FastSpring

OCTOBER 31, 2022

When managing international recurring payments, there are three overarching considerations: Staying up to date with local tax laws and transaction regulations Making it really easy for customers to make the initial purchase and sign up for recurring payments Ensuring each subsequent payment goes through.

Merchant Services 78

Merchant Services Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions 78

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. It's the No.1 Square Fees: 3.5

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

In broad strokes, recurring billing consists of four steps: Setting up trials, recurring billing intervals, and pricing models. Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Table of Contents.

Payment Solutions 134

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 134

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

Payment Services 144

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 144

Baremetrics

AUGUST 22, 2021

Subscription revenue can be defined most simply as a model which generates income from customers through recurring fees that are paid at regular intervals. These can be weekly, monthly, or annual payments. Subscription Pricing Models How to Get Subscription Pricing Right The Advantages of a Subscription Revenue Model 1.

Payment Features 90

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 90

Stax

MARCH 26, 2024

Online payment systems are the standard. Online terminals (sometimes referred to as virtual terminals) power various types of transactions, including eCommerce and payments made over the phone. This article covers the what, why, and how of online terminals; all a business owner needs to know to dive in and thrive.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 88

Blulogix

APRIL 12, 2024

The intricate nature of subscription models can indeed be a formidable maze, but with the right strategies, businesses can turn these complexities into substantial advantages. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

Payment Features 77

Payment Features Subscription Payments B2B 77

FastSpring

APRIL 18, 2024

For many SaaS and software companies, international sales are a key part of their growth trajectories. But with international growth comes a long list of international business concerns about how to appeal to potential customers in new countries. Why it’s so important to optimize pricing for local markets.

Payment Methods 78

Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services 78

FastSpring

JANUARY 19, 2023

NitroPack , a website performance optimization platform, has become one of the fastest-growing startups in CEE. Since it joined FastSpring in early 2020, the company has increased its revenue by 628% and is still growing fast. When NitroPack was first getting started, they used PayPal to accept and process payments. “It

Merchant Services 141

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments Payment Features 141

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Integrations? How does the provider protect against payment fraud? Is it the interface?

Payment Services 138

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 138

Blulogix

APRIL 2, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: How to Manage Subscription Complexity: A Comprehensive Roadmap The evolution of B2B subscription models has introduced unprecedented flexibility and opportunities for businesses across various sectors.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Services Subscription SaaS Payments 52

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most SaaS businesses adopt a subscription-based model supported by a recurring payment system. Setting up a recurring payment system can be complicated and requires the right tools to measure, manage, and review payments regularly. What is Recurring Billing? How Does Recurring Billing Work?

Payment Services 89

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features Payments 89

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans.

Merchant Services 68

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services 68

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

But, there are still many interesting things we can learn from Shopify, especially since it sells to so many SMBs, has been late to go upmarket, and combines a payments/fintech element with pure SaaS. Sales might want a tighter “gate” to convert to paid. Subscriptions can fuel payments and merchant revenue.

Payments 337

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Scale 337

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? If you’re searching for one of these platforms, what qualities are important to you? After all, it plays a big role in how you get paid.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Revenue vs. profit vs. income: The terms may seem synonymous and are sometimes even used interchangeably, but they tell different stories about a company. Revenue growth suggests an expanding business and in-demand product, but whether there is any financial gain for the business is determined by the income.

Payments 101

Payments Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Services 101

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

They also talked about the difficulties — and potential advantages — of selling into small businesses, taking alternative approaches to interviewing candidates, and the importance of keeping culture a vital part of a company as it scales. Alex: The other side of the equation on customer acquisition is monetization.

Payments 105

Payments Forecasting Payment Services Payment Solutions 105

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

When FastSpring’s Chief Product Officer Kurt Smith worked with growth-stage to Fortune 100 companies at Accel-KKR, he consistently saw pricing as one of the most essential growth levers they employed to meet their next revenue goal. Schedule a demo to learn how we can help you scale across borders to go farther faster.

Pricing 135

Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 135

SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2024

Strong growth, break-even margins, and very high quality revenue. The Big Efficiency Cuts Have Been in Sales & Marketing Procore got more efficient and its operating margins up mainly by cutting sales & marketing expense — down almost 10% this past year. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

Scale 218

Scale Payment Services Payment Features Construction 218

Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Fast forward to now where much has changed, and research anticipates contactless mobile payments to exceed one billion users globally by 2024. Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Services Mobile Payments Merchant Services 88

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Reason 1: To Introduce You to Digital Invoicing and Interactive Quotes, Our Latest Products. Earlier this year, we released Digital Invoicing , a new, easy way to create and send invoices directly from FastSpring — no PDFs or back and forth emails required. Reason 3: To Highlight Our SaaS and Subscription Business.

