SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. What makes a SaaS business so hard? Rise of subscription-based business models.

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Stax

APRIL 17, 2024

Companies and software providers that embed payment solutions into their services and platform are likely to attract and retain more customers. By using a cloud-based integrated payment software solution, you can provide a streamlined user experience while also earning an additional revenue stream through monetization.

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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.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen or watch now! Before joining FastSpring, I spent quite a number of years within the payments industry.

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Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Facebook was peerless, however, in being able to harness and monetize all that attention, even if that success brought uncomfortable scrutiny. In Asia, the likes of Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay demonstrate how apps are revolutionizing our economies – they have swiftly become the default payment mechanism across China.

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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.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 1, 2021

Games as a Service acts as a continuous revenue service for developers, allowing them to break their reliance on the one-time purchase. Games as a Service allows video games to be monetized even after they are released and it has been proven to keep players more engaged longer. Games as a Service Payment Options.

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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.

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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?

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Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

That’s why businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. We can see this trend in action in the realm of payment processing with the advent of recurring payments, also known as automatic payments. How Do Recurring Payments Work?

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Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, efficient and seamless payment processing is paramount to your bottom line. As industry leaders in billing software, our mission is to help our customers work more efficiently, recover more revenue, and effortlessly collect invoices. Learn More What is a Billing Platform?

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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?

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Casey Accidental

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In a previous post , I talked about how product work post-product/market fit shifts from zero to one innovation to features, growth, and scaling work. But a question founders and teams often ask is when do we start layering in innovation work again that creates new value props. I have written more about platforms here.

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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.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Subscription model innovation: Customizable subscription models make it easier for SaaS companies to optimize their pricing and billing. Integration of PLG and sales-led business models: Supporting multiple GTM strategies has become the standard for SaaS. Revenue and Subscription Dashboards.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 12, 2023

We’ve designed this to mirror the thought process of an entrepreneur building an AI product with an enterprise use case. Whether or not a program integrates AI is less important than quality, safety, usability, and cost. Koester warned us that standalone solutions, without being integrated into the existing workflow, often go unused.

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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.

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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.

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ProfitWell

DECEMBER 4, 2019

And with the field having undergone a couple of “ knockout expansion years ,” with more revenue pouring into SaaS than ever, it has never been a better time for a young SaaS company. The SaaS business model powering all of this activity is startlingly unique, still young, and inextricably tied to the power of cloud computing.

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Blulogix

APRIL 12, 2024

The intricate nature of subscription models can indeed be a formidable maze, but with the right strategies, businesses can turn these complexities into substantial advantages. Take your business further with BluIQ’s flexible, scalable, enterprise-grade intelligent billing solutions.

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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.

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FastSpring

JULY 10, 2019

Thinking about transitioning to a subscription-based business model? In fact, according to a recent report from Gartner, more than 90 percent of software providers are expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022. We know this is a big decision for businesses. You’re not alone.

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Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. In a subscription business model, customers pay a recurring fee in exchange for a product or service.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Growth in new technology means it’s easier than ever for small businesses to create their own programs, innovate, and collaborate with specialized teams. Every entrepreneur can now build an app, social media platform, or e-commerce website. It’s easy to integrate popular payment platforms, like Stripe.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

Want to learn more about the five ecommerce payment trends shaping 2020? Push for smarter payment processing. More businesses will transition to a subscription model. A push for smarter payment processing. Businesses around the globe will look to simplify their payment tech stack.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Streamlining Success: What is the Role of Automation in Customer Lifecycle Management for Recurring Revenue? This blog post explores how employing automation in CLM can revolutionize the way businesses nurture their customer base, enhance engagement, and secure recurring revenue streams.

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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.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Provide a platform, not a tool, that can be a consolidator and something that can drive costs, but still have all the features necessary to get the business results. Jay Snyder: We talked about needing to have an understanding of a customer’s business, their drivers, and also ensuring adoption or the business case breaks.

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Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The real promise of the Internet of Things isn’t simply linking millions of devices together, just like the real innovation of the web wasn’t networking a bunch of computers. You can’t buy Quicken or Quickbooks on a CD for one fixed payment anymore. They call this new business model the Industrial Internet.

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

As the business landscape continues its unstoppable evolution, the necessity for operational efficiency and innovation becomes even more pronounced. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model. 98% of consumers have a streaming service subscription. Learn More What is Recurring Billing?

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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. About half of respondents, evenly distributed across size or industry, were offering temporary relief on payment terms.

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Frontegg

MAY 27, 2021

This philosophy applies to both low and high touch business models, where the vendor has to eliminate all potential usability problems that may arise. Instead you should focus on Natural Rate of Growth (NRG) to determine the percentage of recurring organic revenue. This metric is a strong future revenue indicator.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Payments has been around for thousands of years.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Getting the best inventory management software for your business will make all of it a reality. And if that isn’t enough, the software tool can also help you reduce operating costs, increase revenue, and most importantly, ensure greater customer satisfaction. But how do you know which platform you should choose?

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Chart Mogul

JULY 24, 2018

Subscription businesses are experimenting with hybrid billing models, mixing recurring revenue with one-time payments. In the enterprise software market, the move to a recurring revenue model is effectively complete. 4 key types of hybrid billing model business. Tomasz Tunguz. Example: Marketo.

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Aaron Beashel

MARCH 9, 2018

For touchless acquisition businesses, this would leverage a combination of product flows and one to many training initiatives to help them get started and see the value the product provides. Revenue Model – A description of how the company generates revenue. Zenefits is a great example of business model innovation.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Since its introduction, the SaaS business model has grown in popularity and transformed many industries. Why are SaaS software adoption rates among businesses so high? These features make it easier for SaaS users to scale their businesses as they expand and help them run more productive businesses.

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