FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Folks that wanted to go online, stayed online. But folks that didn’t really want to sell online, sort of stopped when they didn’t have to anymore. Shopify returned to earth, and is now growing just at the overall rate of ecommerce. #2. From CEO Tobi Lutke: “It’s now clear that bet didn’t pay off.

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SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

Perhaps the most interesting thing is just how similar both these website-builder-plus-ecommerce companies are. It’s growing at the same rate (~30%), booming from ecommerce (+78% for Squarespace, +60% for Wix). Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. 85% NRR.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 26, 2025

Because while the payment problem was solved, the marketing side of mobile commerce remained broken.

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Subscription Flow

AUGUST 20, 2024

The 2000s were all about making payments through credit and debit cards. The 2010s were a period of uncertainty with multiple alternative payment methods entering the fray. Now, as we approach the middle of the 2020s, it has become obvious that the payments industry is undergoing significant changes.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Remember when it seemed like websites were just a commodity? They want a slick site that does more, from eCommerce to payments to marketing and more. eCommerce and Business Tools Are Key Drivers to Accelerating Growth. Not surprisingly, Wix has benefitted from the eCommerce explosion since Covid.

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SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2019

Despite the hyper competition, many SaaS providers take their organization’s payment processing experience for granted. Whether we want to admit it or not, payments can play a big and often unseen role in contributing to or reducing customer churn. Making payments accessible overseas. Securing payments. A 2017 U.S.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Do you want to build a website? Luckily for you and the tens of thousands of online businesses out there, a digital website builder makes it easy to create professional sites that function beautifully in no time. There are many free website builder options. How to Choose The Best Free Website Builder For You.

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Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

Ian Hillis welcomes David Blair, Senior Director of Product Management at Worldpay for Platforms, on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast to explore the critical roles of merchant underwriting and onboarding for software providers. Check out this helpful blog: The essential elements of merchant underwriting for software companies.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 9, 2024

Running an Ecommerce store takes a lot: not only do you have to ensure that you sell top quality products, you also need to invest in having a robust marketing department that keeps your potential customers aware of the products’ existence. In this blog, we will address this issue, firstly going over the E-commerce Checkout process.

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Stax

OCTOBER 13, 2024

There are many good products in the market that provide you with all of the features you need, but we will only focus on Quicken software and Intuit’s QuickBooks Online. Quicken includes features that let users view the complete picture of their personal finances on a single dashboard. Quicken Inc.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Wix is an exceptional website builder, allowing you to create a highly functional and professional website with zero coding experience. In our opinion, Wix is the best website builder for general use, whether you are a photographer, musician, restaurateur, blogger, or just setting up a small ecommerce business.

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Neil Patel

MARCH 7, 2021

But once you unpack it, it’s easy to see why it powers over 1 million websites and manages billions in sales. Gone are the days when you had to figure out how to start an ecommerce site from scratch. It offers you plenty of marketing tools to make your store a success from the start. Who is Shopify Best For?

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SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Cloud and ecommerce may end soon, but it hasn’t ended yet. It would be so helpful to know, as the #1 leader in SMB eCommerce, and also one of the very top leaders in SaaS SMB overall. When you add in payments, i.e. merchant services, NRR for 2018+ is about 110%, based on the below new chart. What is Shopify’s NRR?

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

In today’s international business scene, it is vital for us all to investigate why small/medium-size businesses (SMEs) supplying to enterprises require strong global payment methods for handling payments from their multinational clientele worldwide.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2025

Marchelle’s personal journey took her from early adopter of Mangomint, to 6 years later, VP of Sales over a 25+ person SMB sales team. ” This insight drives personalized outreach: “Hey, I see you’ve got these memberships. Here’s some of what she’s learned along the way. Let’s connect.

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FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2025

Read more and get helpful links in this November 2023 post, Potential Apple App Store Policy Changes Due to EUs Digital Markets Act (DMA).) For more details, background, and quotes from Commission members, view the original press release on the European Commissions website.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It loses money on the hardware (gross margin negative) and the payments solutions have barely a 20%+ margin and constitute the vast majority of revenue today. Wix has a similar challenge at $1B+ in ARR , where its website SaaS has high margins but its payments products for eCommerce have a 29% margin.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2024

Once a customer has landed on your website from any marketing funnel, how can you maximize the chances for them to convert? Appearance and User Experience of Your Website Websites should be easy to navigate, featuring user-friendly, branded color schemes and fonts. Need more pricing page recommendations and examples?

