CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

Before you shout “Digital Transformation” in a crowded marketplace, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles in developing a SaaS product plan. Part 1: User Model & Onboarding If you have a business model, you have put together ideas about users. Onboarding in SaaS is an end-to-end process.

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SaaSHolic

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Product onboarding is an essential part of customer activation and retention for businesses that are SaaS providers. One of the best things you can do for your customers’ success as a SaaS provider is to ensure that you walk them through a wholesome onboarding experience. What makes an onboarding experience a bad one?

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Stax

JANUARY 22, 2024

Consider the following: Merchants are the sellers, businesses, or service providers seeking payment for their offerings. The PayFac streamlines the onboarding process for the merchant, allowing merchants to start accepting payments very quickly. What is a Payment Gateway?

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers. This is ChurnZero’s second time appearing on one of G2’s Best Software lists, earning its place this year thanks to its mission of helping subscription businesses fight customer churn.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Traditionally, payment gateways and payment processors were offered as two separate services and you would have different providers for each service: Payment gateways quickly and securely transfer the payment details from the checkout software to the payment processor. Prorated subscription payments. Variable billing intervals.

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The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

They expect an end-to-end shopping “experience” and this is where eCommerce subscription has a chance to shine by developing long term relationships with consumers. And subscription eCommerce seems to be the answer. The subscription eCommerce market has grown by a whopping 100% year-over-year for the past five years.

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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. The most common strategies are Direct Sales, Inside Sales, eCommerce Marketplaces, and Partnerships. eCommerce Marketplaces. Direct Sales.

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Totango

APRIL 25, 2022

An inspiring customer journey is one where your customers’ experience with your product, service and organization as a whole is so memorable and engaging that your company’s teams are inspired and excited to produce the same experience for all of your customers! Scale Your Journey, Not Your Platform.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Customer Success Communication 86

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It’s a crowded marketplace with lots of options, but there’s one that stands out from the crowd. A customer satisfaction survey is designed to understand how happy your customers are with your product or service. Product or service customer experience feedback surveys What are they? When should you use them?

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CustomerSuccessBox

JUNE 20, 2022

With the right customer success software in place, you’ll be able to automate your onboarding and customer journeys, optimize product adoption, instantly check on the health of your customers, and accurately track and report on the metrics that align with your company’s goals. Improve user onboarding. Early-stage SaaS.

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Totango

MARCH 6, 2020

Today’s on-demand, subscription-dominated marketplace requires that enterprises pay closer attention to what their customers want from their products—and there’s no clearer indication than their own words. Good times to seek feedback include: Shortly after onboarding is completed. Share Feedback Across Your Enterprise.

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Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. We also think about community and consultants and professional services as an ecosystem around our product. Embracing professional services as a distribution channel. So our platform is also built for them to use. Andrey: Exactly.

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User Pilot

JUNE 29, 2023

Best HubSpot integrations for data sync If you want to use an integration primarily for data sync, you can integrate HubSpot with the following tools from the HubSpot app marketplace. Some use case examples are: Trigger targeted email campaigns for customers who miss an onboarding flow. Userpilot and HubSpot integration.

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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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Totango

JANUARY 17, 2019

We’ve outlined six focus areas that will help you improve customer engagement and retention : Rapid onboarding. Rapid Onboarding. Not to get too philosophical, but each journey begins with a first step, and in the SaaS domain, that means onboarding. A rapid onboarding process is your first chance to impress.

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SaaS Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Scale 74

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. Perhaps this pricing slash will give them the leg up they'll need amid the gaming service boom.

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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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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.

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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. But HubSpot wasn’t always on the IPO trajectory.

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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. You have a poor onboarding process. More customers = more revenue.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

My role as an advisor to Greylock’s portfolio companies allows me to work with many different types of businesses: consumer social, marketplaces, SaaS, etc. It should actually be the guiding light for most subscription software businesses. In other words, very similar advice to what is a successful onboarding ?

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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. What was last year’s “inventory shortage” is quickly turning to be an “inventory glut” as companies that double-ordered inventory hoping to get more stuff through and satisfy consumer demand suddenly face less robust consumer spending.

