SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc.

Payment Solutions 285

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 285

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. This includes real-time bank connectivity, treasury forecasting, payment automation and automated accounting and reconciliation with e.g. ERPs.

Payments 281

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 281

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. Integrating customer-facing subscription management tools on your own site.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

Payments 131

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 131

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

Payments 113

Payments Pricing Compensation Scale 113

Neil Patel

APRIL 9, 2021

OTT platforms were made popular by streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube, and more. As you may have guessed, many platforms, like YouTube, are categorized under both VOD and OTT. As a result, you could monetize your brand faster and easier via VOD. This method is best suited to subscription-based businesses.

Payments 104

Payments Payment Methods Advertising Payment Services 104

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. The platform's usage-based pricing (no monthly fees!)

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The company is an AI platform that empowers teachers to give instant, personalized feedback to students, based in San Francisco. Many founders hit the brakes on growth to pivot towards profitability when in reality, the right combination is aiming for durable growth with a profitable business model. Why did you do the deal?

Technical Review 282

Technical Review Software Review Payment Solutions Venture Capital 282

Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription. What is the subscription pricing model? The subscription pricing model is a business model in which a customer pays a recurring fee on a regular basis (weekly, monthly, quarterly or annually) to use a service or product.

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription 184

Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But if you’re a B2B solution, there’s a high likelihood that businesses will be interested in being able to accept customer payments, rather than just sending them a PayPal link or to a generic payment gateway. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software? What is a SaaS Billing Platform?

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

He then sent out a link to this page inside payment failure notification emails. Users could now forward the payment failure email to the right person, without that person having an Enchant account. How My Marketing Concepts upsells annual payments during trial. Vinay writes, “The benefit of this was huge!

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

Casey Accidental

JUNE 9, 2020

across business models, customer types, etc. Retention is not only the primary measure of product value and product/market fit for most businesses; it is also the biggest driver of monetization and acquisition as well. This does not make them inferior businesses! I actually didn’t have a great answer.

Retention 145

Retention Benchmarks Payments Payment Methods 145

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

So, companies that target other small companies have their own billing and payment plans and strategies. However, the second way that businesses opt for is to target enterprise-level companies. These companies may have fewer clients, but they meet their revenue targets because enterprise-level businesses pay more.

Payments 59

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 59

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

When FastSpring’s Chief Product Officer Kurt Smith worked with growth-stage to Fortune 100 companies at Accel-KKR, he consistently saw pricing as one of the most essential growth levers they employed to meet their next revenue goal. Strategies for horizontal vs. vertical expansion models (18 minutes): Iterative Pricing With FastSpring.

Pricing 146

Pricing Payment Solutions Payment Services Scale 146

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

FastSpring serves as a merchant of record for over 3500 companies that use our platform every day to sell digital products globally. We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business. Set up a demo or check out our platform yourself.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Software Review Merchant Services 158

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Recurly debate, we take a look at the best option for your business. These are some of the most revered apps when it comes to subscription billing platform and recurring payments management. We will put these industry giants against each other to answer all these, uncovering their core features, pros, and integrations.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 95

Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In enterprise healthcare, there are many “Jobs to be Done” (JTBD) for AI. This piece, Part A, uses Clay Christensen’s Jobs to be Done lens, along with an assessment of viable product wedges and business models, to share what we see as the most promising applications of AI in enterprise healthcare.

Healthcare 140

Healthcare AI Artificial Intelligence Payment Solutions 140

SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2020

The bear case is/was easy : WeWork was burning more cash than it brought in in revenue: Crazy self-dealing with CEO, and lack of any seeming controls. A business model of turning long-term liabilities into short-term, at-risk payments. There also a bull case to be made : Some of fastest revenue growth in history.

Payments 162

Payments B2C Business Model Branding 162

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. Using your pricing model to fight stagflation. Test creative SaaS pricing model combinations to unlock revenue.

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 148

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A major issue that arises, especially in the B2B SaaS business model, is how to break into the upmarket market as startups develop into scaleups that are primarily focused on increasing their market capitalization. Unique Ways to Use the B2B SaaS Business Model to Leverage Your Business’s Revenue Growth 1.

SaaS Payments 59

SaaS Payments Payments Business Model Payment Services 59

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. But, how do you decide which licensing model works best for you and your clients? Payment ii. Using Baremetrics to monitor subscription revenue.