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Payrix

MARCH 27, 2024

Payment transaction types and touchpoints are becoming more accessible and diverse. Online and offline payments, credit cards, digital wallets, and ACH — the more commerce intersects with our daily lives, the higher the expectations for simple and intuitive payments. They need omnichannel payments. No problem.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Payments can be facilitated on a mobile device in a variety of ways. Tablets or phones can be transformed into a formidable payment platform by swiping or inserting cards with hardware plugged into the mobile device. Protect payment information. Why developing a secure mobile payment strategy is so important?

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What is a payment processor? A payment processor facilitates the flow of transactions typically made with credit cards, debit cards, and other digital payments. To operate as an integrated software vendor (ISV) or payment facilitator, a software company requires a relationship with an acquiring bank and a payment processor.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Interested in learning more about software-led payments or joining the current Embedded Payments conversations in your organization? This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today. This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

is a software company that develops online SEO tools and free educational materials for marketing professionals. Ahrefs is an all-in-one SEO toolset for growing search traffic and optimizing websites. To do that, Ahrefs crawls the web, stores tons of data and makes it accessible via a simple user interface. Ahrefs Pte.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What are integrated payments? Integrated payments are payment processing capabilities that are incorporated into a software companys platform to provide their user base with the ability to accept and manage payments for their businesses. 3 things you should know about integrated payments 1.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Brex then scaled its payments business quickly. Shopify identified its ICP as individuals and businesses looking for easy tools to start an online e-commerce store. Then, it built an entire ecosystem around it, soon launching Shopify payments, an embedded payment tool that quickly became the largest piece of the business.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

The main target customers of Olist include online shops, retailers seeking better placement, importers and distributors, but the platform is also useful for end customers. Listing your online business on Olist is compared to having your shop in the largest department store in the region. CEO : Tiago Dalvi. Founded : 2015.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 14, 2024

Before talking about NMI gateway integration, it is important to understand what role payment gateways play. In the world of SaaS, a payment gateway is like a toll booth at which you pay a small fee to go from point A to point B. Either way, you landed on the right blog. But you already knew all of this, right?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Two sentence description of what Airbnb does: They let any home or apartment owner rent out their place online. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. Airbnb handles the payments and gets you a guest, and now your rent is covered for the next couple of months. That’s it.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

David describes their method as Extreme Product Design (EPD), a modification of the Extreme Programming approach popularized by Kent Beck. For instance, their earliest product responded to the online payment problem startups were experiencing. Understanding the assumptions that color this perception.

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Unbounce

JANUARY 6, 2025

More blog posts by Josh Gallant What is a landing page funnel? Unlike a regular website, a landing page funnel focuses on specific actions you want visitors to take, like signing up for your email list or purchasing. What’s the difference between a website, a landing page, and a funnel? Landing page: a single page.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Toast is a vertical software embedded payments solution for restaurants in the U.S. Any city block in Miami or San Francisco may have a pet store, a drug store, or a salon, and then you’ll have four restaurants. The ones they met in person closed at a 3x rate. and across the globe. Because of restaurant density.

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Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Accepting payments is the most important functionality that a business needs to start selling. But to accept payments seamlessly and securely, you need a merchant account. A merchant account refers to a business bank account that allows businesses to accept electronic payments for goods and services.

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SaaStr

APRIL 1, 2023

Rewind The Clock — How Did We Get Here Most small businesses in pre-2010 didn’t have computers in their store or restaurant. Throw in the rise of social media and mobile web payment systems like Stripe and Braintree, and something revolutionary was at our doorstep. Everyone was stuck in place and online was the answer.

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SaaStr

MAY 29, 2019

Stripe’s software allows its customers to make and receive payments by providing the technical, fraud prevention and banking infrastructure to operate online payment systems. Qualtrics is an online survey software maker. Ryan Smith Qualtrics Founder/CEO. In 2004 he became CEO of MarkLogic where he stayed until 2010.

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Subscription Flow

JUNE 25, 2024

Although selling eCommerce subscriptions can be a cash cow, one major catch with it is that the revenue generated can be quite unpredictable. In short, eCommerce subscribers have commitment issues.) How do eCommerce subscriptions work? eCommerce subscriptions boomed during the COVID-19 pandemic. How do you tackle that?

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Cash is no longer having its moment; card payments are in. From debit and credit cards to Google or Apple Pay, digital, contactless, and mobile payments are on the rise. But if you’re stuck, worry not: in this article, we’ll help you find the best payment terminal for your business. Learn More What’s a Payment Terminal?

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