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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Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

A robust recurring billing software can make all the difference for your subscription business but win 2024 we are taking no gambles. Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market.

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Casey Accidental

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As someone who has spent a lot of time building marketplaces in my career, a curious thing has happened over the last couple years. Founders have started reaching out asking for help converting their SAAS or SAAS-like business into a marketplace. I’ve helped their business, but they’re asking for help driving more customers.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

For businesses leveraging subscription models and agile monetization strategies, harnessing the power of analytics is not just an advantage— it’s essential. Pricing Optimization: By analyzing customer data, businesses can identify the optimal pricing for different segments, maximizing revenue while maintaining customer satisfaction.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Beyond Finance: Why Embracing Monetization as a Cross-Functional Discipline Changes the Game By BluLogix Team Redefining the Role of Monetization in Modern Businesses In the swiftly evolving digital marketplace, the concept of monetization extends far beyond the confines of the finance department.

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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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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This blog post delves into advanced strategies that can help subscription services foster deeper connections with their customers, thereby improving retention rates and fostering brand loyalty. Tailor experiences, from onboarding to customer service, ensuring each subscriber feels uniquely valued.

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OpenView Labs

MARCH 4, 2021

Today we know of HubSpot —the maker of marketing, sales, and service software products—as a preeminent public company with a market cap above $17B. For their first five years in business, HubSpot offered three subscription packages ranging in price from $3,000 to $18,000 per year. So in 2011, they introduced usage-based pricing.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

SMB customers will want high-touch sales engagement and service delivery but SMM SaaS companies will likely not have the budget necessary to justify providing this level of sales support. Being “stuck in the middle” drives SMM SaaS companies to invest in one of two strategies. eCommerce Marketplaces. Direct Sales.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. from Astella Investimentos, Spectra Investments and others. It is a helpful tool for businesses based on a subscription model, as well as various other companies. Funding to Date : $6.6M Funding to Date : $7.5M

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Navint

JANUARY 29, 2019

Highlight Video: Explaining the Subscription Economy: Why Your Company’s Future May Depend On It. The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. As the leading consulting firm that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event.

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User Pilot

MARCH 20, 2024

The subscription model offers ongoing access for a fee, ensuring updates and steady income. The open-source model creates revenue by charging for beyond-the-basics services. Pricing and Packaging : This pricing strategy determines how much customers pay for your software. Userpilot’s subscription packages.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The shift to cloud-based subscription models is creating even more value in a thriving sector. But while software’s success in the marketplace has lifted the valuations of software companies, our analysis suggests that some firms may still be undervalued. Sticky after all.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace. ARR is an essential subscription metric that identifies the recurring revenue expected on an annual basis from the subscriber base. Usage Fee-Based ARR.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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SaaSOptics

MAY 22, 2018

Magazines, newspapers, life insurance, phones, security services, and a long list of products and services have been sold for decades using the subscription model. The difference now is how important and meaningful the subscription model has become to the national economic engine. What has changed?

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Buffer Resources

MAY 2, 2024

Personal investment on an emotional level makes your goals more meaningful. Get sponsorships and offer User-Generated Content User-generated Content or UGC is any content a creator produces about a brand or its products or services. pricing (what do they charge?),   Why does this achievement matter to you?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Congratulations you’ve built a product that’s proven itself in the marketplace! I’m talking about product-led growth as an investment strategy, but really my background is 10 years of operating experience in the product-led growth world. Now I’m investing in that. So, OpenView worked out for me. Product led growth.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. If a product or service is being sold online—regardless if the sale itself happens through a sales-rep assisted process, online shop, or platform—it’s considered B2B ecommerce.

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Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At first glance, your choice of billing and subscription software might not seem super important. The marketplace has fully embraced the beauty of the subscription revenue model and all of the predictability that comes with it. Here’s a basic subscription checkout page from toothbrush subscription service Shyn.

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Total Addressable Market Total addressable market (TAM) is an economic framework to understand the potential revenue available for a product or service.

