Neil Patel

APRIL 13, 2021

App monetization is essential to the success of your mobile app. Whether you plan to charge for downloads or use subscription services to generate income, your app will never be profitable without a monetization strategy. There are many ways to monetize your app and even more tools to help you do it.

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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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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

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.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

OTT platforms were made popular by streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube, and more. OTT : This is strictly streamed content, not downloaded or otherwise stored offline, and can include media like videos and online radio programs, such as podcasts. As a result, you could monetize your brand faster and easier via VOD.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Intercom, Drive Conversational Experiences For A Future-Ready Customer Support Strategy , revealed that 54% of teams can’t personalize support with their tech stack and 50% waste time jumping between tools. Download The Ultimate Modern Support Tech Stack guide. Let’s dive in.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

FastSpring serves as a merchant of record for over 3500 companies that use our platform every day to sell digital products globally. We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business. Set up a demo or check out our platform yourself.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Get the latest from FastSpring’s Support leaders about important tax updates, fraud and chargeback strategies, our new Changelog, and more. Fraud, Chargebacks, and Mitigation Strategies Need FastSpring support? Visit our Support page. Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Pricing your software correctly is a crucial part of selling software , but sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re on the right track with your pricing strategy. Developing a deep understanding of your customers’ price sensitivity and pain points will better serve your pricing strategy than just outright mirroring your competitors.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

Games as a Service acts as a continuous revenue service for developers, allowing them to break their reliance on the one-time purchase. Games as a Service refers to games that operate without initial purchasing costs and instead, make their profits on subscriptions or in-game purchases. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. A customer buys a license for your software, and they get the product (either through a download, a CD or even more old school—floppy disks). To put it simply, recurring billing can get complicated, especially for a SaaS company.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Stripe is a payment processing company but is also used to create reports. Close to 2 million websites use Stripe reports and the company holds a 18.54% market share in the payments processing category. Of course, media buzz alone shouldn’t convince you to use Stripe (or any other reporting and analytics platform).

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FastSpring

JULY 10, 2019

Thinking about transitioning to a subscription-based business model? In fact, according to a recent report from Gartner, more than 90 percent of software providers are expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022. We know this is a big decision for businesses. You’re not alone.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 20, 2018

SaaS Pricing can be difficult to determine for many digital businesses. First, you need to be sure that you’ve priced your product fairly, and second, you want to offer the payment option that will appeal to the largest number of users. What’s the story with subscriptions? Additionally, how many plans should a SaaS have?

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Neil Patel

MARCH 12, 2021

Like any business, creating an app requires laying the groundwork before launch. Here’s a five-step guide for getting ready to launch your app, including how to do your research, ways to monetize your app , and what to include in your business plan. How are they monetized? Build an App Step 1: Do Market Research.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. In this way, customer journey B2B touchpoints serve as a powerful tool for increasing the effectiveness of your customer success strategy.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. According to Apple’s App Store policy, all payments need to go through their system for security and commission reasons.

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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. We take the lead on audits.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Developing a strategy to effectively scale a fast-growing company is hard. Is my digital business liable for international taxes? And what is the best strategy to maximize sales? And what is the best strategy to maximize sales? Focusing on a global strategy is not enough. Interest in Subscription/SaaS Grows.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. 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. Reconciling payments, fulfillment, refunds, etc. Zoho Subscriptions.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Thousands of businesses are willing to spend unbelievable amounts of money to rank at the top of search engine results pages (SERP) and in the most relevant places for their users around the web. In 2019, small businesses spent between $9,000 and $10,000 per month on PPC , with Google making an average of $116.5 Retargeting.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2021

The typical support “strategy” is to let common issues roll in for your support team to address. With the right strategy and proactive support tools – think Outbound Messages , Product Tours , Mobile Carousels , and Banners – you can alert customers to known issues, like delivery delays, bugs in your product, and website downtime.

