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Unearned Revenue: What it is and What it Means for Subscription Businesses

Stax

When can revenue NOT be counted as revenue? The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once.

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The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make

SaaStr

Was it misunderstanding bookings vs. ARR vs. GAAP revenue, was that the issue? With early revenue, you start thinking about churn and scalability of every aspect of the business, including product, infrastructure, customer support, sales and marketing. Mistake #1: Bookings are not revenue. They didn’t make any sense.

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Empowering Your Business with Stax Bill: A Comprehensive Guide to Billing Platforms

Stax

As industry leaders in billing software, our mission is to help our customers work more efficiently, recover more revenue, and effortlessly collect invoices. Additionally, the platform automates the dunning process to reduce customer churn and revenue leakage. Learn More What is a Billing Platform?

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No, Free Pilots and Free Trials Aren’t Revenue. Keep it Simple — And Real.

SaaStr

Q: Can SaaS free pilots and trials periods count towards gross revenue then deducted as a marketing expense? If it’s truly free — it isn’t revenue. Third, if you want credit for deals with future contracted revenue, but without immediate revenue — add a new metric “contracted revenue” and carefully explain it.

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Getting SaaS Accounting and Financial Operations Right in 2022

SaaSOptics

Based on a 2019 survey, Gartner forecasts that eighty-four percent of new software will be delivered as SaaS , and this percentage is expected to increase as existing providers transition to a subscription-based model. This means that revenue is recognized at the time of the transaction. And this trend will continue. The result?

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Important Changes in Revenue and Profitability Definitions for SaaS Companies

Tom Tunguz

Starting in January, public software companies will report their financials using ASC 606. The two most important changes are changes to revenue and profitability. Today, all software revenue is recognized ratably over the contract period. Under ASC 606, hosted revenue recognition doesn’t change.

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How to Find the Best SaaS Billing Platform: A Complete Guide

Stax

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software? This includes subscription management, revenue recognition, dunning management, integrations with other business systems, fraud prevention, and more.