SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Under Price Their Offerings Initially? Yes, most of us at first under-price and then slowly raise prices as we gain confidence. The post Dear SaaStr: Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Under Price Their Offerings Initially? But maybe not in the beginning. appeared first on SaaStr.

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User Pilot

JULY 21, 2024

So you’ve decided to invest in Userpilot to bolster product-led growth , but you’re still unsure which Userpilot pricing plan to purchase? In this article, we’ll break down Userpilot’s pricing plans and review all the features you can find when you choose your specific pricing plan. User Engagement.

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SaaStr

MARCH 14, 2024

Mobile Subscription Pricing is Flat, Not Up This is interesting. I suspect it’s because of the huge friction in mobile of moving beyond organic price points like $9.99 a month to pricing, especially for the existing base. #3. It’s actually even harder over there. So in many ways, they have to be better.

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What’s the #1 Most Important Thing in Pricing A New SaaS Product? Most first-time SaaS CEOs price too low and don’t drive ACVs up quickly enough because they don’t quite yet understand the context of the product. More here: The 3 Types of Day 1 Pricing: Low End of Normal. At least annually.

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2024

Generally speaking, there are two paradigms: Buy them out at Common Stock price (which is what they in fact own), based on the lastest option pricing. And they can figure out the price and discount. The post Dear SaaStr: If You Want to Buy Shares from a Founder That Has Left the Company, What Price Do You Use?

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2023

So price increases have been the name of the game in SaaS for the past 12 months, in many (not all) cases to help make up for slowing growth: Zendesk up 16% Salesforce up 9% Google Workspace up 20% HubSpot up 12% Webflow up 16% Shopify up 33% Slack up 10% And some of them like Slack and Salesforce hadn’t raised list prices in quite some time.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2021

Q: Dear SaaStr: Should I Publish My Pricing? Transparent pricing has many advantages: It makes the sales process simpler. And it places you app in pricing context with other apps. Do pricing right, and a number of customers who aren’t a great fit qualify themselves out. If you aren’t sure — then yes.

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How does a SaaS company find its initial price point? If you are more valuable than the comp, and are confident selling that value — pricing higher than your comp can work well. If you started off low-end, but have moved up-market … don’t be scared to totally redo your pricing each year. It’s pretty simple.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2024

And only 1/3 of these have an exit for 3x-10x the price of the last round, i.e. enough for anyone to make any money. The post What Are The Odds You Get Acquired Within 5 Years for a Good Price? What’s less clear is how many were acqui-hires or acquisitions for a very small amount. So my educated guess from this data: 1%-1.5%

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

HubSpot for example, which has been very judicious on holding the line on pricing and ACVs, raised prices 12% for the first time since 2018 — albeit only on new customers: Slack also similarly did its first pricing increase in history recently, of about 10%: Prices are going up in SaaS.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 10, 2022

Q: How can enterprise software (SaaS) pricing be optimally defined, taking into account that two of three versions of the software can be offered, e.g. ‘small’, ‘medium’, ‘large’? different enterprise products … each with different approaches to pricing! Segment your pricing (we know this).

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SaaStr

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dear SaaStr: How Do You Price a SaaS Product in a New B2B Market? The simplest answer is usually to copy the pricing from the closest public company or other break-out leader you can find that is vaguely similar. I guessed the pricing almost immediately. That everyone knows, and knows the price points of. I’ve lived it.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 22, 2023

The company’s pricing power at work : limited supply & increased demand pushes prices higher. Over the last year, the company’s operating costs haven’t increased more than 15% yet, net income (profit) has quadrupled.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 10, 2024

Over the past decade, usage-based pricing has soared in popularity because it better aligns cost with value and allows customers to pay only for what they use. Mastering forecasting in a usage-based pricing model (15:56) In subscription SaaS, there’s a repeatable playbook for assessing forecasting risk.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 8, 2024

So we are pleased to welcome Erin Price-Wright as our newest American Dynamism partner. And we are thrilled to welcome Erin Price-Wright to the American Dynamism team as our newest partner. We couldn’t agree more.

