SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

What you’ll see in that cloud spend box is actually Gartner’s 2020 estimate for infrastructure as a service spending for companies, which was $50 billion. And if you also look at the platform as a service category, that’s also an additional $50 billion of spend, and that’s typically with those same vendors.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A master merchant, often referred to as a payment facilitator or merchant aggregator, is a third-party agent that acts as the link between acquirers and online merchants. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Interested in learning more about software-led payments or joining the current Embedded Payments conversations in your organization? This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today. This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. from Vostok Emerging Finance, Valor Capital Group, and others.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Tienpay enables merchant payments, person-to-person transfers, and vouchers, among other functionalities. . The platform integrates with 100+ shipping services and ensures discounts for many of them.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

And it’s all thanks to embedded finance and embedded fintech. Embedded finance isn’t entirely a new concept. Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Everything is done under one platform.

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Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Finance 88

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2022

It can also threaten a small business's ability to keep up with everyday operations. Invoice financing is an excellent option for SaaS companies looking for a fast and easy way to earn a short-term type of funding. Keep reading to learn more about invoice financing, how it works, and the benefits it serves for SaaS companies.

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FastSpring

MAY 15, 2024

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ order to allow app developers to “steer” users to third-party payment options outside of the native App Store. The evidentiary hearing regarding Apple’s subsequent compliance began on Wednesday, May 8. fees for payment processing. fees for payment processing.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. We’ve seen it far too often.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There’s a constant war between growing a business and keeping an operation lean, mean, and agile. It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. Visualize every process from end to end. Process Visualization.

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Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 141

Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

These days, software is no longer just a toolits the backbone of how modern businesses operate. From healthcare to construction to finance, every industry is powered by digital solutions tailored to their unique needs. TL;DR An ISV partner collaborates with large platforms (e.g., What is an ISV (Independent Software Vendor)?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88

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

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The subscription economy is not just a trendits a transformative shift in how businesses operate and generate value. Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are at the forefront of this evolution, leveraging recurring revenue models to build deeper customer relationships and drive growth.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Services Scale 52

FastSpring

JUNE 6, 2024

Xsolla is a merchant of record (MoR) payment provider that serves the video game industry. The platform includes a broad feature set that provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to sell online and accept online payments globally, without having to manage localization, sales tax and VAT, or fraud prevention on their own.

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments 78

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Think of pricing along a continuum with self-service pricing at one end and enterprise at the other” As you scale and evolve your business, there are a few key questions to ask as you determine your pricing strategy: Do you anchor off competitors (if any exist) or substitutes? Purchase process. Gaining new customers.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing the many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing, but it isn’t without limitations. Baremetrics monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services. So, what is Stripe?

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Payment Services Payment Features Payment Methods Payments 97

Buffer Resources

APRIL 10, 2024

Get started for free → How to make money on Instagram Jump to a section: Partner with brands on sponsored content Livestream and earn Badges from fans Offer paid subscriptions Sell your own products and services Take up affiliate marketing Sell digital products Develop and teach a course Join Instagram’s Creator Marketplace 1.

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Payments Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service Payment Services 119

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 23, 2020

HubSpot CRM – Best free marketing CRM Really Simple Systems – Best free sales CRM Agile CRM – Best free customer service CRM Flowlu – Best for SMB finance Apptivo – Best for basic business management. How will the free CRM software fit within your current business processes? The Limits of Free.

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Payment Solutions Software Review Software Payments 145

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some examples of niches targeted by vertical SaaS providers include healthcare, eCommerce, finance, and education.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 30, 2020

An affiliate network connects publishers, like blog owners or influencers, with companies looking to promote their products or services. Affiliate networks work as a marketplace for affiliate programs. What types of products and services are your readers likely to be interested in? What is an Affiliate Network?

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Merchant Services Payments Payment Methods Marketing 144

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, HR and finance SaaS vendor Workday bought Scout RFP (a San Francisco startup with a team of 8) for $540 million. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Micro Acquire.

