Payrix

APRIL 17, 2025

What is a payment facilitator? A payment facilitator (or PayFac) is a software platforms all-in-one payment processing solution. Instead of your customers needing to create their own merchant account to process payments, you as the PayFac developer handle all the payments setup and complexity for them.

Payment Services

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Startups operate in newer markets where pricing standards haven’t been set. But throughout this turmoil, startups must adopt a process to craft a good pricing strategy, and re-evaluate prices periodically, at least once per year. Penetration pricing leads to land-and-expand sales tactics. AWS, Twilio, Heroku, etc.

SaaS Payments

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Selling internationally can get complicated very quickly if you’re trying to manage cross border payments yourself. And typical payment service providers won’t help you with most of those concerns. Read on to learn: Why cross border payments are key to taking your business global.

Merchant Services

SaaStr

JULY 23, 2025

Managing revenue operations (RevOps) in a SaaS company is all about aligning sales, marketing, and customer success to drive growth efficiently. Align Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success These teams need to work as one unit. Focus on Net Revenue Retention (NRR) NRR is the most important metric in SaaS.

Sales Hiring

Stax

JUNE 3, 2025

The term SaaS platform gets tossed around a lotbut what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for today’s software companies? Whether you’re building your first product or scaling an established solution, understanding the SaaS platform model is essential for long-term growth. Contact sales What is a SaaS Platform?

Payment Services

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. In a compelling discussion on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast, Ian Hillis hosted payments veterans Ella Aguirre and Michael Veatch to reflect on the past year.

Payments

Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

That’s the main premise of vertical SaaS. Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. What is Vertical SaaS? Since vertical SaaS platforms are niche-focused (e.g.,

Merchant Services

Stax

MAY 13, 2025

Credit card merchant services are often viewed as a back-office function or necessary cost. When leveraged strategically, these services can become a key driver of business growth. With the right provider, merchant services can improve your checkout experience, increase cash flow, and unlock valuable business insights.

Merchant Services

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

According to the US Federal Reserve in 2022, general-purpose card payments reached $153.3 On top of that, 69% of Americans online in 2023 said they used digital payment methods to make a purchase. To address evolving customer demands and accept electronic payments, you need a payment processing system.

Payment Services

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A master merchant, often referred to as a payment facilitator or merchant aggregator, is a third-party agent that acts as the link between acquirers and online merchants. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

Merchant Services

SaaStr

JULY 9, 2025

For SaaS founders, NVIDIA’s journey offers critical lessons about platform strategy, timing major transitions, and building infrastructure that becomes indispensable. Key Lesson: The best platforms don’t just serve one vertical—they create horizontal infrastructure that enables entirely new categories of applications.

SaaS Payments

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

The shift from “innovation budget” to “operational budget” means AI tools must compete directly with established software investments—and many aren’t winning those comparisons yet. The spending data captures signatures and payments, not the decision-making process that began quarters earlier.

AI

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2025

I dream about clients telling me, ‘Hey, I did not receive my payment today. ” This brutal honesty has become Wang’s signature—and it’s exactly what propelled Deel from $1M to $100M ARR in just 20 months, making them (briefly) the fastest-growing SaaS company in history. .” What is going on?'”

Payment Services

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In the SaaS industry, the checkout experience can make or break a sale. A seamless, localized checkout process is crucial for converting potential customers, especially in global markets. Focusing on these three key areas can help your SaaS business win more customers: Language. Payment methods. Currency display.

Payment Methods

FastSpring

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It’s almost time again for Cyber Weekend, and November sales spikes aren’t just for holiday gifts and physical goods — SaaS and software companies also benefit from this annual increase in sales. trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data. Up-to-date global trends in year-end SaaS and software sales data.

Payment Solutions

SaaStr

JULY 26, 2025

A look back here at the top 10 learnings from his deep dive with Sam Blond on SaaStr CRO Confidential Most SaaS companies sell horizontally to desk workers across multiple industries. Here are 10 key lessons from Toast’s remarkable journey scaling vertical SMB sales: 1. One in five Toast deals comes from referrals.

SMB

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion. But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. On the surface, it seems effortless, with customers only taking a few seconds to initiate and complete payments.

Payment Methods

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

ServiceTitan, the operating system for the trades, continues to scale impressively, with $772M in FY25 revenue, $800m+ ARR and a clear path to $1B ARR. It’s the vertical SaaS rocketship: $840m ARR Still growing a stunning 29% (!) Lesson for SaaS Founders : If youre in vertical SaaS, aim to be the OS for your niche.

