SaaStr

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In a volatile economic climate and market, founders must employ smart growth strategies while focusing on efficiency. Moving away from a subscription to a consumption-led model can bring several benefits to your business. These scaling strategies might demand operational changes for your company. Share the logic behind changes.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

By Inga Broerman How High-Performing Subscription Businesses Maximize NRR For subscription-based businesses, Net Revenue Retention (NRR) is the ultimate measure of growth and sustainability. High-performing subscription businesses use NRR as a growth engine , ensuring that renewals and expansions outpace any losses from churn.

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Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

Blulogix

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Inga Broerman How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing The subscription economy is undergoing a transformation, driven by the rising popularity of usage-based pricing. The days of flat-rate subscriptions being the default option are gone. Your ERP cannot bill usage subscriptions.

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Payment Features Subscription Pricing Artificial Intelligence 52

SaaStr

MAY 13, 2021

. #429: In this episode, ProfitWell Founder & CEO Patrick Campbell shares benchmarks from over 23,000 companies and offers a helpful framework to re-evaluate your retention strategy and increase your CLV (Customer Lifetime Value) between 10 and 60%. Patrick Campbell.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian The New Standard for Subscription Renewals: Intelligent, Automated, and Scalable For subscription businesses, renewals are the foundation of predictable revenue and long-term growth. Subscription models thrive on automation, accuracy, and data-driven decision-making and renewals should be no different.

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Payment Features Subscription Payments Payment Services 59

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2025

That said, you might be wondering what strategies work within the confines of today’s rules and if it’s even possible to earn 50% or more of your game’s revenue through D2C. Why these strategies actually can result in >50% revenue coming from D2C. How many years you recall did you pay for the subscription?

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. To succeed, subscription-based organizations must embrace smarter, more integrated approaches to billing, management, and strategy.

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Stax

MAY 20, 2024

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. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Companies need to: Ensure secure data handling Maintain clean data for model training Integrate effectively across multiple systems Enable real-time data access where needed Evolution of Business Models The integration of AI is driving changes in how vertical software companies approach pricing and business models: Pricing Strategies Traditional subscription-based (..)

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AI Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Systems Review 219

Blulogix

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Learn how UCaaS providers can streamline their pricing strategies with advanced catalog management and flexible pricing tools and how you can reduce administrative overhead, eliminate errors, and create a transparent pricing experience for your customers.

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SaaStr

APRIL 14, 2025

From seasoned founders to rising stars, every session is handpicked to deliver actionable insights and real-world strategies to help you scale faster. Whether youre looking for a co-founder, a mentor, or your next big customer, youll find them here.

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VP of Engineering CTO Coach VPCs (Virtual Private Cloud) Scale 198

SaaStr

JUNE 12, 2021

Since the dawn of the age of the subscription, forcing people to keep paying to use some small part of a web service has been a common strategy. And making it hard to leave a subscription has probably been a strategy employed by some since the very first gym opened. Yes, SaaS is often sold as a subscription.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 2, 2025

By Inga Broerman How Industry Consolidation is Reshaping Subscription Billing The subscription economy is on a path of rapid growth and transformation, projected to reach a $3 trillion valuation in 2024. Prioritize Integration: Ensure your billing systems are seamlessly connected to your CRM, ERP, and subscription management tools.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2025

But this transition isnt easyit requires enterprise-grade features, dedicated sales teams, and a shift in go-to-market strategy. Subscription revenue has accelerated to 31%. Larger customers bring higher ACVs, better retention, and more predictable revenue. Accelerating at Scale. This is So Impressive.

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FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., upgrades, downgrades, and adding or removing products). Send invoices and/or payment notifications.

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Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 142

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If a business wants to shift to an entirely new model, such as it wants to move from a traditional model to a subscription based one, it needs to migrate to a new billing system. A system which supports recurring subscriptions, and advanced pricing strategies. The existing system offers less and costs more.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

Optimizing your SaaS Pricing Strategy for new MRR vs. net revenue retention. Inflation isn’t flat: Vary your strategy. Our all-in-one payment platform includes a best-in-class localized checkout, subscription management, global tax management, reporting and analytics tools, and more. How FastSpring can help.

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SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 148

SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2021

62% of revenue from annual subscriptions. A reminder that, like Zoom , you don’t have to force annual subscriptions. Another way to see how critical a multi-product strategy often is at scale. But it’s just the start. Freshworks quintupled its customer base from 2015 to 2021. And a few bonus learnings: #6.

