Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

When the Apple Watch first came out in 2015, there were 3,000 apps available for download. Fast forward five years, and now there are over 20,000 apps —21 of which are built-in. As an entrepreneur, Apple Watches can be an excellent investment, as there is a wide variety of Apple Watch apps designed with business in mind.

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FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your SaaS business?

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

In part one, we cover benchmarks and common churn formulas. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks Part II: 5 Proven Strategies for Reducing SaaS Churn Part III: Churn Definitions and Additional Resources. Part I: SaaS Churn Benchmarks. When we set churn benchmarks for SaaS companies, there’s so much to consider.

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Baremetrics

JULY 7, 2021

For every decision-maker in a SaaS company, understanding SaaS financial benchmarks makes a proper interpretation your internal performance metrics possible. All the data your startup needs 1 What are SaaS financial Benchmarks? 2 Why use SaaS Financial Benchmarks? 2 Why use SaaS Financial Benchmarks? Table of Contents.

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Payrix

MAY 14, 2024

When it comes to software, success doesn’t hinge on innovation alone. No one knows this better (or more intimately) than a software company Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Adam Tesan, CRO at Worldpay for Platforms, is a seasoned executive leader with decades of experience in sales, marketing, and revenue in the software space.

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Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Their system helps businesses spot and fix security problems quickly. Patrick initially attempted to build a custom solution for reporting. People underestimate how hard it is to build a system that aggregates, normalizes, and visualizes this data. What is Intruder? It’s far more complicated than it seems.”

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. Our Guiding Principle: Our Software and SaaS Community Must Be Good for You in Order for It to Succeed. Professional moderation.

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2023

Capchase’s dataset is comprised of roughly half bootstrapped companies and half VC-backed companies, so there will be some differences in benchmarking from what you see from the VC firms. Most of the app sales and net retention comes from deploying software and tech-driven features that have 100% gross margin.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. So, when it comes to comparing platforms, major players like Stripe and Shopify Payments are likely to top your list. Stripe Overview & Features Stripe is a payment service provider rather than a merchant account provider. Table of Contents.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

APRIL 1, 2020

No matter how much your new solution can enhance efficiency, improve service, reduce risk, or whatever other benefits you're promising, evaluation new software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions in not an immediate priority. Some companies are also providing leeway to customers on monthly payments.

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SaaStr

MARCH 28, 2025

Your suppliers might actually be your customers 30% of Bill.com’s core revenue comes from suppliers making payment choices, completely reframing their TAM calculations. For SMB SaaS, aim for 6 quarters of LTV:CAC, not 4 Ren adjusted the traditional benchmark because SMB customers stay longer than typically measured.

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SaaStr

JUNE 13, 2019

We invest from the very earliest stages to the latest stages of software and consumer companies and we’re based in California. The first goal is to share with you benchmarks. We believe benchmarks are really useful to help you build your business, because they provide good goalposts for financial planning and for goal setting.

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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.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Pricing your software correctly is a crucial part of selling software , but sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re on the right track with your pricing strategy. We’re sharing some tips for setting up a pricing model that attracts and retains long-term customers for your software company. Benchmark Growth with Measurable Metrics.

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Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This post is part of a continuing series evaluating the S-1s of publicly traded SaaS companies in order to better understand the core business and build a library of benchmarks that might be useful to founders. Today, we’ll examine Tableau, the market leader for data visualization software.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

This can be difficult if your small business doesn’t have the cash or resources to put systems in place that lead to long-term organization. Although it’s important to automate your customer support system, it’s a bad idea to automate your relationships with customers. Don’t try to automate the entire process, however.

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Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. To get the most out of the time and money invested into their apps, Shopify App Developers need to track the core metrics of their industry. Use Baremetrics to calculate business metrics for Shopify Apps 6.

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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 31, 2021

Supercharge your team efficiency with automation and apps. Your support team may appear to possess superhero powers, like the ability to calm angry customers, translate technical issues into easy-to-understand solutions, and solve complex problems. The Aircall app lets you start a quick phone call with a customer from the Inbox.

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FastSpring

APRIL 1, 2021

Most software companies rely heavily on free trials for customer acquisition. In the following sections, I will give you a few conversion benchmarks and tell you a few ways to solve these challenges. Users can gain full access to the product or service for a limited time period without sharing any payment information upfront.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2022

If you’re a SaaS owner with a multi-platform product, you may be wondering what the difference between in-app notifications and push notifications is. Today we’re going to compare the two so you know which one to use for your in-app marketing goals! What are in-app notifications? Push vs In-app notifications.

