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Epic Games Versus The App Store: A Fight for Autonomy and Freedom in the Ecommerce Era

FastSpring

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. Epic Games wants to take control of their online sales with its own marketplace.

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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS, or Software as a Service, companies host and deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis. Some may use cloud platforms for online solutions.

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Sequencing Business Models: The Types of Marketplaces

Casey Accidental

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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SaaS Payment Processing: 10 Questions to Ask When Comparing Solutions

FastSpring

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? For example, at FastSpring, we have a lot of data about online shopping carts. But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Is it the interface?

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Thanks to Capchase, Intellum, Pilot, SafeBase, and Tilled for Sponsoring SaaStr Annual 2022!

SaaStr

The Intellum Platform includes all the tools an organization needs to create, manage, track and improve highly-personalized learning experiences for customers, partners and even employees. SafeBase enables sales and security teams to efficiently collaborate and close enterprise deals faster. Welcome to Payfac-as-a-service.

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Paddle vs Chargebee vs SubscriptionFlow in 2024

Subscription Flow

That said, here is a list of updated features that Paddle offers for its clients in 2024: 1. Paddle counters churn by integrating with Retain, thereby feeding your data to algorithms informed by extensive payment information. Doing this ensures the data-driven reduction of churn. All of this can be done with Paddle in a matter of clicks.

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What Is Merchant of Record (MoR)? How It Can Become the Backbone of Your Online Transactions

Subscription Flow

Establishing a smooth and streamlined online transaction processing setup is important for every business. When payment processing is smooth, the flow of the recurring revenue stream automatically remains steady. So, many companies have started offering Merchant of Record payment processing services. What Is MoR?