USIO

JUNE 20, 2025

Let’s explore what these payments really are, why they matter, and how your business can leverage them to streamline operations, improve customer experience, and unlock new revenue streams. What Are Embedded Payments? When payments are embedded into your platform, your customers stay engaged— and they come back. No redirects.

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Payments Embedded Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions 130

Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

By Inga Broerman Building a Competitive Edge Through Channel Partnerships In an increasingly competitive subscription economy, channel partnerships have become a beacon for businesses seeking scalable growth and sustainable revenue streams.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Features Payment Services Scale 52

USIO

JUNE 24, 2025

Embedded payments have become the financial backbone of modern SaaS, fintech, and marketplace platforms. In 2025, choosing the right embedded payment processor is about more than just rates and APIs — it’s about revenue share potential, support quality, payout flexibility, and long-term partnership.

Payments 100

Payments Payment Services Embedded Payments Merchant Services 100

Blulogix

JANUARY 1, 2025

By Inga Broerman Simplifying Complex Provisioning with Advanced Billing Systems In the fast-paced subscription economy , customer expectations are evolving rapidly. This shift has made complex provisioning a non-negotiable aspect of subscription billing. They want personalized, flexible offerings that deliver value.

Scale 52

Scale Marketplace as a Service Payment Features Subscription 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Justin Sacks (02:08) Taking me back, I think I got a summer job in high school so that I could pay for my own WoW subscription. Back in the day, games, well, at least large online multiplayer games, required a subscription rather than just a one-time fee.

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Payments Mobile Payment Methods Revenue 164

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They provide the infrastructure necessary for their merchants to accept credit card payments. They underwrite and onboard the sub-merchants and provide them with the products and services required to process electronic payments. eCheck, PayPal, etc.)

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 147

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) approach revolutionized the industry, making powerful CRM tools accessible without on-premise installs. Over the past two decades, Salesforce has evolved from a sales CRM into a comprehensive platform spanning sales, service, marketing, e-commerce, and app development. Open APIs for custom integration.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Marketplace as a Service 52

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

The customer enters their payment details and the gateway securely transmits the data to the network. Payment processor – Handles the technical aspects of the payment. Its the third-party service that serves as the link between the payment gateway, acquiring bank, and issuing bank or card network.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

How To Buy Saas

MAY 21, 2025

This model offers easy accessibility (anywhere, anytime), automatic updates, and lower upfront costs (subscription-based pricing). Paid plans include Startup (around $189/month), Growth ($329/month), and Business ($529/month) annual subscriptions come at a ~17% discount. separate pipelines per client, invoicing).

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Systems Review Sales Recruiting Sales Hiring Technical Review 52

User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

Adapt your analysis based on the app use case Different app use cases include subscription services, on-demand platforms, social apps, marketplaces, and productivity tools. However, the same wouldn’t make sense for subscription-based apps like SaaS or media platforms. Digital Adoption Professional, ServiceNow 2.

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Mobile Retention Payment Features Onboarding 96

BetterCloud

MARCH 17, 2025

SaaS budgeting is the process of planning, allocating, and managing financial resources for acquiring and using Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions within an organization. You likely already have a laundry list of SaaS subscriptions that have been around the company longer than you have. What is SaaS budgeting?

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

How To Buy Saas

MARCH 17, 2025

You can integrate email, calendars, and more via the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace. Higher-tier plans unlock marketing automation , customer service (with Service Cloud), and advanced analytics. Despite being free, HubSpots platform combines ease of use with powerful features in sales, marketing, and customer service.

Software Review 40

Software Review Scale Software Business 40

FastSpring

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Setting up a web shop for players to buy subscriptions or in-game items outside of mobile app marketplaces is a great way to create additional revenue streams for your game while saving on steep marketplace fees. Why you need a payment solution for your web shop. How to use FastSpring with your web shop.

Payments 88

Payments Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods 88

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

TL;DR A scalable solution adapts to higher volumes, evolving business models, and new payment methods without breaking down or holding you back. From handling spikes in transactions to supporting subscriptions, omnichannel sales, and new markets, your payment processor should make expansion easier.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 88

FastSpring

OCTOBER 23, 2024

So where do you start if you want to provide more global payment solutions to your player base while chipping away at the hefty 30% fees that mobile marketplaces charge? Very simply, a merchant of record (MoR) is a legal entity that sells services or goods to a customer. How Is an MoR Different From a Payment Service Provider ?

Merchant Services 148

Merchant Services Payments Payment Methods Payment Services 148

Stax

MAY 5, 2025

Thats why its so important to get the mobile experience right, particularly regarding payments. As with eCommerce and traditional payment systems, mobile commerce requires onlinepayment gateways. A payment gateway solution is a service that authorizes credit card payments and processes them on behalf of the merchant.

Payments 88

Payments Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

Stax

MARCH 4, 2025

Customer support – Payment gateways dont always run smoothly. Also, evaluate the quality of customer service you receive. API vs. plug-and-play solutions There are two primary types of payment gateways for you to choose from, namely API and plug-and-play solutions.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Stax

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Consider the average transaction size and volume your business handles, as some processors are better suited for larger transactions, while others are ideal for high-frequency, low-amount payments. Does your business model include recurring billing? Need to send invoices or only take payments at a point-of-sale?

