Point Nine Land

MARCH 10, 2020

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it. Sounds complicated?

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Marketplace as a Service Strategy B2C Systems Review 59

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Software as a Service is currently taxable in about one-third of US states, and that number is only growing as outdated state sales tax laws slowly catch up with the way we’re doing business today. . Say you sell a subscription-based software but you also send your customers a handy flash drive with a version of your software on it.

Merchant Services 207

Merchant Services Technical Review Scale Sales Hiring 207

Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

A robust recurring billing software can make all the difference for your subscription business but win 2024 we are taking no gambles. Invest in the right billing and subscription-management software to automate your workflows after carefully assessing three of the best options in the market.

Payment Solutions 104

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Payment Features 104

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

He dropped out of Stanford Graduate School of Business and then co-founded LeaseExchange, an online marketplace for equipment leasing. The company’s best-selling book, Predictable Revenue , details the hugely successful outbound process and sales created specifically for Salesforce. Patrick Campbell, CEO, ProfitWell.

Technical Review 207

Technical Review Scale Entrepreneurship Sales Hiring 207

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

You’ll have to install your own security plugins to adequately keep your site safe. But these platforms typically have an extensive marketplace with a plethora of plugins—so it shouldn’t be too difficult, even though it requires an extra step. An open-source CMS will be cheaper than other platforms that require subscriptions.

Payment Methods 141

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Systems Review Technical Review 141

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet : Of course, besides the brand I mentioned earlier like, Google, Apple and Facebook, and so on, a lot of marketplaces also like Uber and Airbnb they tend to think of themselves as platform because they have the buyers and the sellers connecting to each other. Let’s start with our five key steps.

Payments 174

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 174

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Switching to a different service is something that takes a lot of effort. Andrew: I started on the driver side of the business, and as everyone knows about marketplaces, the supply side is often the trickiest, hardest side. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun. You joined on the supply side, correct?

Acquisition 224

Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224

Sales Enablement, SaaS and Growth

MARCH 23, 2020

I leveraged many of the 52 mental models while working at various software as a service (SaaS) companies, but in truth, they can be applied anywhere, regardless of industry. Total Addressable Market Total addressable market (TAM) is an economic framework to understand the potential revenue available for a product or service.

Underperforming Technical Team 213

Underperforming Technical Team Scale Sales Hiring Marketplace as a Service 213

Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Bookkeeping: What not to do When I first started my online B2B business, my “bookkeeping” consisted of keeping all invoices in a pickle jar along with an apology to my accountant every year. Afterall, well-maintained books are the only antidote to a tax audit. Revenue is the money collected from selling your goods and services.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Business 105

Sales Hacker

AUGUST 18, 2020

He even managed to help pivot the company from a programmatic transactional revenue model to a subscription model over the course of, not just the last three months during COVID, but over the course of the last few years. Sam Jacobs: Is it a subscription service? Is it recurring revenue, or is it delivered in a different way?

Payment Features 116

Payment Features Subscription Scale Underperforming Technical Team 116

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 Payment Solutions Payments Payment Methods 105

Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The first is an accounting software that streamlines your business’s operations (such as managing invoices) and the latter is a payment processor that helps your business process the transactions it needs to make. Read more: Empower Your Business with a Square Subscription System Section 1: What is Square? What is QuickBooks?

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Payments Payment Features Merchant Services 52

Subscription Flow

APRIL 18, 2024

How do you keep increasing your revenue in a marketplace that has reached its point of saturation? In such a scenario, what subscription-based businesses like these dating apps usually do is they redirect their energies into improving their customer lifetime value by reworking their customer engagement model.

Engagement 105

Engagement Customer Lifetime Value Revenue Payment Features 105

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 11, 2024

Read more: Supercharge Your CRM: Streamline Recurring Payments Effortlessly with SubscriptionFlow and Xero What is Xero? Additional features provided by Xero that businesses like making use of include online invoicing, partner programs for bookkeepers and accountants, automated data collection, and customizable reporting.

Payments 52

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Features Payment Services 52

User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

Are you looking for Zendesk integrations to boost the efficiency of your self-service customer support? SmileBack is a feedback app designed for helpdesk solutions so you can evaluate your customer support services effectively. As of 21 July 2023, there are 1,503 integrations in the Zendesk marketplace.

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Marketplace as a Service AI Search Social Media SaaS 97

Subscription Flow

MARCH 25, 2024

By taking on the complexities of international trade, the MoR enables companies to grow quickly and profitably while maintaining a laser-like focus on providing top-notch services and products to a global clientele.

Merchant Services 105

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Payment Facilitation 105

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 18, 2019

They noticed that a big design conference was coming to town, and all the hotels were booked. They didn’t know it at the time, but they had also created an entire business category: an on demand, short-term rental marketplace, which has shot the value of their business north of $38 billion. So how can we do more of that?

Scale 112

Scale Sales Recruiting Marketplace as a Service Sales Hiring 112

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 1, 2024

Read more: Commerce Subscription Trends & Predictions for 2024 Why you may need a CRM for ecommerce business? Your responses to these questions are how they judge your customer service. You can handle recurring payments, invoices, receipts, and reminders for your customers with SubscriptionFlow, saving you time and effort.

Payment Methods 52

Payment Methods Payment Features Payment Solutions Payments 52

Navint

JANUARY 29, 2019

Highlight Video: Explaining the Subscription Economy: Why Your Company’s Future May Depend On It. The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. As the leading consulting firm that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event.

