USIO

MAY 16, 2024

Can integrated payments support subscription billing? Yes, many integrated payment solutions support subscription billing, which is essential for SaaS (Software as a Service) companies. Features to look for include: Recurring Payments : Automated billing cycles (monthly, annually, etc.).

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Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 263

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You might be surprised to know that SaaS companies can learn a lot from their consumer subscription counterparts. I have spent over 20 years studying and working in the trenches of the membership economy, both with B2B and B2C organizations. The differences between SaaS and B2C companies. 3: Make onboarding seamless.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2024

Dear SaaStr: How Can a SaaS Business Reactivate Churned Customers? RevenueCat manages 30% of all mobile apps subscriptions, across 10,000+ paid apps. RevenueCat manages 30% of all mobile apps subscriptions, across 10,000+ paid apps. The post Dear SaaStr: How Can a SaaS Business Reactivate Churned Customers?

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USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

By embedding payment capabilities directly into existing business systems, companies can eliminate redundancies, improve cash flow, and create a smoother experience for customers and partners alike. Manual invoicing, reconciliation, and transaction approvals require time and personnel, leading to higher operational costs.

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Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 130

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. Are you still making assumptions about your B2B go-to-market motion — assumptions that ignore B2C selling methods — that are limiting your growth potential? How B2B and B2C Are Converging.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

RevenueCat is the dominant solution to manage subscriptions in the mobile world. mobile apps with a subscription use their API/SDK, and they have a massive data set. B2C customers are their bigger base, since that’s bigger on mobile than B2B. We all know this happens in SaaS and B2B. Over 30% of U.S.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. Payment processing: These solutions gather payment details and facilitate the transaction between two parties. FastSpring: Your MoR for All-in-One SaaS Billing.

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

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., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. You can also: Create trials of any length.

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Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 142

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. It doesnt matter if its B2B or B2C.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Different monthly recurring billing solutions will cover different areas, so you’ll want to make sure the one you choose has all the features you need (or at least easily integrates with other software). FastSpring: All-in-One Billing Solution for SaaS. Chargebee: Supports Complex Subscription Management. Table of Contents.

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Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Software Review 146

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue?

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Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 360

FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Customize and manage one or more subscription and trial models. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Automated invoices and customer notifications.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 125

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Small tweaks to your SaaS billing practices can make a huge impact on the customer experience. For example, Jon Torres — a digital marketing consultant specializing in SaaS commerce — noticed that, for some of his clients, refund requests spiked around renewal time. “It 7 growth hacks from the SaaS experts. Learn more here.

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Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. SaaS companies’ success is largely dependent on their use of subscription billing.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 105

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack. Flexible subscription management and recurring billing tools.

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Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 147

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Metronome’s sophisticated billing and subscription management platform enables companies to easily manage and automate complex billing and invoicing processes.

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SaaStr

MAY 10, 2024

This is probably what most of you are seeing for pure-play B2B SaaS sales, too. We did a recent Workshop Wednesday with the CEO of RevenueCat, which manages the mobile subscriptions for over 10,000 paying mobile apps — 30% of all U.S. mobile subscriptions. B2C and B2B2C are usually ahead of B2B.

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B2C Mobile B2B Payment Features 288

SaaStr

JANUARY 11, 2024

So somehow, “Product Led Growth” became a seemingly magic savior for many struggling SaaS companies. But with everyone discussing PLG, there just isn’t enough discussion in B2B of Product-Led Retention. Our products in SaaS just don’t tend to automatically retain themselves. But in SaaS?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2024

750k-$4m checks for SaaS, Cloud and B2B startups at from $10k-$200k MRR. RevenueCat is the market leader for managing mobile subscription apps, with over 30% of U.S.-based based mobile subscription apps using their SDK and API to manage mobile subsriptions. A big week at SaaStr Fund! Some great news this week: #1.

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Cloud AI Generative AI CTO 305

Baremetrics

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is no secret that in order to grow a SaaS company, business leaders need to consider cash flow. Invoice financing is an excellent option for SaaS companies looking for a fast and easy way to earn a short-term type of funding. What is Invoice Financing? How Does Invoice Financing Work? What is Invoice Financing?

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Payment Features Finance SaaS Payments Payment Services 98

SaaStr

MARCH 6, 2024

So Okta is one of our favorite SaaS and Cloud leaders. Salesforce and Marc Benioff at first said the core market, security identity, was too small of a market. On the one hand, it’s a leader in security — a hot space that is still growing less a weed. But it’s also tied to B2B seat models and tech.

