Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When you research payment solution providers , you’ll start hearing the term “interchange” used when talking about payments. Set rate processing Subscription rate processing TL;DR Interchange fees are not collected by your payment processor or bank; they go directly to the card-issuing banks.

Payment Services 167

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 167

Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We’ve shared a number of parts of Buffer’s business transparently over the years — and one piece we’ve always wanted to expand on is where your money goes when you pay for a Buffer subscription. Another important detail to note is how Average Sales Price (ASP) and Expenses have changed over time.

Merchant Services 85

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Features Payments 85

Stax

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In an era defined by digital transactions and cashless payments, the process of paying for goods and services is more convenient, and increasingly reliant on credit card transactions. However, as the popularity of credit cards and digital wallet payments continues to surge, the costs associated with accepting them also do.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Stax

JUNE 9, 2024

From taking care of your inventory to paying attention to merchandising, marketing your business to delivering exceptional customer service, you have your work cut out for you. By being aware of these factors, you can make sure that your payment services platform can fulfill all your expectations without any issues.

Point of Sale 88

Point of Sale Payment Solutions Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Subscription Flow

MARCH 28, 2024

In this regard, the merchant of record for SaaS companies serves as an essential middleman, allowing SaaS providers and end users worldwide to transact financial transactions with ease. Read more: What Is Merchant of Record (MoR)?

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 52

BitPay

JANUARY 17, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it would allow the trading of Bitcoin ETFs. While this change gives investors another way to bet on Bitcoin, it’s also a positive signal for merchants that accept crypto payments. Bull runs like these can be the best time for merchants to begin accepting crypto payments.

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 52

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most SaaS businesses adopt a subscription-based model supported by a recurring payment system. Setting up a recurring payment system can be complicated and requires the right tools to measure, manage, and review payments regularly. What is Recurring Billing? How Does Recurring Billing Work?

Payment Services 89

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features Payments 89

Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Billing is the lifeline of your subscription business. If your billing system can’t manage that, the customer experience will be frustrating, and you’ll be limited in experimenting with pricing.

Payment Solutions 90

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Features SaaS Payments 90

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. To put it simply, recurring billing can get complicated, especially for a SaaS company.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? While there is a plethora of payment platforms to consider, Stripe and PayPal should be at the top of the list. After all, it plays a big role in how you get paid.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

If you’re looking the best online payment processor, you've likely come across options including Stripe and Zuora. This article will walk you through a full Stripe vs. Zuora comparison including features, pricing, user reviews, and more. Both power a wide range of companies, but which is the best for your business? Table of Contents.

Payment Methods 75

Payment Methods Payment Services Technical Review Merchant Services 75

Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Billing is the lifeline of your subscription business. If your billing system can’t manage that, the customer experience will be frustrating, and you’ll be limited in experimenting with pricing.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Features SaaS Payments 52

ProfitWell

JUNE 27, 2019

From CRM software to coffee beans, shaving blades to designer gowns, recurring billing is the lifeline for every subscription business. It’s easy to see why—automatic charges for subscriptions are simple and convenient for customers and predictable and sustainable for companies. What is recurring billing?

Merchant Services 76

Merchant Services Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments 76

FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

Want to learn more about the five ecommerce payment trends shaping 2020? Push for smarter payment processing. More businesses will transition to a subscription model. Give your customers the flexibility to complete their purchase from any device, regardless of where they initially started the checkout process.

Payment Methods 85

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 85

Baremetrics

JULY 22, 2021

PayPal is a popular choice for online payment processing. The platform currently serves over 20 million active merchant accounts globally, and is a proven solution trusted by entrepreneurs for over twenty years. It tracks your sales, transactions, and average sale price over time. Start a free trial today.

PayPal 98

PayPal Merchant Services Payments SaaS Payments 98

Baremetrics

MARCH 7, 2021

Read what you should know about subscription management and why it is important in recent times! Many products and services online are beginning to adopt subscription-based systems for their billing processes. Apart from the recurring revenue, subscription billing systems also offer appreciable stability to businesses.

Payment Features 45

Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 45

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Valid question, and I’m going to answer it — because the reasons (plural) we have for investing in this initiative may not be as simple as the most cynical among us assume. Companies don’t just invest in new programs to benefit random business people on the internet; they do it because it serves their own business in some way.