Payment Features 53

Payment Features Subscription Marketplace as a Service Scale 53

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Connecting apps to HubSpot is quite easy since you just have to choose an application on the App Marketplace, review its details, and connect it to your account. HubSpot’s paid plans range from $20/month to $3,600/month and don’t offer a standalone subscription for its analytics tools. Source: HubSpot. Source: HubSpot.

Software Review 105

Software Review Marketplace as a Service Metrics Pricing 105

SaaStr

JUNE 10, 2020

We are very much a different model in that we’re one platform where you have your booking travel, your consumer-like interface married to your world class travel agents all in one. And it wasn’t about the amazing booking experience and our world class travel agents, we had that. It’s a competitive marketplace.

Travel 241

Travel Scale Marketing Outsourcing Services 241

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Whereas Facebook’s overall vision relies heavily on third-party developers having access to user data, Workplace wants to be the app that’s connected to all your other apps and a highly curated marketplace that has the best SaaS applications in the world. Julien: We’ve read a lot of books. We do have integrations with some apps.

Scale 151

Scale Marketplace as a Service Mobile Sales Hiring 151

User Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Pendo pricing Pendo uses a quote-based pricing model for all four of its subscription tiers. ProductPlan pricing ProductPlan uses a quote-based pricing model for all three of its subscription tiers. You can book a consultation that comes with a 14-day free trial. Pendo’s in-app guide builder.

Scale 104

Scale Scaling Software Review Social Media 104

Point Nine Land

MARCH 18, 2019

This came to define a new go-to-market strategy for many marketplaces or, as they came to be known, SaaS-enabled marketplaces. In some cases, the SaaS was even given away free in the hope of driving adoption before monetizing on the marketplace. In other words, we may see users coming for the network and staying for the tool.

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Marketplace as a Service Payment Features Scale Benchmarks 49

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. With so many SAAS getting visibility in online marketplaces, we found that new saas businesses are struggling hard to make it to the right set of customers. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. Setup Pricing model and payment gateways.

Growth Hacking 105

Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Software Platform Consulting

MAY 6, 2019

There are also great resources for metrics specific to marketplaces (see here ). Invoicing and payment (e.g., Enterprise versions of Upwork or other labor marketplaces. Bookings (for compensation). There are many great articles about SaaS metrics on the web (e.g., see here , here and here.) Order to Cash (e.g.,

Payments 60

Payments Enterprise SaaS Payments Metrics 60

User Pilot

JULY 9, 2024

Hubspot : Best for comprehensive inbound marketing, sales, and customer service solutions. Zendesk : Best for scalable customer support and service management across multiple channels. Top 10 customer experience management software: Userpilot : The best all-in-one platform for CXM and SaaS growth. Ready to get started?

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Software Review Software Management Business 103

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It’s a crowded marketplace with lots of options, but there’s one that stands out from the crowd. Book a demo today. A customer satisfaction survey is designed to understand how happy your customers are with your product or service. Product or service customer experience feedback surveys What are they?

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Marketplace as a Service Churn Onboarding Engagement 98

Chargify

OCTOBER 22, 2020

As an effective CRM solution, it has improvised the sales operation of enterprises and offers innovative products and services to satisfy their customers’ needs. They have consistently been ranked #1 by IDC for four years running and have over 4,000 pre-integrated applications on their marketplace exchange. Why struggle?

Payment Features 56

Payment Features Marketplace as a Service B2B Forecasting 56

Navint

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The topic, of course, was the subscription economy and Tien’s new book, Subscribed. Being one of very few consulting firms that has a practice dedicated to subscription and recurring revenue businesses, Navint sponsored the event. The customer will guide your subscription business — put them in the center.

Payment Features 40

Payment Features Subscription Marketplace as a Service Scale 40

Mucker Capital

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If you’re thinking about launching a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, there are two different ways to approach the market. Horizontal SaaS: These companies aim to create a product that services a specific type of employee, function or division across all industries. So what’s behind this resiliency? Financial Stack.

SaaS Payments 49

SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Services Payments 49

Subscription Flow

JANUARY 3, 2024

Having a flexible pricing strategy allows SaaS providers to cater to different customer segments and needs by offering different pricing models such as subscription, usage-based , freemium, or hybrid. Each model has its own logic and is appropriate for various types of services and customer needs.

Pricing 52

Pricing Payment Features SaaS Marketplace as a Service 52

Baremetrics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Once you have your books in order and are comfortable with day-to-day bookkeeping, you can unlock the full potential of the information in those spreadsheets through data visualization. This includes all of the expenses directly related to the products or services sold, for example materials and inventory.

Payments 98

Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 98

Chart Mogul

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The subscription economy has been a boon for the fitness industry. GymForLess is a desktop and mobile marketplace that gives fitness enthusiasts instant access to thousands of gyms across Spain. Their more than 200,000 users can book time at a gym, or a space in a specific class, right from their smartphone. So why the change?

Merchant Services 40

Merchant Services Payment Services Marketplace as a Service Churn 40

FastSpring

MARCH 27, 2023

And I just started a consulting business, it was a service business. And that kind of gave us a little bit of a head start to then bring together a couple of angels and like early stage investors to hire our first couple engineers and really pivot from being a service company to starting the path to becoming a software company.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments VP of Engineering 133

Neil Patel

APRIL 22, 2021

Advanced ad targeting capabilities means access to high-converting consumers who are more interested in the products or services you offer. It lets marketers access private marketplaces or get ad space from thousands of websites with the click of a button. First-party data can include CRM, social, behavioral, and subscription data.

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Scale Artificial Intelligence AI Search Advertising 117