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FastSpring

JUNE 6, 2024

Xsolla is a merchant of record (MoR) payment provider that serves the video game industry. The platform includes a broad feature set that provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to sell online and accept online payments globally, without having to manage localization, sales tax and VAT, or fraud prevention on their own.

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User Pilot

AUGUST 22, 2024

According to Userpilot’s SaaS Product Success Metrics Benchmark report , Fintech and Insurance companies had the second-lowest activation and adoption rates of all industries. TL;DR Customer onboarding in financial services aims to integrate users into systems and educate them about product features, for example, in the banking sector.

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ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

At ChurnZero, we’re humble enough to admit that Customer Success software can’t do it all, and quite frankly, it shouldn’t. We stick to our circle of competence and focus on our area of expertise: Customer Success software. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software. Customer Support/Service Software and Ticketing Systems.

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User Pilot

APRIL 20, 2022

Three factors decide the free trial to paid user conversion benchmark– the type of trial, the product complexity, and the audience. Keep in-app upgrade prompts contextual if you must upsell free users. What is Freemium to Premium Conversion Rate Benchmark? Databox freemium to premium conversion rate benchmark.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 15, 2023

TL;DR A SaaS conversion rate refers to the percentage of visitors who take a desired action on the website or in-app. Use benchmarks to monitor your performance to see how well each stage converts. The journey in SaaS encompasses numerous ‘micro-conversions’—pivotal actions a user undertakes from signup to final payment.

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Chaotic Flow

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Unfortunately, software companies have a bad habit of thinking about product in isolation from the rest of the marketing mix. From a SaaS customer’s point of view, there is little distinction between your SaaS product, website, mobile app, support, service and community. What are the boundaries of your SaaS product?

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 9, 2021

While Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing , when it comes to finding the billing history for Stripe customers, things are needlessly complicated. Stripe is a fully integrated suite of payment products. What is Stripe?

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Baremetrics

MAY 4, 2020

The customers whose subscriptions end because their credit card payments failed and they never made up for the payment. According to our data, SaaS and subscriptions businesses lose around 9% of their MRR due to failed payments on average. I’m talking about involuntary churn. Just how much damage is involuntary churn causing?

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BetterCloud

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Every IT professional knows the feeling: the looming deadline of the fiscal year, and the inevitable question of software renewal. Just like a well-worn car that needs a tune-up, your software systems need regular updates to keep chugging along. What is software license renewal? What is software license renewal?

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

You can even see your customer segmentation , deeper insights about who your customers are , forecast into the future, and use automated tools to recover failed payments. However, there are some key differences, from how they integrate with payment processing companies to how they present your data. Table of Contents.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Stripe is a payment processing company but is also used to create reports. Close to 2 million websites use Stripe reports and the company holds a 18.54% market share in the payments processing category. Stripe is a payment processor with some financial reporting. (mostly referred to as Stripe) was founded in 2010.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 11, 2024

As with every digital product, the first few minutes on your app will determine whether the user sticks with it or abandons it. TL;DR FinTech onboarding involves welcoming new users to your FinTech app and helping them get started with it. Why focus on the FinTech onboarding process?

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

With the combination of diligence solutions (e.g., We also sought the advice of several software providers who work with fintech borrowers to get their best approaches to managing one or more debt facilities. Certain software and services providers have the ability to do all 3; other times the roles are divided.

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Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

Touchpoints also include occasions when clients interact with your software app in a SaaS context. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Persuading a customer to try your freemium app. Extending an offer to upgrade to your premium app. Blog content.

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Stax

JUNE 20, 2024

Enter ISVs, which play a crucial role in enhancing and extending the capabilities of SaaS solutions. An ISV partner is a software vendor that partners with an ISV and provides additional services or technology. In this article, we’ll explore key aspects software service providers must consider when navigating an ISV partner ecosystem.

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User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2024

TL;DR SaaS renewals includes the process of renewing a subscription to an online-hosted software service. Through emails or in-app messages, early and personalized renewal notifications enhance SaaS renewals and customer relationships. This renewal is critical because it ensures customers can access the software without interruption.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 26, 2023

Implement an in-app knowledge base with self-help resources. Send payment reminders both through email and in-app to prevent involuntary churn. As a win-win solution, create and organize self-help resources in an in-app knowledge base. Implement loyalty programs to encourage referrals and product engagement.

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