SaaS Payments 146

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 146

FastSpring

JANUARY 25, 2019

Want to learn more about the 5 ecommerce payments trends shaping 2019? Give your customers the flexibility to complete their purchase from any device, regardless of where they initially started the checkout process from. A push for smarter payment processing. Data security becomes an even larger focus.

Payment Methods 62

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 62

Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 88

Stax

JANUARY 10, 2024

By understanding how credit card companies charge merchants and how these fees are calculated, businesses can explore optimization strategies to manage and reduce some of these costs. As well as improving profit margins, these activities can also enhance the customer experience and give merchants a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Facilitation 88

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Building on the definitions from that essay and introducing a few new ones, here are the types of business models we’ll cover: SaaS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. So, which model a company might want to sequence to next depends on quite a few factors.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The benefits of a well-thought-out process includes increased visibility to your revenues, expenses, and cash flows, and a faster feedback loop to make your forecasting more operationally focused. Many SaaS startups don’t have truly unique billing needs, but can be serviced by most major SaaS billing tools. This is not a deal-breaker.

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Software Review 52

Subscription Flow

MAY 2, 2024

Just when you thought the world of SaaS would not be changing any time soon, the groundbreaking new shift to crypto payment solutions hit SaaS businesses like a bus full of bricks. Despite their current status as a relatively uncommon payment option in global e-commerce, accounting for less than 0.2% Let us dig into what this means.

Payment Solutions 86

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Services 86

Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Thankfully, with mobile payments from Stax , you can quickly accept and process payments from your customers. Learn all about mobile payments and why you may want to consider joining the Stax family to streamline payments and boost your small business’ productivity. Learn More What Is Mobile Payment Processing?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Mobile Payments Payment Services 88

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. These days, you can buy a subscription for everything from socks and underwear to your dinner each night.

Payment Solutions 73

Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments 73

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 19, 2024

With the rise of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions, organizations currently approach powerful route-planning tools that can smooth out their operations, decrease expenses, and improve consumer loyalty. Step 2: Evaluate your current process Investigate your current delivery processes and recognize areas for improvement.

Merchant Services 40

Merchant Services AI Search Business SaaS 40

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. There’s a self-service page, which allows clients to update information on their own.

Merchant Services 51

Merchant Services Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments 51

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.

Payment Services 78

Payment Services Merchant Services Payments Payment Methods 78

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure.

Payments 150

Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 150

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 9, 2024

Let us throw a bit of statistic at you: it has now officially been confirmed by various researches that most cross border payments are not very successful and end up incurring losses for both the parties involved in the transactions. Read more: Intelligent Payment Routing – A Comprehensive Guide What are cross border payments?

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods 52

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing. FastSpring automatically changes the language, currencies, and payment methods of the checkout experience based on where a customer is located.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Building on the definitions from that essay and introducing a few new ones, here are the types of business models we’ll cover: SaaS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. So, which model a company might want to sequence to next depends on quite a few factors.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It requires that you pay careful attention to a variety of processes within your company and make the right changes and adjustments. It’s not a straightforward process, but follow these tips and you’ll be on your way to maximized revenue—and a very healthy bottom line. Pricing is just the start. Pricing decisions.

Revenue 40

Revenue Pricing Outsourcing Services Merchant Services 40

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Average Order Value (AOV) is the average total of every order placed with a merchant over a defined period of time. Some of the most effective tactics to increase AOV occur during the checkout process. If you offer two or three complementary products, bundle them together at a discounted price. Customer service.

Customer Lifetime Value 64

Customer Lifetime Value Merchant Services Revenue Social Media 64

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Storable , the leading provider of all-in-one software for the self-storage industry, has a vision for its payments solution that is reminiscent of the industry it serves. As John Durrett, General Manager of Payments for Storable, recently explained in a sit down with Payrix, Storable wants to make payments “invisible” for its customers.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 130

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.

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 142

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

FastSpring previously presented on SaaS fees pricing and packaging to combat stagflation in 2022, but this article is based on an updated presentation delivered in March 2023 by David Vogelpohl. This article offers tips for optimizing pricing and packaging of your SaaS products in a less-than-stellar economy: What is stagflation?

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 148