FastSpring

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Since 2020, growth in the SaaS market has increased dramatically and is expected to grow over 27% a year. Subscription model innovation: Customizable subscription models make it easier for SaaS companies to optimize their pricing and billing. From pricing to payments, billing, tax management, and more.”.

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Stax

JUNE 25, 2024

With 63% of donors preferring to make online payments with a debit or credit card, it’s important that nonprofits and charity organizations take a forward-thinking fundraising approach to maximize the impact they can make. Don’t worry: today, we’ll help you find the best charity payment solution for your nonprofit.

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Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

Before joining Worldpay for Platforms, he was CRO at Chargebee, a subscription revenue management platform that manages billing subscriptions and payments for companies throughout the world. During his tenure, Chargebee experienced high growth, scaling from processing about $3 billion in revenue to $13-14 billion.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

We don’t have to look far to find examples of B2B SaaS companies that have found traction using a self-service or product-led motion. In fact, it’s telling that the number of publicly-traded PLG-led companies nearly quadrupled between 2015 and 2020. How B2B and B2C Are Converging. How to Take Advantage of These Changes.

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Buffer Resources

AUGUST 16, 2023

We’ve shared a number of parts of Buffer’s business transparently over the years — and one piece we’ve always wanted to expand on is where your money goes when you pay for a Buffer subscription. Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Challenge: UXPin needed a tool to consolidate their subscription data and track metrics. All the data your startup needs Get deep insights into your company's MRR, churn and other vital metrics for your SaaS business. UXPin offers four subscription levels to suit the design needs of companies ranging from startups to large enterprises.

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Stax

JANUARY 24, 2024

This makes the apparent new direction of Intuit, the developer of QuickBooks, symptomatic of the wider transition within the SaaS space towards cloud-based software solutions. Intuit also announced plans to stop selling several QuickBooks Desktop subscriptions to new U.S. subscribers after July 31, 2024.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For any merchant selling products or services online, it’s always a good idea to allow customers to make payments on their platform itself—instead of redirecting them to a third-party website or gateway. trillion took place in 2020, accounting for about 2.7% Not only is this inconvenient for customers but also risky.

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Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 4, 2020. I felt like when I was a SaaS CEO and had to go profitable, they helped saved my rear. bills, “payment terms”, and often, repeated follow-up. Monthly invoices can make things even worse, of course. Monthly invoices can make things even worse, of course.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 21, 2020

Subscriptions are the lifeblood of any SaaS business model. However, SaaS subscriptions can also cost businesses money if they’re not set up with the customer’s experience in mind. Incorrect payment details can lead to one of the unspoken reasons behind customer losses in the SaaS industry—involuntary churn.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

But thankfully, that’s not what your payroll process has to look like. The best payroll services help you automate paying your employees and simplify the entire process, so you can gain more control over how you spend your time. The 6 best payroll service options for 2020. That adds up to 21 full work-days a year.

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Chart Mogul

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Monthly recurring revenue is one of the least exciting topics to take on in 2020. Twitter hive, at @ChartMogul we’ve set out to write the MRR guide for 2020 — something that goes beyond the “How to calculate MRR” that you’re so tired of. — Ilia Markov (@nochainmarkov) August 27, 2020. It is simple (to calculate).

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

FastSpring powers global D2C payments for game studios and app publishers. As a Merchant of Record, we provide a fully managed payment solution including customizable checkout, fraud mitigation, and 100% automated sales tax and VAT compliance. subscriptions on both Apple and Google’s app stores.” Interested? to $129.99

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

The subscription model is booming. Almost everything is sold as a subscription, from socks to razor blades, and of course software. Without further ado, let's look at nine subscription-based companies absolutely nailing it in 2020. What is a subscription company? So why the subscription business model?

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

98% of SaaS companies experienced positive growth when they made core changes to their pricing models in 2020. As the B2B world continues to integrate SaaS, pricing models are adapting as well. A SaaS often appeals to multiple customer personas (or audiences) that your software appeals to. Pricing Model #2: Usage-based.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 9, 2019

From the rise of SaaS to the sudden glut of subscription boxes, the subscription business model has never been more popular. So much so that Gartner research predicts that in 2020, all new entrants to the software market and 80% of existing companies will offer some sort of subscription package. Do your research.

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FastSpring

APRIL 11, 2019

We’ve seen explosive growth in the field of subscription and recurring billing with more and more software and SaaS companies discovering how impactful implementing a subscription model can be for their long-term growth plans. Subscribing to the idea of a subscription-based business model. .

