Subscription Flow

MARCH 20, 2024

SimpleCirc stands out as a noteworthy option when looking into subscription management software because of its intuitive user interface and effective subscriber data handling. SimpleCirc’s creative strategy guarantees smooth financial flows, which is advantageous to both consumers and businesses.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. An ICP aligns your product, sales, marketing, service, and executive teams to all focus on your highest-value accounts. Spotlighting the success of an ICP-focused strategy . Delight customers. Form advocates.

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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.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Streamlining Success: What is the Role of Automation in Customer Lifecycle Management for Recurring Revenue? This blog post explores how employing automation in CLM can revolutionize the way businesses nurture their customer base, enhance engagement, and secure recurring revenue streams.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2019

While we can’t give you a definitive answer to this question, we’ll do our best to give you information about the pros and cons of each strategy so you can make the best possible decision to meet your company needs. In-House Ecommerce Solution. The Pros of Having an In-house Ecommerce Solution. Outsourced Ecommerce Solution.

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Buffer Resources

APRIL 10, 2024

  Whether you have 3,000 or 300,000 followers, you can monetize your Instagram with the right strategy. According to Instagram , creators receive 100% of the revenue from badges purchased during a live video, minus applicable taxes, fees, and the 30% cut Google and Apple take for in-app purchases. Let’s get into it.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

This comprehensive sequence, spanning from the initial quote to the final collection of cash, encapsulates the essence of customer engagement and revenue realization. Strategies for Q2C Optimization Automate for Efficiency: Automation is the linchpin of an optimized Q2C process.

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Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

And to process payments a secure system is needed. Merchant of Record (MoR) is one such system. SubscriptionFlow now offers MoR services. This blog is also helpful for those who are looking for Chargebee Merchant of Record services because so far, Chargebee does not offer anything like that.

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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.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The solution? In this guide, we’ll discuss the benefits of buying and selling a micro startup, the trends changing M&R strategy, and the top tools you can use to sell (or buy) your startup. Micro startup acquisitions are a move away from buying businesses with established products or even proven revenue streams.

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FastSpring

APRIL 7, 2022

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. They also noticed a lack of transparency and efficiency in the services that were being provided at the time and decided to fix that problem. What Is Messente? Were they delivered?

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FastSpring

MARCH 25, 2019

If software companies don’t allocate resources towards making it easier for customers to buy online, customers will get frustrated and abandon their shopping cart. Successful software companies across the globe understand that partnering with a full-service ecommerce platform is the key to growing their business.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 24, 2021

Arguably the most beautiful aspect of SaaS or subscription based businesses is the recurring revenue that comes with them. As a business owner or founder, you worry far less about how much cash is in the bank with the predictability that Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) brings. Integrate Subscription Management Software: 3.

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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. As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This evolution has paved the way for subscription and recurring revenue models to emerge as powerful strategies for sustainable growth. This model offers customers ongoing value through regular access to products or services, in exchange for recurring payments.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Who creates an online marketing strategy that’s consistent with company goals and objectives? Know Company Strategy and Goals. One of the Ecommerce Manager’s most important responsibilities is to fully understand the company strategy and its goals. The overall business strategy should guide every digital marketing decision.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We mentioned razors with disposable razor blades as an example of the typical case, but here are two more captive pricing strategy examples: Coffeemakers that can be bought for the home inexpensively but require the use of coffee pods that contain the actual coffee that will be prepared. So what is a captive pricing strategy that makes sense?

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

It got us thinking: Why is there no purpose-built operating system for corporate learning and development teams, when their jobs are so strategic to the business, and they’re managing massive budgets, but they can’t track things like ROI?” We’re enterprise software for a new category called LearnOps.

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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.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

We mentioned razors with disposable razor blades as an example of the typical case, but here are two more captive pricing strategy examples: Coffeemakers that can be bought for the home inexpensively but require the use of coffee pods that contain the actual coffee that will be prepared. So what is a captive pricing strategy that makes sense?

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Small and Mid-Market (SMM) SaaS Companies serve customers with annual revenues of $1 million to $1 billion and with a typical employee base of 100 to 1,000. An additional non-financial constraint is a fact that these customers typically lack experience in software procurement and implementation, and this adds friction to the sales cycle.

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Andreessen Horowitz

AUGUST 30, 2023

Released in 1979, VisiCalc was the first “killer app” of finance (on the Apple IIe!), Lockheed Martin makes F-35s by assembling atoms, and has a 13% gross margin; Salesforce makes software by assembling bits, and has a 74% gross margin. With this faster method of calculating, what might have taken weeks could now take seconds.

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Software Platform Consulting

MAY 6, 2019

There are also great resources for metrics specific to marketplaces (see here ). Invoicing and payment (e.g., Enterprise versions of Upwork or other labor marketplaces. This post and subsequent ones will cover four metrics: Buyer-Supplier Revenue Mix. Buyer-Supplier Revenue Mix. see here , here and here.)

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ProfitWell

APRIL 1, 2020

White-labeling services for SaaS products have become very popular over the past decade. When done correctly, an entire brand can be built around a SaaS white-label product, but you’ll need to price it correctly in order to maximize revenue. Social media management software. SEO and SEM management software.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 13, 2022

Product-lead growth continues to be one of the best ways to rapidly scale a software company, and best practices are increasingly shared and understood. Join Steven’s research, take a short survey Growth Strategies in 2022. Inflation will dominate conversations on pricing strategy and tactics, Steven Forth.

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Chargify

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At first glance, your choice of billing and subscription software might not seem super important. Many SaaS entrepreneurs don’t spend much time considering which billing software will fit their needs for the long-term. At first glance, it might seem like SaaS companies have similar billing needs as other subscription services.

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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. SaaS Metric #1 – Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Revenue from irregular overages should be bucketed together, separately from contracted ARR.

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Buffer Resources

MAY 2, 2024

  Frustrated with the slim returns from YouTube Ad revenue, they switched to a specialized video monetization platform and set up a paid membership model.    This experience is a powerful reminder of the opportunities that await when you match great content with the right monetization strategy.

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Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

billion in revenue from Google Ads alone the year before. We’re here to show you how to get the best bang for your buck by cleaning up your Pay-Per-Click (PPC) strategy. The Role of PPC in Marketing Strategies Why Your PPC Ad Needs a Dedicated Landing Page A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimizing Your Post-Click Strategy.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Vicki, if you’d give us your intro. Vicki Lin : Great. Thank you Ceci.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 12, 2023

Eduardo Chedid of PicPay shared how the company evolved into a broader financial ecosystem, shifting focus from user acquisition to net revenue growth. The company’s successful turnaround strategy involved launching new monetizable products, price optimization, efficiency gains, and embracing Brazil’s instant payment system, Pix.

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Casey Accidental

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Tim Kendall, the former President of Pinterest, repeated those words at an all hands to describe our strategy for monetization a few years ago. 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.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. We’ve seen it far too often.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 30, 2021

This week on the Sales Hacker podcast, we speak with Neil Ringers , EVP of Revenue Grid. Neil’s experience includes a long history of sales leadership, primarily in the Salesforce ecosystem, and is now running revenue for Revenue Grid. How Revenue Grid enables smarter selling. powered by Sounder. What You’ll Learn.

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SaaSHolic

MAY 15, 2023

Three important factors for companies to consider when implementing AI are discussed: organizational structure, management systems, and leadership models, with an emphasis on simplicity and financial optimization in data processes.

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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?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. Grasswire, it was because we had no team and no monetization strategy, which I do not recommend. All of the cool ideas that you had, you would get really clear feedback about what was going on, but if it was a good idea, it would really move the needle in revenue and volume.

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