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Chargify

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Managing offers, reliable billing, and subscription lifecycle management is complex, creating an iceberg effect for companies that decide to tackle it on their own. It allows us to upgrade, downgrade, or cancel a client’s subscription easily. Below, we’ll shed some light on the great buy vs. build debate.

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ProfitWell

JULY 27, 2020

MRR gain , representing upgrades and new revenue, is lookin’ extra fresh today—growth going up 2.05% in 24 hours. MRR gain is new revenue from either acquired customers or upgrades in a given month. *MRR MRR gain is new revenue from either acquired customers or upgrades in a given month. MRR Gain +2.05%. MRR Loss +2.04%.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 4, 2021

There are, of course, ecommerce sellers who haven’t been able to make that much, but with the right ecommerce strategies and best practices , this might become your reality. You have to set up your store next, which includes tasks like creating store pages, setting up a locale, understanding sales tax, and selecting a payment method.

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Incredo

DECEMBER 3, 2019

And here are the best answers we have received. #1 Denis Lunev Founder at DepositFix , Payment Integration for HubSpot “ The most expensive time of year to advertise on Google and Facebook is Black Friday and Christmas. Secondly, you’ll need to plan a seasonal social media strategy. What does it mean for your SaaS?

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Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At first glance, your choice of billing and subscription software might not seem super important. As long as you find a platform that looks professional and handles the billing and analytics properly, you’ll be in good shape, right? It pays to make the right choice of billing platform from the start.

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User Pilot

JUNE 8, 2023

Userpilot is a product growth platform that enables comprehensive event data tracking and analysis. Enhance customer experience by making data-driven decisions on what your customers need and want and ultimately drive business growth by boosting average revenue. Let’s go through those fundamental components of event data.

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ProfitWell

JUNE 15, 2020

How are churn and new revenue trending over time? MRR gain is new revenue from either acquired customers or upgrades in a given month. MRR loss is churn, or lost revenue from cancellations or downgrades. Last week, MRR gain spiked to almost +16% because it was the beginning of the month and subscriptions renewed.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Use Baremetrics to monitor your app’s revenue 7. 10 business tips for Shopify app developers I’m going to walk you through some of the top-level ideas that can make micro-SaaS development a little bit more manageable. Often, the right pricing model can not only get you more customers, but more revenue per customer, as well.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 8, 2021

Get your website idea off the ground using WordPress’ powerful, flexible platform. Using this in-depth review of the top four website builders , you’ll be able to zero in on the best platform that will set up your website for future success. But once your website is up and running, you’re free to monetize it any way you want.

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ProfitWell

MAY 26, 2020

If you're itching for a haircut, we have something for you in this edition of DTC Download that can help. How are churn and new revenue trending over time? MRR gain is new revenue from either acquired customers or upgrades in a given month. MRR loss is churn, or lost revenue from cancellations or downgrades.

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Sales Hacker

JULY 18, 2022

This email also includes the first few steps outlining what they should do first: book a demo with the team, have a click around, download anything additional, and ask questions. This information becomes essential for your business going forward, helping you lay out your product, marketing, support, and sales strategy for the future.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The ultimate goal of any developer with an idea for some useful software is monetization. Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Baremetrics provides an easy-to-read dashboard that gives you all the key metrics for your business, including MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more.

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FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

That’s the beauty of subscription models. While implementing a subscription model means ongoing revenue, it also brings up many challenges for managing those subscriptions. You have to create a subscription-friendly product, infrastructure, marketing plan, and customer retention plan. Popular SAAS Revenue Models.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

Tableau sells software the old-fashioned way, with perpetual licenses not subscriptions. To offset the mostly one-time payment from customers, Tableau employs a land-and-expand strategy. The company went public in 2013 and we’ll use data from their S-1 through 2013 to benchmark the business.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I interviewed him for insights into how to build a global growth strategy, especially when it comes to localization. Note: FastSpring’s Revenue and Subscription Dashboards quickly show our customers where their revenue is coming from, the average order value or MRR per country, promotions performance per country, and more.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Want to see more content like this?

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