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In SaaS, you need to calculate the growth rate for a handful of different metrics. For example, you need to calculate the growth rates for monthly recurring revenue (MRR), active customers, average revenue per user (ARPU), and more. One easy way to do this is to use Baremetrics to calculate the growth rates for your SaaS metrics.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 3, 2022

This SaaS metric is defined as the sum of Deferred Revenue and Backlog. Deferred Revenue for SaaS companies is the contractual obligation to deliver the SaaS product for the period invoiced. More specifically, RPO is the sum of the invoiced amount and the future amounts not yet invoiced for a contract with a customer.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

FastSpring provides an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, and digital products businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and consumer support. Changelog posts from 2015-2020 are available on the archived post located at the bottom of the changelog posts displayed.

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Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Deciding between Stripe vs. 2Checkout for the best online payment processing solution? Thanks to its popularity, Stripe has many different integrations with third-party services—such as Baremetrics, which gives you smarter analytics about your Stripe transactions. Is your price model working for your SaaS business?

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Chart Mogul

JULY 24, 2018

Subscription businesses are experimenting with hybrid billing models, mixing recurring revenue with one-time payments. In the enterprise software market, the move to a recurring revenue model is effectively complete. By 2020, all new entrants and 80% of historical vendors will offer subscription-based business models”.

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ProfitWell

JULY 8, 2020

In some states, SaaS companies are required to collect and pay sales tax for their products. In this post, we'll go over what those rules are for the 21 states that have sales tax laws on the books that pertain to SaaS businesses and products. How is a SaaS product/company defined in the US?

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SaaSOptics

MARCH 22, 2022

While we all wish to be like Smaug, counting the cash we have today, SaaS companies need to think ahead. But instead of counting what we have today, SaaS companies use a ledger to add up all the gold—I mean, cash—that they one day will get. . Revenue accruals are how we do that. Revenue Accrual Definition.

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Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

Existing customer renewal is a high priority for 59% of SaaS companies and a medium priority for 27%. However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. How to calculate this metric and what’s the average SaaS churn rate?

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FastSpring

MARCH 16, 2023

From 2015 to 2020, MapTiler doubled the number of countries where it has customers. The Swiss-based SaaS company now helps governments, enterprises, and SMBs in over 120 countries by providing maps API for web and mobile developers. But when you’re looking for something specific, that’s where social media can also help. “If

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ProfitWell

MARCH 24, 2020

2020 is the year of Corona Virus thus far but it’s also the year in which the subscription business model is excelling. Subscription companies have become incredibly popular in the past two decades. Almost everything is sold as a subscription, from socks to razor blades, and of course software.

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ProfitWell

MAY 21, 2020

We've been working around the clock to develop an index displaying MRR and growth trends across SaaS companies. And we'll be sharing with you an overall subscription index, from companies on Profitwell, that will be updated weekly. Table of Contents: Overall SaaS and subscription index. Why you need to focus on retention.

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OPEXEngine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

When it comes to IPOs, 2021 was an excellent year for SaaS companies. Accelerated digital transformation across industries put SaaS companies firmly on the hypergrowth path. According to Gartner , the SaaS industry has grown from $35 billion in 2015 to $145 billion in 2021. Focus on a multi-year horizon.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 12, 2021

SaaS technologies have powered this change to ecommerce, starting with who can sell, and then developing how. Continue reading to learn what the top three SaaS technologies are that have reshaped ecommerce. The advent of software as a solution (SaaS) has unquestionably accelerated the pace of this new tech shaping the market.

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Baremetrics

MAY 4, 2021

Foolproof or not, cash projection processes are a must. In our recent article, The SaaS Financial Model You’ll Actually Use , we introduced you to cash flow forecasting for various scenarios. The process is carried out by tallying up future accounts payable and accounts receivable. For instance, a customer's payment history.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics. SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace.

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OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

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SaaSOptics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Revenue recognition, affectionately referred to as “rev rec,” is a process that outlines when and how revenue should be recognized within a company’s accounting cycle. One such update occurred in 2020 is ASC-606, which sets new revenue recognition standards for all companies that offer goods or services.

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OPEXEngine

MARCH 15, 2022

In the first 10 years of the SaaS industry, US SaaS companies didn’t need to go overseas to build highly valuable companies. But that dynamic has changed in lockstep with the growth of the SaaS market. High Growth SaaS Companies Get A Significant Portion of Revenues Internationally. Source: OPEXEngine. Market Dynamics.

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