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). Fraud prevention and chargebacks.

Payments 84

Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 84

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s an interesting stat: 70% of businesses consider subscription and membership models indispensable for future commercial growth and expansion. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). By partnering with a trusted SaaS billing platform.

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. 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.

Payment Services 112

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 112

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

In broad strokes, recurring billing consists of four steps: Setting up trials, recurring billing intervals, and pricing models. Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Chargebee: Supports Complex Subscription Management.

Payment Solutions 109

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Software Review 109

Stax

MARCH 14, 2024

During the 2020s, almost all businesses will have been looking at b2b payments processing solutions to meet changing consumer needs. Online and contactless adoption multiplied, and digital payments rose. consumers using two or more types of digital payment methods increased by 8%. Learn More What are B2B Payments?

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payments 88

Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

Did you know that the Dutch payment processing company Mollie was only able to raise $100 million in 2020 as its growth tech investment? Lo and behold, in no time Mollie became the third largest European payment processor (after the fellow Dutch company Adyen and the London-based Checkout.com). So what happened?

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 52

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The ultimate goal of any developer with an idea for some useful software is monetization. Software monetization is simply the act of generating revenue from software. Baremetrics provides an easy-to-read dashboard that gives you all the key metrics for your business, including MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

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. can provide payment processing, order fulfillment, financing options, and more.

Payment Methods 111

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 111

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Scheduled payments, aka recurring billing. Scheduled payments have become a core form of revenue collection. Of course, recurring payments vary depending on the business. As the subscription universe continues to expand, you can expect to see even more subscription payment plans.

Merchant Services 68

Merchant Services Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Services 68

SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2021

SaaS then remixed this model by charging less in Year 1 for a “subscription”, but often more over time, especially by Year 3. Today’s buyer is as much influenced by Slack, Zoom, and even B2C apps as how someone used to pay for Oracle. The majority of Shopify revenue is from payments and merchant services, not even software.

Merchant Services 206

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 206

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before we look at the promised SaaS revenue models, let’s get a couple definitions out of the way. We need to differentiate among three similar sounding but very different concepts: revenue stream, revenue model, and business model. Revenue stream: This is a single source of revenue for a company.

Payments 102

Payments Revenue SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 102

Stax

JULY 9, 2024

More and more, cash-only businesses are falling by the wayside, unable to keep up with consumer demand for convenient electronic payments. The world of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments is vast, spanning just about every payment method you can think of. What is an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payment?

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 88

Baremetrics

JULY 22, 2021

PayPal is a popular choice for online payment processing. The platform currently serves over 20 million active merchant accounts globally, and is a proven solution trusted by entrepreneurs for over twenty years. But for SaaS businesses, PayPal lacks the analytics and reporting features they need to support sustainable growth.

PayPal 98

PayPal Merchant Services Payments SaaS Payments 98

Baremetrics

JULY 8, 2021

MetricFire is a full-scale platform that offers infrastructure, system, and application monitoring using a suite of open-source monitoring tools. MetricFire offers five subscription tiers according to the needs of different organization types. Stripe is the leading payment processing service for SaaS and subscription businesses.

Payment Services 105

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments SaaS Payments 105

FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If you’re not sure how to sell an app direct to consumer (D2C) outside the app stores — or if you’re looking for a new way to monetize your mobile app or game — you may be wondering what options you have. Various tools you can use to monetize apps and games outside app stores. Highlights from recent U.S. Interested?

Payment Methods 119

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Services 119

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2023

SaaS accounting software can help you automate: Recurring invoicing. Payment processing. Payment reconciliation. Payment reminders. Subscription management. If you want to collect international payments, you’ll likely need an additional payment solution that specializes in global payment processing.

Payment Solutions 78

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services 78

ProfitWell

JANUARY 2, 2020

The subscription economy has shifted the power balance in favor of the customer. Subscriptions are built on ongoing relationships with customers, so companies selling subscriptions need to understand how to monetize this relationship on a recurring basis. That’s what makes subscription sales so difficult.

B2C 52

B2C Subscription Payment Features Payments 52

Subscription Flow

MARCH 20, 2024

SimpleCirc stands out as a noteworthy option when looking into subscription management software because of its intuitive user interface and effective subscriber data handling. Smaller companies or niche publications looking for ease of use for handling their subscription operations will find its streamlined approach especially appealing.

Payment Services 105

Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods 105

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

If the terms of the settlement include relaxing Google’s current Play Store restrictions and the requirement to use Google Billing, this could be a major win for app and game developers looking to diversify how they sell their apps by adopting cheaper, direct-to-consumer payment solutions like FastSpring. What about Apple?

Payment Methods 128

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Merchant Services 128

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

Pricing your software as a service (SaaS) can be hard enough even during the best of times, but figuring out how to dial in the right pricing to drive more revenue in times of stagflation can be even more challenging. Optimizing your SaaS Pricing Strategy for new MRR vs. net revenue retention. Inflation isn’t flat: Vary your strategy.