Payment Features 95

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Subscription 95

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. The company’s move to circumvent Apple’s App Store policies with its app Fortnite triggered a lawsuit in the process.

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Merchant Services SaaS Payments 147

Baremetrics

APRIL 2, 2021

Recurly debate, we take a look at the best option for your business. These are some of the most revered apps when it comes to subscription billing platform and recurring payments management. We will put these industry giants against each other to answer all these, uncovering their core features, pros, and integrations.

Payment Features 88

Payment Features Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

SaaStr

JANUARY 14, 2020

In this presentation, Pluralsight co-founder and CEO Aaron Skonnard will discuss how Pluralsight successfully transformed its business to serve both individual and enterprise customers independently and will share his lessons for SaaS companies looking to tap into individual customers to sell into enterprises and vice versa.

B2B 173

B2B B2C Scale New CTO 173

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In the early days of running a software company, collecting payments was pretty straightforward. Fast forward to today when most software companies use a Subscription as a service (SaaS business model , and things aren’t as simple. Luckily, like most complex processes and tasks, it can be simplified. Think of it this way.

Payment Solutions 105

Payment Solutions Merchant Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

But as it started selling more and more into the enterprise, it staffed up with a deep and strong one. But when it came to selling Dropbox Enterprise, it added several. So how did they go from product-market fit to actually scaling a sales org around a repeatable sales process? Yes, Slack started off with no sales team.

Scale 162

Scale Sales Hiring Underperforming Technical Team Payment Services 162

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers.

Outsourcing Services 88

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2024

Unlocking Revenue Potential with a Robust Subscription Billing Platform By BluLogix Team Welcome to the fifth installment of our series on selecting the right subscription billing platform for your business. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Features Subscription SaaS Payments 52

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Cashing in on the Right Model. Tips on Enterprise Pricing. 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. Publishing a Pricing Page. Nudging Customers with Behavioral Tactics.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Today, automation is the need of every business. Whether it is a startup or an enterprise-level business, they need to have CRMs and payment processing platforms. Especially, in the SaaS world, it is unthinkable to manage business processes without SaaS CRM and payment processors.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 52

User Pilot

APRIL 30, 2024

Cloud computing offers three main service models: SaaS for ready-to-use software, PaaS for application development frameworks, and IaaS for scalable virtualized computing resources. HubSpot and Salesforce are both CRMs that offer customer analytics, survey tools, and extensive integrations. You don’t handle maintenance or updates.

SaaS Payments 104

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Payment Solutions 104

Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

Responsys (Enterprise Sales) – Responsys is an email marketing tool that predominantly uses an Enterprise Sales model. They are focused on acquiring large enterprise businesses and sell their product for several thousand dollars per month (meaning the Annual Contract Value is likely north of $50,000).

Scale 192

Scale SaaS Payments B2B Strategy 192

Totango

AUGUST 23, 2022

By charting the points in your SaaS customers’ journeys, you can plan how to deliver clients’ desired outcomes and satisfying experiences that promote subscription renewals and higher revenue. During the sales process, including sales appointment scheduling, meetings and payment processes. Making upsell offers.

B2B 122

B2B Payment Methods Payments SaaS Payments 122

Subscription Flow

JULY 11, 2024

NetSuite is Oracle’s cloud-based ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning ) software, designed to help companies manage their financial tasks, handle supply chain operations, optimize workflows, and more. In today’s ever evolving business landscape, such a tool is necessary for the growth and success of any company.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 52

Subscription Flow

JULY 11, 2024

NetSuite is Oracle’s cloud-based ERP ( Enterprise Resource Planning ) software, designed to help companies manage their financial tasks, handle supply chain operations, optimize workflows, and more. In today’s ever evolving business landscape, such a tool is necessary for the growth and success of any company.

Payments 52

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 52

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This is part two of a three part series on sequencing business models. 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. This essay is a collaboration with Gilad Horev.

Marketplace as a Service 40

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 40

Chargify

AUGUST 17, 2020

However, with the introduction of Events-Based Billing by Chargify, this event-based billing model is now available to small and medium-sized businesses, giving them the ability to offer the same pricing models and bill customers just as precisely as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or the popular voice and messaging platform Twilio.

AWS 98

AWS Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 98