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Scale SMB Scaling Subscription 361

USIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

Subscription Models: Usio will provide general insights into why subscription-based payment processing is often considered advantageous for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Predictable Revenue Streams: Subscription models provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream for SaaS companies.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 130

Blulogix

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By BluLogix Team Thriving in the Subscription Economy of 2025 and Beyond Introduction The subscription economy is not just a trendits a transformative shift in how businesses operate and generate value. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI is set to play a significant role in the future of the subscription economy.

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Blulogix

MARCH 13, 2025

By BluLogix Team Subscription Billing vs. Usage-Based Billing: Which Model Wins in 2025? Introduction Introduction Subscription billing has been the backbone of SaaS, telecom, and cloud services for years, but consumption billing is quickly gaining traction. Learn how to optimize your billing strategy in our exclusive webinar.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

By bridging the gap between general-purpose capabilities and domain-specific expertise, fine-tuning and distillation strategies can help large enterprises move past the last mile problem—ensuring AI solutions truly meet the standards for reliability and accuracy.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 14, 2025

Strategies for accurate usage tracking and flexible billing models. This isnt just theorythese are proven strategies designed for real-world results. C-suite executives focused on scalable growth strategies. Join us to discover how smarter systems and strategies can help your business grow. Who Should Attend?

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Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MAY 20, 2025

Ive used several tools including ChatGPT , Midjourney , Gamma and Getimg to create the following: Business Plan Investor Deck Competitive Landscape Analysis Marketing Strategy Brand Messaging Strategy Brand Playbook Images of Restaurant Website Promotional Images Video Were now in the era of the one hour business.

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AI Social Media Artificial Intelligence Branding 130

Blulogix

JULY 26, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Subscription Billing Account Complexity in Modern Enterprises In the era of digital transformation, enterprises face unprecedented challenges in managing account complexities. Read More » June 20, 2024 The post Navigating Subscription Billing Account Complexity in Modern Enterprises appeared first on BluLogix.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Services Enterprise 105

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

was pretty simplified, mostly made up of annual or monthly subscriptions. From 2010 until 2015, the SaaS world was becoming more complex with the introduction of static bundles and recurring revenue as an addition to the annual/monthly subscription model. Common SaaS strategies for 10x growth. Create an end-to-end strategy.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

By Inga Broerman The Renewal Blind Spot: Where Subscription Businesses Lose the Most Revenue Renewals should be a source of predictable, recurring revenue yet for many subscription businesses, they are a pain point filled with inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and revenue leakage. The result?

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FastSpring

JULY 26, 2024

Key strategies for interpreting your KPI over time. In this episode, we’re going to be talking about developing a winning KPI strategy for game marketing. But most games now, most especially big AAA games, they’re going to have some sort of subscription service, DLCs, secondary parts of the product that you can buy.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

As such, you must tailor your strategies to meet your target customers’ specific needs and expectations. Unlike traditional businesses, most SaaS businesses operate the subscription pricing model. It is, thus, important that you carefully craft your strategy to improve satisfaction.

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Business Underperforming Technical Team Customer Lifetime Value Systems Review 111

SaaStr

MAY 12, 2022

Offering its services as a freemium-based model, CircleCI recognizes driving trials as the cornerstone of a go-to-market strategy for any developer tool. . Jim Rose, CEO of CircleCI, leverages his experience marketing to software developers to discuss the merits of moving from a subscription-based to a usage-based business model.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Now more than ever, an independent software vendor’s (ISV’s) path to profitability depends upon the strength of their go-to-market strategy. In turn, charting a course to channel proficiency depends upon optimizing your channel partner engagement strategy at every stage. A delicate balance for the Modern ISV.

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Tom Tunguz

APRIL 1, 2024

y/y, estimated sales efficiency is 0.11, & contribution margins are negative : Rubrik sells $1 of subscription software for $0.88. It’s a strategic imperative to metamorphose from an on-premises perpetual-license company to a subscription-software company as fast as possible. But overall revenue is growing 4.5%

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Folks churn out of their Verizon plan, their Netflix subscription, etc. In a low-end subscription model for a tool, not a solution (e.g., They will come and go, and their lifetime values often will be relatively small & short, so your customer acquisition strategies will have to be extremely precise.

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Churn Sales Hiring Systems Review B2C 362

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In 2022, founders and investors must be ready to pivot strategy at any moment. Average-based metrics are misleading for modern cloud companies with access to more diverse GTM strategies and customer bases. SaaS Subscriptions as Annuities: It’s common to consider subscription contracts as annuities with an upfront cost.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2024

Should it be subscriptions, usage, solutions, or something entirely different? It’s a real technical problem to solve for to keep your pricing and packaging strategy and execution strong. The most common pricing models are: Subscription — per seat or user, freemium, per product with add-ons Consumption — how much you’re using.

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