SaaStr

MARCH 31, 2022

This episode is an excerpt from a session at SaaStr Scale. So for the audience, cloud giants are turbocharging startup sales, and the predominant reason for this is because they’re fundamentally changing IT budgets at the customers that we’re all selling to. Azure’s marketplace has over 4 million monthly visitors.

Scale 191

Scale Marketplace as a Service Cloud SaaS Payments 191

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

What is an international payment gateway? 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.

Payment Services 141

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 141

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

Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Without a merchant account, it’s very difficult to ensure consistent cash flow or manage multiple sales channels effectively. Moreover, many merchant accounts today come bundled with a payment gateway, another crucial component of the online payment process that streamlines transactions and protects against fraudulent activity.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 88

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

The faster you grow, the more likely you are to achieve long-term success (and actually survive long enough to scale). Just look at subscription analytics startup ChartMogul whose brand and product are now a household name in the SaaS community. Along the way, they’ve become something of a leading authority on subscription businesses.

Underperforming Technical Team 183

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Payments Payment Services 183

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Here are ten questions that came up over and over again in our conversations: Evaluation Checklist: 10 Questions for SaaS Payment Processing. Is it the interface? Integrations?

Payment Services 135

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 135

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