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Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 145

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing , when it comes to finding the billing history for Stripe customers, things are needlessly complicated. Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products.

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Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 98

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In today’s blog, to help you streamline your financial processes, we will be going over Square integration with QuickBooks which can easily integrate to help you simplify accounting duties and streamline business operations. This will be saving you lots of time and lowering the possibility of errors associated with manual data entry.

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Payment Services Payments Payment Features Merchant Services 52

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

Backed by an army of developers, data engineers, and finance professionals, this events-based billing model allowed these large companies to directly link the value that their services provided with the cost presented on a customer’s invoice. What Amazon Web Services and Twilio Get Right. How AWS Does It.

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SaaStr

JUNE 20, 2019

In this session, the audience will learn about Adyen’s journey from a Dutch payments startup, to a global public company with more than 15 offices around the world working with large global companies like Facebook, Spotify, Uber and Microsoft. I mean payment cultures, payment habits are, yeah, different in every country all over the world.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 153

Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Although bookkeepers and accountants share some duties, for example preparing tax returns or producing the end of year financial statements, a bookkeeper’s main duty is keeping the basic, daily finances in order. If you are running a small business with subscription revenue, you can monitor all of your finances using Baremetrics.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Business 105

Software Platform Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2015

How much can a B2B Marketplace or Multi-Sided Platform charge for its services? B2B Marketplace Services. What the B2B marketplace can charge depends, of course, on what services the B2B marketplace, or commerce platform, provides its participants. Apps on the Ends. Matchmaking, and. Rules and Rails.

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Marketplace as a Service Payment Services B2B Merchant Services 40

Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Did you know embedded payments can increase a software provider’s income? They turn payments into a new source of money. B2B payment transactions exceeded 15 billion in 2024 , with digital payments now making up 85% of transactions. Embedded payments are a game-changer. billion in 2023 to $291.3

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Payments Embedded Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 40

Sales Hacker

APRIL 1, 2021

A global crisis can feel like a smart time to pull in and close down anything not central to a business’ operations. McKinsey notes that B2B decision-makers are pushing to e-commerce and e-commerce-like sales cycles, and up to 80% prefer either digital self-service tools or to contact teams remotely.

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Outsourcing Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Transportation 83

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

And I think adjusting really is the operative word here. Also, there is focus on changing terms to try and close and accelerate deals, reducing time commitment requirements for contracts, pricing minimums to get to a yes more quickly, and then also focusing on cash and cash collections by building more efficiency in that process.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

I was interested in starting a company from scratch, and I had actually managed the corporate card at SoFi, as the VP of finance. They understood technology, and they had a unique respect for regulatory and compliance. I met our CEO, Enrique, who you mentioned, and he told me about this credit card business he wanted to build.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As an Ecommerce Manager, you typically oversee Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Pay Per Click (PPC), Customer Management Systems (CMS), web development, social media, email marketing, the checkout, payments , and other ecommerce-related solutions. And the best investment you can make is partnering with a full-service ecommerce platform.

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Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions Outsourced Development 87

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe: Product Manager, Local Payment Methods Cost Optimization Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies, from the worlds largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups, use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities.

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions Retention Churn 52

Outseta

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Over the past 12 months there’s been an explosion of new financing options and models made available to companies that feel like us. Each time a payment is made, the fund’s ownership stake is reduced with the founders’ ownership shares increasing. There’s a lot of advantages to organic growth that aren’t discussed enough.

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Mucker Capital

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If you’re thinking about launching a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, there are two different ways to approach the market. Horizontal SaaS: These companies aim to create a product that services a specific type of employee, function or division across all industries. Operations Stack. So what’s behind this resiliency?

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SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payments 49

Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe Connect is a comprehensive payment processing solution designed to cater to the unique needs of platforms and marketplaces. As a part of the broader Stripe suite, it facilitates digital transactions and enables businesses to accept credit card payments and manage complex money flows. What is Stripe Connect?

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