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SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2023

If you do raise prices, how about also adding more value than price increase? 2023 has become the year of not just the aggressive price increase, but the threatening renewal conversation. 2023 has become the year of not just the aggressive price increase, but the threatening renewal conversation. At least, feel better.

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Buffer Resources

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

And you don’t get “business” status without understanding pricing. So, together with creator sponsorships expert Justin Moore , who helps creators negotiate partnerships through Creator Wizard , we put together this resource on how to figure out your pricing as a creator.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Now … On that deal … go quote twice your highest price ever. And if you have a true solution, that really makes an impact … you’ll probably get the 2x pricing. 200k your new enterprise price point, not $100k. Double Your Pricing. It’s goes like this: First, who’s your largest customer?

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The Daily Egg

MAY 15, 2021

The post The Beginner’s Guide to WordPress Pricing appeared first on The Daily Egg. Perhaps you’re confused about just how much it should cost when the internet suggests it could cost anywhere between $100 and $5,000 to launch your site. Having a rough understanding of the […].

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SaaStr

JANUARY 31, 2023

So Zoom and Shopify are the latest SaaS leaders to do price increases — albeit very differently. Although it’s more impactful than it sounds, because that’s an almost 7% price increase. Bigger accounts and enterprise pricing in some cases is going up much more: Shopify’s increases are much, much bigger.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The post We’re All Paying the Price Now for Massive Overhiring appeared first on SaaStr. And all of this will surface a ton of inefficiency that grew up in tech and SaaS and Cloud in 2021 and early 2022. That’s leading to a lot of pain, even at the best of the best.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 3, 2022

With the rise of “Product Led Growth” as such a key concept in SaaS, it brings up an age-old question in business software: Should all pricing be transparent? Can you even have a mostly self-service motion in PLG with “Contact Me” in your pricing? It’s a mix.

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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 16, 2022

Is charging by consumption (usage-based pricing) a superior model for a business? Often, the effort probably isn’t worth it, unless the company’s stated strategy is to differentiate on price structure. What should my unit of pricing be? The unit of pricing is the crux to unlocking that puzzle. AppDynamics.

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Tom Tunguz

AUGUST 7, 2022

But no relationship exists between the Nasdaq’s price level & multiples. The data suggests the market has attained a pricing floor. I can’t ascertain how record fundraising inflows into private equity funds might bolster these prices, but the billions burning holes in PE wallets must impel some activity.

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SaaS Metrics

JULY 19, 2024

Open your eyes to the key differences between freemium and subscription SaaS pricing models, and discover which one can skyrocket your business success. The post Freemium Vs. Subscription: Understanding Saas Pricing Models first appeared on SaaS Metrics.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

But what about pricing? 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. Why You Shouldn’t Trust How Your Competitor’s Price.

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User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Optional product pricing can help SaaS companies earn more money while charging less for their otherwise premium product. TL;DR Optional product pricing is a strategy where you sell your core product at a low cost and then encourage consumers to buy more accessories, features, or complementary products.

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Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

The phrase “dynamic pricing” often sparks heated debates in eCommerce and retail, and it’s not hard to see why. If you’ve ever booked a hotel, ordered an Uber, or shopped on Amazon, you’ve experienced the effects of dynamic pricing in real-time. Prices may shift down or up at a moment’s notice.

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SaaStr

MARCH 29, 2024

The post Can You Still Get Acquired for a Decent Price if Growth Has Slowed or Even Stopped? But even if you’re out of ideas for now, don’t give up all hope of a potentially decent M&A offer, especially if you are cash-flow neutral and haven’t raised too much (that’s important).

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The Daily Egg

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The post The Truth About SIP Trunk Pricing and Implementation Costs appeared first on The Daily Egg. If you’re looking into SIP trunk costs for your business, you’ve likely compared this internet-based system to traditional Primary Rate Interface (PRI).

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