Merchant Services 135

Merchant Services Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments 135

Stax

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

So, of course when it came to revenue-driving activities, Ford knew that success in marketing—and business—wasn’t about how much your marketing spend is, but how efficiently you spend it. Enter the SaaS Magic Number, which measures the return on sales and marketing spend in generating new subscription revenue.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Stax 88

SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2023

So one large category of software spend is on Point of Sale systems. And their mix of software, payments and hardware revenue drives up the total deal size — but puts a lot of pressure on margins. 39% of their revenues from software, and going down. Driving up ARPU at scale key to growth with SMBs.

Payment Solutions 245

Payment Solutions Point of Sale Payments SaaS Payments 245

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Powered by a modern business messenger , it scales your ability to answer more questions from more customers without increasing headcount, budget, or hours logged. Future-proofing your support tech stack to meet both business objectives and the needs of modern customers starts with laying the right foundations. Team Inbox.

Technical Review 249

Technical Review Customer Support Payment Methods Payment Solutions 249

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The subscription revenue model is hardly new. But in the past few years, subscriptions have seen a bit of a resurgence. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find an industry that hasn't seen at least one subscription success story: Cars. Even the humble houseplant doesn’t seem immune to the subscription economy.

Payment Features 74

Payment Features Payments Subscription Revenue 74

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 10, 2022

No, you don’t need to be psychic – maintaining a joyful CX is made easier with platforms like FullStory. When integrated with Intercom, you can uncover what happens when a customer visits your site or app, and how to proactively improve their experience. Payments become much more flexible to manage with integrations such as Stripe.

Payment Methods 209

Payment Methods Technical Review Payments Payment Solutions 209

Chart Mogul

MARCH 30, 2020

So you're building an awesome subscription business — great! How do you manage the process of accepting money from your customers? Building your own billing system can be a world of pain, risk and complexity, so what options are out there for integrating a third party product? You also need flexibility in integrations.

Payment Solutions 90

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Features SaaS Payments 90

SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. Expecting a bit of a rebound later in the year, with more merchants joining the platform in 2H’22 than 1H’22. #4.

Payment Methods 230

Payment Methods Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 230

Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Sales teams feel constant pressure to speed up time-to-revenue and quickly close deals. Some parts of the sales process remain disjointed and even with technology to streamline steps, teams could still be working in silos. 7 sales processes you can automate now. 7 sales processes you can automate now.

Payments 87

Payments Payment Services Revenue Payment Solutions 87

Baremetrics

AUGUST 30, 2021

Chargebee is a subscription billing and payment software system ideal for SaaS and subscription-based companies. Chargebee assists companies that offer subscription services in automating their billing procedures by enabling you to modify pricing, provide coupons, and conduct campaigns—all without the assistance of a developer.

SaaS Payments 93

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 93

Baremetrics

JULY 22, 2021

PayPal is a popular choice for online payment processing. The platform currently serves over 20 million active merchant accounts globally, and is a proven solution trusted by entrepreneurs for over twenty years. But for SaaS businesses, PayPal lacks the analytics and reporting features they need to support sustainable growth.

PayPal 98

PayPal Merchant Services Payments SaaS Payments 98

SaaSOptics

MARCH 10, 2022

Is your company taking advantage of CFO tools like automated invoicing, database management, and automatic tax-compliance updates? It’s common for companies to have digitized some of their financial processes. SaaSOptics is the bridge between a company’s CRM and general ledger that prevents revenue from falling through the cracks.

Payment Services 87

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments Payment Solutions 87

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

One way to do that is through marketing and revenue-generating strategies such as freemium and product demos which are critical to growing one’s clientele. This can be done through a variety of platforms, including social media, email marketing, online ads, and content marketing.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And, when you do, do you even think about sale tax compliance? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. It can be confusing to understand how and where you should charge sales tax. Let’s explore a few more ways in which sales tax compliance could impact your growing business. It’s part of doing business!

Payment Services 266

Payment Services compliance SaaS Payments Scale 266

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Before reading through yet another “Top-29 SaaS billing platforms” feature comparison post, decide how you want the billing tool to play with the rest of your operations stack. I recommend that a startup should consider three questions when choosing a SaaS billing platform: What is the specific billing logic the platform should provide?

Payment Solutions 52

Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments Software Review 52

Buffer Resources

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

For one, she has built a stable and viable business, achieving six figures in revenue every year for the past five years and even bringing in multiple-six-figures in 2021 when she expanded her business with subcontractors. I take home 100 percent of my profit as my salary. (I

Scale 115

Scale Scaling Payment Solutions Payment Services 115

Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

This allows their team to focus on product, sales, and customer success while staying lean. MetricFire is a full-scale platform that offers infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. Stripe is the leading payment processing service for SaaS and subscription businesses.

Payment Services 105

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 105