenue.
Usage-based billing breaks down fast—when product, sales, and finance don’t speak the same language.
Blulogix
JUNE 10, 2025
Schedule a Demo Today The Usage-Based Billing Readiness Checklist + Guided Implementation Playbook This free guide helps your team: Evaluate whether your Q2C systems are ready for usage billing Identify gaps in mediation, pricing logic, and invoicing Design a full-stack usage architecture that scales across products, partners, and geographies (..)
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Payment processor: Definition, types, and examples
Payrix
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
It allows software companies to expand beyond their core subscription-based revenue models by seamlessly offering their customers new fintech products such as funding, deposits, loans, payment cards, and more. How do payment processors secure payments? Fraudsters are everywhere, and theyre getting smarter.
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Master merchant: Definition, types, and examples
Payrix
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The master merchant model is common in industries that involve marketplaces or platforms with multiple sellers or service providers.
The Wake-Up Call
Blulogix
JUNE 13, 2025
The usage data is there—but: There’s no mediation logic to clean and enrich it There’s no rating engine flexible enough to apply dynamic pricing Invoices go out late or wrong Finance can’t trust the numbers What’s missing isn’t the metering engine. But we’ve seen too many companies get tripped up by the missing middle.
What Enterprises Really Need from Agile Billing—And Why Most Platforms Can’t Deliver, According to MGI Research
Blulogix
JUNE 13, 2025
It’s a validation of what we’ve always believed: enterprise billing is fundamentally different , and solving it requires more than just subscription logic and pretty invoices. What to Look for in an Enterprise Billing Platform If you’re evaluating agile billing solutions, don’t stop at invoice templates and subscription logic.
Why IoT Monetization Fails—And How to Fix It Before It Costs You Millions
Blulogix
MAY 16, 2025
This leads to: Late invoices Missed renewals Zero revenue visibility IoT billing cant be run like a services spreadsheet. Devices are online, services are running, but invoices? But back at HQ? Your billing process lives in Excel. Manual data entry. VLOOKUP formulas. Maybe even macros from 2017. Thats how revenue leakage happens.
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Channel Chaos: How to Monetize Through Partners Without Losing Control—What the MGI Report Says
Blulogix
JUNE 18, 2025
Branding Requirements: White-label partners require invoicing, tax, and notifications to reflect their brand. Invoices can be white-labeled, branded with the partner’s name, and configured to handle taxes, revenue share, and collections—all based on your business model. Most billing platforms weren’t built for this.
The “Before You Go Live” Checklist
Blulogix
JUNE 11, 2025
Can you generate transparent, itemized invoices that customers trust? Ready to see where you stand? [Download the guide] #SubscriptionBilling #DigitalTransformation #Q2C #BluLogix #RevOps Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?
From Quoting to Cash: Why Integration Is the Real Differentiator in Agile Billing—According to MGI Research
Blulogix
JUNE 12, 2025
By BluLogix Team From Quoting to Cash: Why Integration Is the Real Differentiator in Agile Billing—According to MGI Research If you’ve ever experienced the pain of mismatched quotes, delayed provisioning, and inaccurate invoices, you already understand one of the biggest hidden costs in modern monetization: disconnected systems.
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Glossary: 117 software-led payments terms to know
Payrix
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Apple Pay A mobile payment and digital wallet service offered by Apple that allows users to make payments through NFC technology. Contactless Payments Devices that use radio-frequency identification for making secure payments; embedded chip and antenna enable consumers to wave a device over a reader at the point-of-sale.
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Calling SaaS, IoT, and UCaaS Leaders
Blulogix
JUNE 12, 2025
Download the guide today → [link] #EnterpriseBilling #UsageModels #BillingStrategy #BluIQ #MonetizationArchitecture Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization? And you need a full-stack solution. Billing is your revenue.
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Mobile App Tracking: How to Analyze User Behavior In-App
User Pilot
MAY 27, 2025
I mean what happens after the download: how users navigate, what features they engage with, and where they drop off. Adapt your analysis based on the app use case Different app use cases include subscription services, on-demand platforms, social apps, marketplaces, and productivity tools.
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20 Welcome Email Templates and Real-life Examples
User Pilot
JULY 10, 2025
continuing subscription ), that’s when you send action reminder emails. From what I’ve noticed, if someone’s not downloading a file, they’re worried about a bug, not about support or any other things mentioned in the reviews.) However, it feels like there are too many actions at once (e.g., Might get too much for a first-time user!