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Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

B2B crypto companies raised about $400M of ICO dollars in 2017. Blockchain startups have already targeted major buyers of software, from email security products to job marketplaces, from legal products to human resources software. The SaaS wave of the last ten years optimized intra-company operations.

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Blockchain Marketplace as a Service SaaS Payment Features 189

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Reason 1: To Introduce You to Digital Invoicing and Interactive Quotes, Our Latest Products. Earlier this year, we released Digital Invoicing , a new, easy way to create and send invoices directly from FastSpring — no PDFs or back and forth emails required. Reason 3: To Highlight Our SaaS and Subscription Business.

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Merchant Services Payment Features Payments SaaS Payments 146

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

But is Duolingo SaaS? Well, it’s SaaS-ish. The core product is very B2C, but the upgrade to paid has very SMB B2B metrics, and 80% of the revenue is subscription based. A/B testing can be harder in lower volume B2B products, but it’s a reminder we all need to do more of it.

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Stax

MARCH 27, 2025

To choose the right payment method, consider transaction volume, transfer speed, cost, and security. ACH payment is more affordable and can be automated and payee-initiated, making it ideal for recurring transactions and subscription payments. With other EFT methods, only the payer can send payment manually.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

B2B lead generation is more than just presenting prospects with fancy features and benefits. For example, not long ago, we were migrating the subscriptions of a new customer into our system. What does all of that have to do with B2B lead generation? 1 merchant of record service for growing SaaS and software businesses.

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Merchant Services B2B Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 148

Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

I’ve been fortunate to work in a number of SaaS businesses in my career. In the case of a B2B SaaS company, your Go To Market model outlines the way in which you acquire customers. How to select the right Go To Market model for your SaaS product. In others however, growth has seem like a slog. Factors to consider.

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Scale SaaS Payments B2B Strategy 192

FastSpring

JANUARY 9, 2023

Most Stripe alternatives fall into one of two categories: (1) payment processors, or (2) a billing solution that covers payment processing and other aspects of billing such as fraud detection, checkout, and more. MoRs for SaaS Companies. MoRs for SaaS Companies. FastSpring: International Payment Solution for SaaS.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Features 147

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2020

Blissfully unveiled their SaaS Trends 2020 report, hitting on a few highlights in the virtual presentation. SaaS app usage across all companies is up 30%, and spend is up 50%. ~80% 80% of the top 100 SaaS apps are HQ’d in US, more heavily-concentrated than broader tech. . ~80% Blissfully . SaaSOptics . ProfitWell.

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Sales Hiring Scale Payment Features Marketplace as a Service 236

SaaSOptics

MARCH 16, 2022

2022 B2B SaaS Trends [Webinar Recap]. There isn’t much that stays the same in the world of B2B SaaS. In this webinar recap, you’ll see the most significant trends in SaaS pricing, subscription management, metrics/analytics, and what they could mean for your business in 2022. Sales-negotiated.

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Trends B2B Scale Payment Features 98

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. Zoho Subscriptions. Remitting taxes at the end of the year.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

SaaStr

DECEMBER 29, 2022

At Maxio , we help B2B SaaS companies unlock their next stage of growth. Our financial operations platform is designed to meet the unique financial challenges of B2B SaaS, including billing, subscription management, revenue and expense recognition, and SaaS analytics. With over $1.5B

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2020

For years, many developer-focused companies have migrated customers to fixed-price contracts once API usage hit certain levels, to better look like their B2B SaaS companies and have “repeatable revenue” But in many cases, this just isn’t how folks want to pay for an API.

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Scale Outsourced Development SMB Cloud 342

SaaStr

AUGUST 14, 2019

In SaaS, once a customer churns — it’s gone. Revenue that does not recur in SaaS is really revenue you basically never even had. It sucks up way too much energy to deal with payment dramas on customers that you lost — especially small-dollar customers. And you move on to bigger and better things.

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SaaS Payments B2B Payment Features Subscription 159

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But when it comes to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses, this statement stands even truer. So why is SaaS sales tax so challenging? The reason is, there doesn’t exist any single standardized system internationally to preside over SaaS sales tax. What is SaaS Sales Tax? Is SaaS taxable? What is Sales Tax?

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 19, 2023

And they immediately began to see issues using PayPal as the foundation of their payment stack: “The moment we realized that our SaaS was going to be making more money in the next months, we realized that we had a payment issue, and we needed to be able to scale.” As soon as they launched, NitroPack began bringing in revenue.

Merchant Services 147

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments Payment Features 147

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? We know that conversion rates for SaaS and software companies will vary by 30% or more just based on the checkout experience. If you’re taking payments, your customer’s financial and personal data is one of your top concerns.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 147