Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. The potential impact of failed or inadequate internal systems, processes, procedures, etc. Let’s get started.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

Shopify, since last year, has nearly tripled in market cap driven by the rise of e-commerce, but also the digital payments and the QR code system they provide for contactless payments. Cloud Marketplaces. Diversity, equity and inclusion software taking their rightful place. Product-led Growth. Usage-based pricing.

Cloud 197

Cloud Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions 197

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 1, 2024

When payment processing is smooth, the flow of the recurring revenue stream automatically remains steady. So, many companies have started offering Merchant of Record payment processing services. Also, businesses that need to hunt investors for their innovative projects must opt for Merchant of Record (MoR) services.

Merchant Services 52

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 52

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 1, 2024

Would you not want an all-solution software that would not only aid you in this process, but perhaps also take this entire burden off your shoulders so that you could focus on other tasks (such as focusing on the development and growth of your e-commerce business)?

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments 52

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing , when it comes to finding the billing history for Stripe customers, things are needlessly complicated. Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products.

Payment Services 98

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payments 98

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 27, 2020

In part two of our Sequencing Business Models series , we talked about the different types of marketplaces and what needs to be built to be effective in each of them. This builds on the first essay in the series of how there has been an increase in interest of SAAS-like models interested in becoming marketplaces over time.

Payments 56

Payments Business Model Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 56

Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

By BluLogix Team Elevating Customer Engagement and Retention Through Automation In the competitive arena of recurring revenue models, the mastery of customer lifecycle management (CLM) becomes paramount for sustaining growth and ensuring customer satisfaction.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services Revenue Management 52

OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace. When calculating this metric, it is important to only use contracted recurring revenue and not one-time payments from services or any other one-time payment. .

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Metrics Payments Payment Services 98

OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Customers of these SaaS companies also referred to as “Small and Medium Businesses” or SMBs, need the same software solutions as Enterprise companies but have resource constraints that prevent them from using the top SaaS vendors. The most common strategies are Direct Sales, Inside Sales, eCommerce Marketplaces, and Partnerships.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 52

OpenView Labs

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Operations: Measure product health indicators, aka the leading indicators that predict future retention. The data shows that companies with a usage-based model outperform their peers in both landing new customers (lower CAC payback) and expanding them (higher Net Dollar Retention). Usage-based pricing isn’t just trendy, it’s impactful.

Payment Services 80

Payment Services Benchmarks SaaS Payments Merchant Services 80

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. Some solutions, like Slack or Microsoft, are useful for any kind of business. What is Vertical SaaS?

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

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. This leads to long term retention and the maximization of revenue.

Payments 70

Payments Revenue VP of Engineering Payment Methods 70

Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services. Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge.

Marketplace as a Service 83

Marketplace as a Service B2B Payments SaaS Payments 83

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.

Payments 122

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 122

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 14, 2022

Companies are ramping up their efforts to increase retention and create sustainable relationships with their customer base – and, those who are providing an exceptional customer experience are seeing the biggest impact on their bottom line. My main focus at the time was not industry – I didn’t know anything about payments.

Scale 118

Scale Sales Hiring Payment Solutions Payment Services 118

SmartKarrot

JANUARY 4, 2022

Attract, hire and empower a world-class team that can manage large, complex customer installations, and provide advisory services on revenue operations and intelligence. Drive strong internal collaboration with the Account Management, Product, Services and Support teams, as the quarterback of the customer experience and solution adoption.

Customer Success 3

Customer Success Payment Solutions Sales Hiring Payments 3

ProfitWell

MARCH 11, 2020

But as cost containment becomes a priority for businesses looking to thrive in the modern digitally-transformed marketplace, keeping existing customers happy and loyal is now a primary concern. But creating customer retention strategies requires a deep understanding of your retention issues. How is customer retention measured?

Retention 52

Retention Metrics SaaS Payments Underperforming Technical Team 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

I was working on a startup that was an early mobile payment platform. It was basically using Bluetooth and an app on PalmPilots to do wireless payments in restaurants. And there’s a lot of benefit to running a software as a service, in general. You might sell it through Facebook marketplace.

SaaS Payments 255

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Services Payment Solutions 255

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. And account management, which is basically around for retention and also upsell of different products. I didn’t want to pay for this service.”

SaaS Payments 229

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 229

SaaStr

DECEMBER 10, 2019

WePay is a payments company for platform businesses like marketplaces, crowdfunding sites & small business software. I’ve learned a lot about just the financial system at scale. Chase Merchant Services that we’re now a part of processes $1.2 And Jay was sort of our solution to that process.

Payment Services 134

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payments 134

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

That is – a low-fi structural diagram setting out where each control and functional element of your app will sit relative to everything else. Balsamiq offers a web version and a downloadable desktop app. Adobe XD has no such limitations, being a core part of the Adobe software suite. Wireframing. Source: xd.adobe.com.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments 98

SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

So we have over 260 portfolio companies globally, it’s all enterprise software, predominantly SaaS. And that is you’re seeing a bit of a separation in those companies that have really the stickiest, most critical solution. Matt Garratt: Go to the next slide. Right now, learning for companies is only at 10% online.

Sales Hiring 164

Sales Hiring Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services 164

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 23, 2020

Take HubSpot, for example: over the last five years, they’ve grown their app marketplace from 40 to 350 integrations. In the company’s early days, the team prioritized building integrations and doing co-marketing with big payment processors and subscription billing platforms. Today they boast more than 20 integrations.

Underperforming Technical Team 183

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Payments Payment Services 183

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. Going back a bit, Brian was a co-founder at SkillSlate, a local services marketplaces similar to Thumbtack. We raised a $1.5-million

Marketplace as a Service 189

Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189