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9 Best HIPAA Compliance Tools in 2024
Scytale
OCTOBER 30, 2024
DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER Key Features to Look for in HIPAA Compliance Tools From reducing human error to making it easier to not only achieve and maintain compliance – there’s no doubt that using automated HIPAA compliance audit tools can offer your business massive benefits.
29 Budget-Friendly Digital Marketing Tools for Small Businesses (+ Free Options)
Buffer Resources
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Anna Burgess Yang , a freelance writer who helps fellow solopreneurs improve their workflows, swears by Kit's capabilities: "I host a lot of webinars and create free downloads for my audience. It has built-in monetization options, including paid subscriptions and an ad network.
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Why ITFM Tools Aren’t Enough for Public Sector Cost Recovery
Blulogix
JUNE 25, 2025
IT is seen as a black box, invoices are questioned, and disputes become routine. Integration with Shared Services Models – They weren’t built to operate across shared, centralized infrastructure. Transparency for Stakeholders – They don’t provide dashboards or detail at the level departments need to self-audit. The result?
Why “Free” IT Costs Public Sector Organizations More Than They Realize
Blulogix
JUNE 24, 2025
Yet without visibility into what departments are using and how much it’s costing, Shared Services Organizations are left juggling spreadsheets, handling disputes, and defending every invoice. Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?
How oeksound Took Their Audio Plugins Business Global
FastSpring
MARCH 6, 2025
In terms of how you sell them, are they standalone or is there a subscription side to it? And I ask because for folks that listen to the Grow Stage podcast, a lot of what we end up talking about is sort SaaS businesses where they’re kind of building subscription model. Here you can buy it and here you can download and try it.
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From Downloads to Loyalty: How to Create a Winning Mobile App Engagement Strategy
User Pilot
MARCH 30, 2025
According to a 2024 analysis , on average, over 95% of users who download a new mobile Android app abandon it within the first 30 days. Put simply, app downloads are great but insufficient. Related business outcomes: Increased subscription revenue, higher conversion rates , and referral growth. Subscription conversion rate.
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7 App Monetization Strategies: Top Tips from a Growth Manager
User Pilot
JUNE 25, 2025
Once usage stabilizes, you can introduce premium tiers or subscriptions that add value without alienating users. Subscription How it works: The subscription model charges users recurring fees (monthly/annual) for ongoing access to premium features or content. ad-supported to $22.99
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App User Retention is Declining? 13+ Long Term Strategies & Quick Wins
User Pilot
MARCH 30, 2025
Personalize each experience at scale To keep users engaged, tweak their experience based on their actions, job titles, subscription plans, or other relevant attributes. The biggest reason why users uninstall an app after downloading it is because they did not enjoy the user experience. Reuben Yonatan, Founder and CEO of GetVoIP.
The Top Mobile App Engagement Metrics Every Product Team Should Monitor
User Pilot
MARCH 23, 2025
App engagement refers to how users interact with your mobile app, beyond just downloading it. Now, what if your company’s goal was to increase paid subscriptions? This is where these 10 key mobile app engagement metrics come in, helping track user behavior and preferences to answer all these questions and boost user activation.
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App Conversion Optimization: Quick Wins vs. Long-Term Strategies
User Pilot
APRIL 16, 2025
A mobile app conversion rate (CVR) tracks the percentage of your app's users who took a desired action, such as: Downloading your app. Upgrading a subscription ( converting to a higher plan ). Optimize app store presence Your app's app store listing directly impacts its visibility and eventual app downloads.
Mobile App Analytics Best Practices: What Top Apps Are Doing Differently
User Pilot
MAY 30, 2025
Some common vanity metrics include app downloads, page views, and social media followers, depending on your mobile marketing strategy and business model. Subscriptions? You’re hunting for the psychological journey leading to payment. What directly drives revenue? In-app purchases? Premium upgrades? Write it down.
User Session Analysis: How to Decode Behavior in Context
User Pilot
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
When analyzing sessions around subscription renewals, track how admins review usage analytics, explore new features, or interact with billing settings. They’re capturing specific data points for quick sharing, signaling a need for snapshot sharing rather than full report downloads.
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