SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

That makes sales tax compliance easy to ignore… until it becomes a problem. . The first step to sales tax compliance is knowing if what you sell is even taxable. Leverage automation to support scaling. Manually trying to keep up with every small sales tax law or process change is out of the question here.

Merchant Services 169

Merchant Services Scale Technical Review Sales Hiring 169

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.

Marketplace as a Service 52

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 52

Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Accepting payments is the most important functionality that a business needs to start selling. But to accept payments seamlessly and securely, you need a merchant account. Without a merchant account, it’s very difficult to ensure consistent cash flow or manage multiple sales channels effectively.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2019

It’s possible that you can’t afford to use an outside agency, particularly if you’re not going to see an immediate return on your investment for their services. Security issues — Data breaches at huge corporations such as Anthem and Target have spurred customers to take a greater interest in how merchants handle their payment information.

Outsourcing Services 84

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Outsourced Development 84

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The ‘haves’, defined by growing quickly out of the gate and then maintaining 50% or faster revenue growth at significant scale, have seen their valuations skyrocket over the years. OpenView has been tracking growth rates by ARR scale for four years running. Customer Success: Nail customer onboarding and the customers first 30 days.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The marketplace has fully embraced the beauty of the subscription revenue model and all of the predictability that comes with it. And plenty of software programs have popped up to make it easy for businesses to charge customers for these services each month. Why growth quickly exacerbates that complexity.

Payment Solutions 73

Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payments 73

Neil Patel

MARCH 2, 2021

The more (positive) reviews and testimonials you have, the more likely prospective customers are to put their faith and money in your services. Instead, pursue the ones best aligned with the services you offer and your target audience. B2C” businesses sell goods and services directly to consumers. Let’s start with B2C.

Software Review 127

Software Review Technical Review Scale Merchant Services 127

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. And that kind of gave us a little bit of a head start to then bring together a couple of angels and like early stage investors to hire our first couple engineers and really pivot from being a service company to starting the path to becoming a software company.

Payment Solutions 111

Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 111

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

You know, no disrespect to salespeople, I started my career as one, but you the buying process doesn’t start with the seller. It starts with self service. I felt like there was an easier way to communicate goods and services online, digitally. Happy to dig into that process, if you like. Nobody does it alone.

Payment Methods 142

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 142

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

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. This is basically designed around there being an intensive human interaction and human process to convince businesses to adopt your tools. This wasn’t the case.

SaaS Payments 241

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 241

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet : Of course, besides the brand I mentioned earlier like, Google, Apple and Facebook, and so on, a lot of marketplaces also like Uber and Airbnb they tend to think of themselves as platform because they have the buyers and the sellers connecting to each other. Let’s start with our five key steps. Romain Huet : Right.

Payments 120

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 120

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

One, it starts high up in the sales process, right? You need to discover in the sales process. I mean, we can talk a lot about this, but that’s a little bit about where we’re headed on that, but it’s definitely a change in selling process, and then it’s definitely a change in the journey.

Payment Methods 207

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 207

SmartKarrot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But as more business companies choose the SaaS (Software as a Service) path, now is a fantastic time to enter this industry. . When you land an enterprise client, you must be prepared to scale your business to meet their needs. Systems and processes are continually being altered, deleted, and revised.

Enterprise 10

Enterprise Outsourcing Services Scale Payment Services 10

Baremetrics

JANUARY 13, 2022

Merchants looking to set up shop online are faced with an important choice: which ecommerce platform will best serve their business? For those looking to use their own website, that choice generally comes down to two competing services: Shopify vs. WooCommerce. Hosting Shopify is a hosted service.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Scale Marketplace as a Service Pricing 88

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Why it’s hard to build a two-sided marketplace [13:38]. Ryan has been building and scaling companies on the sales side for over 20 years. You just, the registration process is the rating’s process. The ratings process takes about two minutes to complete for one rating. Show Introduction [00:10].

Marketplace as a Service 95

Marketplace as a Service CTO Hire Sales Recruiting Scale 95

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.

Payment Methods 135

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 135

OpenView Labs

AUGUST 24, 2021

In Privy’s case, partnering with email service providers (ESPs) makes sense because Privy’s primary purpose is growing email lists by getting more contacts, and ESPs generally base their pricing on the number of contacts on a list. Privy and ESPs are aligned on a shared mission, and the services they offer are intrinsically complementary.

Scale 100

Scale Strategy Merchant Services Marketplace as a Service 100

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

So if you’re interested in selling products or services on the web, you’ll need to find an ecommerce builder to create your online store. New business and rapidly scaling startups won’t necessarily have the same needs in an ecommerce website builder. Every great online store starts from the same place—with an ecommerce website builder.

Payment Methods 99

Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 99

Backlinkfy

JULY 30, 2019

Affiliate: A publisher or website owner that forwards qualified or targeted audience web traffic to an online merchant on a pay-for-performance basis is called an affiliate in the context of online marketing. In today’s world most merchants started out use Amazon marketplace to test out products before opening an online store.

Payment Methods 40

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions 40

Neil Patel

AUGUST 18, 2021

Offer Coaching Service to Motivated Clients. It doesn’t matter when you started blogging or how much experience you’ve gained in that time — offering a coaching service to motivated clients can bring in money. Coaching services are in demand because of the dramatic results the process can bring.

Scale 145

Scale Outsourcing Services Merchant Services Social Media 145

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. They process billions annually for platforms like Constant Contact, GoFundMe, Ecwid, Infusionsoft, Meetup, Freshbooks & Zoho. So the scale is sort of mind blowing in certain ways.

Payment Services 136

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 136

Chargify

MARCH 6, 2018

Throughout the series, we highlight Chargify merchants and the lessons learned as they grow their subscription-based businesses. The B2B product allows tuition businesses to add numerous student accounts, which scales easily as their businesses grow. Provides excellent customer service. It’s working. The birth of EdPlace.

B2C 40

B2C Merchant Services B2B Payment Services 40

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Automated labeling and tracking is included , and they offer comprehensive onboarding and support. This allows merchants who ship up to 200 orders per month to opt out of monthly fees , and pay only five cents plus postage for every order shipped. Some customers report that it has been slow to integrate with some marketplaces.

Software Review 40

Software Review Merchant Services Software Scale 40

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

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. Users can sync their processes from customer checkout to delivery via Easyship. Founders : William Tien. Founded : 2011.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225