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

User Pilot

JUNE 25, 2025

Once usage stabilizes, you can introduce premium tiers or subscriptions that add value without alienating users. Subscription How it works: The subscription model charges users recurring fees (monthly/annual) for ongoing access to premium features or content. ad-supported to $22.99

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Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Strategy 66

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. Maybe your billing system is not ready, your invoicing is a patchwork, or your reconciliation and invoicing have to be done manually.

Payment Features 259

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 259

Stax

JULY 21, 2025

Now a global payment technology platform, Mastercard brands prepaid, debit, and credit cards in addition to offering a range of business and finance services globally. Instead, it earns revenue from charging banks a fee to issue cards and process payments, which is also known as an interchange fee or ‘swipe’ fee. Fleet cards.

Merchant Services 100

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payments 100

Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Seeing a real demand for business courses in their consumer marketplace, the team identified an opening in the market to disrupt corporate training and hypothesized that employers would be more than willing to pay. Prospects were confused over how the marketplace worked and the sales team struggled to explain it.

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Sales Recruiting Business 243

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Consumer marketplaces are essential to connecting businesses with consumers looking for services. That is where B2C niche marketplaces can help. Niche marketplaces allow businesses to leverage the power and branding of larger platforms to reach their target audiences. What Are B2C Niche Marketplaces?

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Marketplace as a Service B2C Payment Services Payments 144

Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

What Mol did was identify how badly traditional banks’ online payment processing worked for small European businesses, before offering Mollie recurring payments as an alternative to these businesses that were nearing bankruptcy during the lockdown. How to handle Mollie recurring payments?

Payment Features 98

Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 98

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. Customers use our platform to drive more leads, reward customers, and engage employees.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 257

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 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Walmart Marketplace is among the fastest-growing e-commerce stores out there, so if you’re looking for an Amazon alternative, it’s a serious contender. But how do you make the most of Walmart Marketplace ? What is Walmart Marketplace? Why Should I Sell on Walmart Marketplace? It’s all about moving with the times.

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Marketplace as a Service Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services 145

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. CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. Founded : 2011. Founded : 2013.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

Neil Patel

APRIL 13, 2021

Influencer marketplaces can help you do just that, so let me show you how they work. Let’s explore the mysteries of the influencer marketplace. Influencer marketplaces: These marketplaces help you match with various influencers in your niche. What Are Influencer Marketplaces? What’s the answer?

Marketplace as a Service 135

Marketplace as a Service Engagement Social Media Sales Recruiting 135

FastSpring

MARCH 8, 2024

After adopting FastSpring as their merchant of record, SocialBee even saw 2x year-over-year growth in monthly recurring revenue (MRR) after their first year with FastSpring. Our continued focus on developing and improving a great product , especially features and tools for subscription management to support SaaS businesses.

Merchant Services 158

Merchant Services Payments Payment Features Subscription 158

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.

Scale 259

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 259

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2022

Invoice financing is an excellent option for SaaS companies looking for a fast and easy way to earn a short-term type of funding. With this type of financing, invoices serve as collateral rather than your own assets.That means 0 borrowed money like with traditional loans. What is Invoice Financing? What is Invoice Financing?

Payment Features 98

Payment Features Finance SaaS Payments Payment Services 98

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Within the 200 ICOs I analyzed, there are tens of next-generation infrastructure players and a twenty or more platforms-as-a-service. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software.

Blockchain 189

Blockchain Marketplace as a Service SaaS Payment Features 189

SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2020

TaxJar’s AutoFile can also completely automate your sales tax filing, using the information it receives from your ecommerce providers and marketplaces to prepare and submit returns to each state, along with remittance. 2 Bookkeeping. If your team wasn’t spread out across the country before COVID-19, it probably is now. 4 User support.

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Business Marketplace as a Service AI Search compliance 329

SaaStr

DECEMBER 11, 2020

But, with up to 1 million ISVs crowding the $528 billion cloud services market by 2027 , vying for the most strategic route to meet your customers’ demand depends entirely on how well an ISV navigates the ins and outs of channel sales. To assist you with this all-important self-assessment, CloudBlue is introducing our Channel Maturity Scale.

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Scale Scaling Marketplace as a Service Cloud 293

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

You need to have the right software and/or hardware in place to make sure transactions are simple and secure for both parties. Not only that, as a business owner you need to know that you’re not shelling out cash on inferior services or unnecessary additional fees. Full-service credit card processing companies also take a monthly fee.

Payment Services 144

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Technical Review 144

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2022

How do you make your fledgling business seen and heard in a competitive business marketplace? These professionals had to earn their spot by selling Expensify subscriptions. Nobody wants to refer a service that may not be able to deliver. Conan Economics or How to Crush Your Enemies with Expensify’s CEO: David Barrett.

Scale 306

Scale Marketplace as a Service Advertising Business Model 306