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SaaS DevOps as a Service Marketplace as a Service Forecasting 52

Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Onboarding: When choosing a new enterprise CRM, look how easy it is to transition from your old solution and what does that onboarding process looks like. An established marketplace is a sign that you’ll have the integrations you need in the future. Access to Freshdesk Marketplace for app integrations. Sales forecasting.

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Payment Solutions Enterprise Scale Payments 84

ProfitWell

MARCH 27, 2020

Lower churn - A customer who doesn't make frequent use of your software is more likely to cancel their subscriptions than one who sees continuous value from it. Self-service - The knowledge base should be available to customers whenever they need it. Pricing - Document 360 offers three service tiers — startup, business, and enterprise.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

BPM software is great at automating routine and recurring processes like: Requests for approval Inventory updates Time-off requests Promotions Customer onboarding Training new hires. Here’s an example of an onboarding workflow in Orchestly. The paid version, Orchestly Business, is $7/month per user with an annual subscription.

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Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Services 131

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 25, 2022

The critical nature of software for business growth is a key reason for the exceptional growth of Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in recent times. BugHerd provides top-notch services for bug tracking and website feedback. Campaign Monitor offers a subscription-based pricing model. Headquarters: Sydney, Australia.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 10

SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

BlueSnap supports payments across all geographies through multiple sales channels such as online and mobile sales, marketplaces, subscriptions, invoice payments and manual orders through a virtual terminal. Printfection is a swag management platform that simplifies the buying, managing, and distribution of swag and branded merchandise.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 196

Point Nine Land

JUNE 11, 2020

Marketplaces in their early stages generally lack the liquidity to be relevant enough for the supply side, they are not a priority. To overcome this, marketplaces generally need to find ways to initially hack the supply side. Large suppliers are often reluctant to work with small marketplaces that lack credibility.

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Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

In this blog, we’re going to explain how merchant accounts work in both eCommerce and offline settings and what businesses need to consider when selecting a merchant services provider. A merchant account refers to a business bank account that allows businesses to accept electronic payments for goods and services. Chargeback fees.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. Start Listing your saas on Software and saas Marketplaces.

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BetterCloud

MAY 25, 2023

The rapid growth of SaaS adoption, expansion of the SaaS marketplace, need for cost optimization and efficiency, lack of visibility and governance, security and compliance concerns, and an increasing business focus on ROI and value optimization are all driving the increased importance of managing SaaS expenditure.

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Outsourcing Services Marketplace as a Service Management SaaS 52

Unbounce

JUNE 16, 2020

These are often built with agencies, consultants, and managed-service-providers (MSPs) in mind. These partners resell your product and benefit from offering ongoing services, usually on a retainer basis. It can take a while to recruit the right partners and onboard them effectively to start producing results. Reseller Programs.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Eventbrite was historically a 50% sales and 50% self-service business. So, as we decided to take a bet on building an intuitive, self-service experience instead of masking user experience issues with human support, we really had to confront Belsky’s product lifecycle for the first time. Sounds expensive.

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SaaSOptics

APRIL 7, 2022

A free trial is often seen as the quickest way to get customers signed up and using a SaaS product/service, but it comes with several strings attached. SaaS companies commonly implement this in two different ways: Free Trial: Users only have access to the product/service for a limited time (e.g. New users can easily onboard themselves.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

No Wait, of Course That Is the Single Most Important SaaS Metric by Jason Cohen, A Smart Bear The purpose of a metric is to be a tool in service of your goals, timeline, size, circumstance, even philosophy, not as a master you are thoughtlessly obligated to obey. So I’ve had to confront their differences many times firsthand.

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ChurnZero

JANUARY 13, 2022

Amir will lead all post-sales functions, helping customers use the full scope of their products and services to unleash the power of CentralSquare in their communities. In his new role, Bill will be responsible for ensuring success throughout the customer entire lifecycle, from initial onboarding onward. Cloudera and Hortonworks, Inc.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Outsourcing Services Technical Review 98

ChurnZero

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Recipients were recognized in one of four ChurnHero Award categories: Onboarding Hero – An innovative way your team has made your onboarding process more effective and value-focused. Onboarding Hero – Definitive Healthcare. This year’s eight winners come from around the globe and touch many different industries.

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Healthcare Systems Review Scale Point of Sale 98