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5 Secrets to Moving Upmarket – How the Right Sales Tax Technology Can Support SaaS Growth

SaaStr

Say you sell a subscription-based software but you also send your customers a handy flash drive with a version of your software on it. The worst case scenario here is that you owe the state any sales tax you should have collected from your customer at the point of sale or when they pay their periodic subscription free. ” 4.

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How to Sell Subscriptions: 4 Strategies for SaaS Companies

Chargify

Recurring subscriptions are becoming the norm in the business world, and for good reason. Subscription services give the end user control over costs and employee access, without the cumbersome contracts. But some software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies struggle with how to sell subscriptions.

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SaaS Churn: Myths, Benchmarks, and Strategies to Retain More Revenue

FastSpring

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription. But is this purely anecdotal?

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What does Peloton's IPO mean for startups?

ProfitWell

Your top subscription news. our good pal Hiten Shah, a master in the startup community—who shaped FYI, Crazy Egg , and Kissmetrics into the successes they've become, not to mention an advisor to 120 additional startup endeavors. Doctor's orders: a subscription to prescription. I find subscription fashion fascinating.

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The Stages Of A SaaS Company: When To Scale For Success

Chargify

Establishing relationships with advisors and/or mentors. That’s why we’ve built subscription management capabilities into our platform. The third stage is when other people can see what you are doing and now other companies try to copy and destroy you ,” explains Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky. At Chargify, we agree.

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Dharmesh Shah of HubSpot: From Day 0 to IPO. What Went to Plan. What Most Certainly Didn’t (Video, Podcast + Transcript)

SaaStr

Co-founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah shared with us how they got there — and the top mistakes they made — just 3 quarters after their IPO. We have someone that probably 98 percent of you know virtually or socially in some sense, Dharmesh Shah, founder and CTO of HubSpot. But of course, it wasn’t always quite that big!

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What is flat rate pricing? Examples, definition, pros and cons

ProfitWell

After all, as consumers, we enjoy many subscriptions and services that come with a simple, one-size-fits-all bill. Flat rate pricing is a subscription model that offers users a single price per month or year for all features and all levels of access. Many consumer-facing subscriptions offer a single subscription price.

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