SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2021

It’s done it by going more upmarket, and better monetizing partners and services. A reminder that adding a bit of fintech to your SaaS can be a huge accelerant. A reminder that adding a bit of fintech to your SaaS can be a huge accelerant. Services and partners are also a big part of their growth story.

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Outsourcing Services Payments Merchant Services SaaS Payments 288

SaaStr

MAY 10, 2021

Let’s take a look at a few Cloud leaders that show this quantitatively: #1 Shopify’s NRR has grown from 100% to 110% as its merchant services (payments) has exploded. Pretty good for SMB SaaS. In fact, now it’s more than 2x the size of its SaaS software alone. More on that here.

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments SMB Payment Solutions 234

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

Payrix

MARCH 12, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular initiative among vertical specific software companies looking to deliver a more seamless customer experience, introduce new revenue into the business, and stay competitive in today’s digital world. How do they think about attaching payments to those existing customers? But where to begin?

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Payments Embedded Payments Merchant Services SaaS Payments 100

Payrix

JUNE 25, 2024

Embedded Finance is more than just a buzzword; it represents a fundamental shift in how financial services are delivered and consumed today. Ian Hillis, Head of Growth at Worldpay for Platforms discusses this new term and what the opportunity may await software providers on our latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast.

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Payments Payment Solutions Finance Embedded Payments 100

FastSpring

JUNE 11, 2024

Are you looking for a merchant of record that will help you grow your subscription software business? FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital goods businesses, including software management, VAT and sales tax management, global payments, and consumer support.

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Sales Recruiting Software Review Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 113

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In this episode of Growth Stage, Carl will dives into his experience running acquisitions of SMB software businesses, including: His thoughts on what makes a software company a good target for an acquisition by a brand. So let’s dig a little bit into the process. What does that process look like? David Vogelpohl Excellent.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

FastSpring

APRIL 4, 2024

As an experienced sales and GTM leader, John Eitel has more than witnessed how product-led growth (PLG) has affected the tech and SaaS space in the last few years — he and his teams have been up close and personal with how PLG increased in popularity as a sales strategy. “I Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.

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Scale Sales Payment Methods Merchant Services 157

SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

This dynamic trio of SaaS experts share how to stay customer-centric and set yourself apart in today’s rapidly changing environment. Nick Mehta: On a boat in Rhode Island and then our second guest Jay Snyder, who just recently took over as Chief Customer Officer of New Relic, publicly traded SaaS company. So really well said.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payments 266

FastSpring

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Highlights from Our Conversation Where Should SaaS Companies Localize [2 min clip] David walked through a step-by-step process to assess where SaaS and software companies should consider localizing. Start with your existing sales and see where there’s interest from existing buyers. Why Localize Incrementally [1.5

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Payment Methods Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Software Review 78

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Offline Revenue Up +33%, B2B Growth up 140% While many think of Shopify as mainly an SMB online solution, it’s biggest growth now is in its largest customers, in its offline/ in-store business, and in B2B commerce. Relatively speaking, SMB online is softer. #4. Shopify is an ecommerce fintech that is powered by a SaaS solution.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 285

FastSpring

JUNE 2, 2025

Likewise, in the tech-meets-ecommerce space, there were very few SaaS companies out there, live service gaming didnt really exist yet, and software companies wanting to sell their software globally had very, very few options. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Watch or listen now!

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