SaaS Payments 140

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 140

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As of 2019, B2B ecommerce sales globally have surpassed $12 trillion in revenue. According to Statista, B2B sales are now 6X larger than the business-to-consumer (B2C) market. It comes down to having an online presence, understanding buyers’ needs, and, most importantly—a platform that can handle transactions.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 147

Baremetrics

JUNE 27, 2021

Using the wrong metrics, using them in the wrong way, or overlooking the crucial ones can be a disaster for your business. There are so many business metrics platforms out there that it becomes hard to choose the one you actually need. By the end of the article, you will have a clear overview of both these platforms.

SaaS Payments 69

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Features 69

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

A SaaS product enhances business efficiency with cost-effectiveness, scalability , maintenance-free operation, accessibility from anywhere, easy integration , and inclusive product design. HubSpot and Salesforce are both CRMs that offer customer analytics, survey tools, and extensive integrations.

SaaS Payments 76

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 76

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

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.

Benchmarks 114

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 114

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The way you process B2B payments matters. To keep your company thriving, you need a fast, reliable method for collecting payments for services rendered. Understanding the intricacies of the B2B payments process, and the solutions that can help, will ensure that you’re never struggling to receive these payments.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 52

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Here are five quick takeaways: The founders of Spendesk noticed that, while the B2C space was innovating with peer-to-peer quickpay options, nothing like that existed in the B2B space (which often lags a few years behind the consumer market).

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 13, 2023

B2B payments enable the smooth flow of transactions between businesses of all sizes. But what’s changing in the B2B payments landscape and what should you be on the lookout for? But what’s changing in the B2B payments landscape and what should you be on the lookout for? What Makes B2B Payments Different?

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 59

Baremetrics

AUGUST 5, 2021

Monitor important subscription events as they happen with the Live Stream Keep an eye on signups, cancellations, payments, upgrades, and more. Do you want to get really advanced and compare B2B to B2C customers? Have a customer that pays by invoice, wire transfer, or check? How many new customers did we get last week?

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services Payments 98

ProfitWell

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The subscription universe is taking over. From hygiene products to software to bacon (yes, bacon), you can purchase a subscription for just about anything today. This knowledge makes it easy to predict revenue growth for the future and track how customers’ perception of value changes over time. Why is this model so popular?

Payment Features 49

Payment Features Payments Subscription Trends 49

Chart Mogul

MARCH 6, 2018

Spotify's recent F-1 filing is packed full of metrics and insights into both consumer subscriptions and the streaming music industry. Spotify’s filing gives us a rare look into the metrics of a large-scale consumer subscription business. Average Revenue Per Account (ARPA). Things are very different for B2C though.

Metrics 75

Metrics Payments EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) SaaS Payments 75

Navint

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Sean has over 15 years of expertise in recurring revenue technologies, most recently hailing from Salesforce where he was a senior member of the product marketing team responsible for Salesforce CPQ & Billing. Navint clients expect vendor-neutral recommendations and best practices in implementations and integrations.

Payments 53

Payments Technology Scale Revenue 53

FastSpring

APRIL 16, 2019

The best thing about a subscription program is the reliable revenue it generates. The worst thing about it is that a healthy chunk of that “reliable” revenue is actually pretty unreliable. Customer churn happens when an existing customer stops doing business with you. Yes, we’re talking about churn. What is churn?

Payment Methods 64

Payment Methods Churn Subscription Payment Features 64

User Pilot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The ability to follow up on failed payments without putting customer retention at risk is a delicate task that must be handled carefully. Dunning emails tend to be the most effective way to remind customers about a failed payment and speed up the payment process by offering alternative options.

Payment Methods 76

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payment Features 76

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

After four months of an unprecedented global crisis, SaaS companies are bouncing back while product led growth businesses are trading at almost 2x higher revenue multiples they started with. B2B and B2C SaaS and Subscription Report. Don’t leave revenue on the table, drive growth by optimizing your pricing.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Now, in this ongoing series of comparisons, we discuss two of the best subscription analytics dashboards for SaaS: Baremetrics vs. ProfitWell. Baremetrics provides an easy-to-read dashboard that gives you all the key metrics for your business, including MRR, ARR, LTV, total customers, and more, directly in your Baremetrics dashboard.

Payments 94

Payments Payment Solutions SaaS Payments PayPal 94

ProfitWell

MAY 21, 2020

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. Impact of COVID-19 on SaaS and subscription companies. Impact of COVID-19 on SaaS and subscription companies. Why you need to focus on retention.

Subscription 68

Subscription Payment Features SaaS Payments Data 68

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In case you missed it, our recent 2023 SaaS and Software Holiday Spend Report highlights how, whether your business focuses on B2C, B2B, or both , SaaS and software Q4 sales bumps are significant around the globe. Are you looking for a merchant of record to help you grow your business internationally? Deal: “ 50% off everything.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Software Review Payment Methods SaaS Payments 88