Payments

USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

Managing payments efficiently isnt just a convenienceits a necessity. For companies handling high volumes of transactions, traditional payment systems often lead to inefficiencies, hidden costs, and unnecessary complexity. Integrated payment solutions offer a streamlined approach, helping businesses cut costs while boosting revenue.

Payments

Stax

JULY 2, 2025

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, simply acquiring customers isn’t enough. The real key to sustainable growth and increased revenue lies in maximizing payment attachment – the adoption and usage of integrated payments by your existing customer base. Krahl highlighted the lucrative payment residual stream.

Merchant Services

FastSpring

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Here are the questions we sought to answer by analyzing anonymized subscription data for transactions across various Asian countries (excluding broader “APAC” regions like Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia): How do customers in Asia’s growing markets prefer to manage their SaaS subscriptions? or EU, or are they different?

Merchant Services

Stax

MAY 23, 2025

If youre a software provider looking to boost revenue, streamline operations, and deliver more value to your users, ISV integrated payments can be a game-changer. Embedding payments directly into your platform can unlock tremendous benefits both for you and your users. The best part?

Payments

Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

Payments

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Pricing is more than just a number on a contract — when used thoughtfully, it can become a strategic tool for your SaaS product that can drive product adoption, customer satisfaction, and business growth. And if you’re enterprise or sales-led, that volume is not going to be there.”

Payments

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 22, 2024

It is already daunting to steer your company through the whirlwind of sales tax. But when it comes to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses, this statement stands even truer. So why is SaaS sales tax so challenging? The SaaS businesses have to navigate through the world of tax compliance themselves.

SaaS Payments

FastSpring

JULY 29, 2025

SaaS, software, and mobile app companies are always chasing the next logos, stacking pipeline, and are obsessing over booked revenue. If you’re looking for a payment services provider and merchant of record to help you grow your subscription business, we can help. How FastSpring can help with both ARR and NRR. Interested?

Merchant Services

Stax

JUNE 8, 2025

Industry data shows that 70% of consumers say the availability of their preferred payment method is very or extremely influential when choosing an online store. A payment processor and payment gateway are both crucial components in transactions, as they enable the various ways that shoppers want to pay.

Payment Services

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. This article will cover everything you need to know about Click to Pay, including its history, how it works, and how you can implement the payment method in your business. Learn More What is Click to Pay?

Payment Methods

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By BluLogix Team Revenue Recognition: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy What is RevRec and how does it impact accurate reporting for compliance and financial integrity? Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?

Payment Services

Payrix

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Embedded Finance is reshaping SaaS, and for good – and exciting – reasons. SaaS businesses that embed financial products are seeing a 2-5x revenue increase per user. Ian recommends that platforms looking to expand their potential with Embedded Finance find a payments partner who can grow alongside them.

Payments

Unbounce

JANUARY 6, 2025

/ Landing page optimization How to use landing page sales funnels to convert more visitors By Josh Gallant. TABLE OF CONTENTS SHARE Josh Gallant Josh is the founder of Backstage SEO , an organic growth firm that helps SaaS companies capture demand. A landing page funnel guides potential customers through your sales process.

Sales Funnel

FastSpring

JULY 22, 2025

Software companies, SaaS platforms, mobile apps businesses, and AI solutions need flexible tools that adapt to their business. At FastSpring, we’ve always operated as a developer-first platform, building tools and services to help you create, customize, and optimize every part of the subscription lifecycle.

Payment Features

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 12, 2024

From customer expectations, to market trends, to business operations, everything is evolving. These are the functions that need to be streamlined for optimum revenue growth: pricing, product launch, marketing, service innovation, customer retention etc. Companies optimize their operations in such a way which reduces customer churn.

Payments

Stax

MARCH 27, 2025

A cash shortage, a payment delay, and limited payment options. Thats why 92% of consumers and 82% of companies reportedly made the switch to electronic payments, like Electronic Funds Transfers (EFT) and Automated Clearing House (ACH). EFT and ACH payments are fast, secure, and hassle-free. Which one should you choose?

Payment Methods

Valuize Consulting

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In today’s competitive SaaS landscape, Customer Success has emerged as a vital strategic asset, driving revenue growth and long-term profitability. However, to fully unlock its potential, companies must go beyond qualitative insights and bring data into the decision-making process within Customer Success ranks and investments.

Payment Services

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

Payment Services