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SaaSOptics

MAY 19, 2022

For subscription-based SaaS businesses, your customer acquisition metrics indicate how effectively you acquire new users via sales, marketing, or a product-led approach like a free trial. The answer lies in your product or service’s value proposition. Review your pricing strategy. More customers = more revenue.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 1, 2020

White-labeling services for SaaS products have become very popular over the past decade. When done correctly, an entire brand can be built around a SaaS white-label product, but you’ll need to price it correctly in order to maximize revenue. What are white-label SaaS products? Social media management software. Happier customers.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The story you tell to the market, the competitive moats you build, the pricing models fueling your growth – everything that got you to where you are needs to be reimagined for your new buyer. When Eren Bali founded Udemy in 2010, he had a vision for what the marketplace would be: a place where anyone could teach and learn anything.

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ProfitWell

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Your top subscription news. Sony halves the price of its PlayStation Now subscription service, as the cloud gaming saga rages on—adding new titles like “Grand Theft Auto V” and “God of War” to the subscription service. price tag, although very different offerings. Name Your Price.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 22, 2021

Advanced ad targeting capabilities means access to high-converting consumers who are more interested in the products or services you offer. Programmatic buying lets your ads reach your ideal target audience at affordable price points. Once you get the insights, you can maximize results by investing in high-performing ads.

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ProfitWell

APRIL 12, 2019

Abby here with the subscription news you need and none of the noise you don’t. Plan Ahead for a Pricing Page Teardown. Our latest Pricing Page Teardown looks at the type of platform that affects everything we do: scheduling. Both companies do a lot right (and a little wrong) with their pricing pages. Who's the winner?

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Chart Mogul

JUNE 23, 2022

In the SaaS world, that means the consumer-facing apps & marketplace SaaS have a tougher time ahead. This is a perfect time to invest in your user base & core product offering because playing to your strengths will pay off. The question on every CFO’s mind will be — what can we rip and replace and what is mission-critical?

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ProfitWell

JANUARY 27, 2020

And finally, we spotlight Quibi yet again—a company spending more than $1 billion as it crusades into the streaming service battles. Your top subscription news. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? You remember Quibi as the streaming service that launched this year at CES. Think about it.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. Because I think everyone talks about platforms but to actually do it properly – and it sounds like you guys are really invested in it – it is a big investment. So what was the spur for you to make that move? Andrey: Exactly.

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ProfitWell

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Your top subscription news. Are we achieving measurable return on investment from the tool? You remember Quibi as the streaming service that launched this year at CES. And on a recent episode of Marketplace with Molly Wood , my ears were perked for an interview with Meg Whitman, Quibi’s CEO. But what about their pricing?

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OpenView Labs

APRIL 7, 2021

That’s because most of their growth is powered by the product itself through a highly efficient self-service motion. They then monetize with usage-based pricing and directly share in the success of their customers. In fact, Atlassian out-spends its peers on product & engineering (47% of revenue compared to 25% for New Relic).

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 11, 2024

Over the last decade, we’ve seen record growth in player demand driven by several tailwinds, including: the rise of mobile and emerging markets, new business models like free-to-play and subscriptions, transmedia storytelling, and much more. Yet that growth has come with a price in the form of rising game development budgets.

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FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

But especially if your product or platform has a high purchase price, you’re going to have fewer initial customers, which means you have to be really careful which customers get a say in the future of your company. It starts with self service. I felt like there was an easier way to communicate goods and services online, digitally.

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OpenView Labs

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As a founder, you can use this 84 cents to pay salaries, office rent, dividends, or invest in R&D. Pricing wars are another source of margin compression. While it’s true that there are no bad margins, you maximize them when your product ranks high on the buying hierarchy of functionality, reliability, convenience, and price.

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As more and more companies are realizing the need to become customer-centric, their investment in customer service – both financial and conceptual – is rising rapidly. The need to become efficient in all the customer service processes are becoming more relevant than ever. So, let’s look at those trends here. #1

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SmartKarrot

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As more and more companies are realizing the need to become customer-centric, their investment in customer service – both financial and conceptual – is rising rapidly. The need to become efficient in all the customer service processes are becoming more relevant than ever. So, let’s look at those trends here. #1

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