Remove Churn Remove Onboarding Remove Payment Features
article thumbnail

Dear SaaStr: When Should a SaaS Company Allow Month-to-Month Contracts vs. Requiring Annual?

SaaStr

Annual contracts combined with prepaid cash are a huge benefit, when done right: You get all the cash up-front (this is how I went cash-flow positive in fact) — IF you can collect it a timely fashion; and Your churn almost by definition goes down, at least nominal churn. Think about yourself as a consumer.

article thumbnail

The State of Subscription Apps with RevenueCat’s CEO Jacob Eiting and Growth Advocate David Barnard

SaaStr

In this week’s Workshop Wednesday, RevenueCat CEO Jacob Eiting and Growth Advocate David Barnard share their annual State of Subscription Apps report with us. In many ways, they have to do better with UI/UX, onboarding, and conversions. So, let’s look at the state of subscription apps and how B2B SaaS can learn from it.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Ultimate Guide to Software Customer Churn

Stax

The average churn rate for the software industry as a whole is 14%. Thats actually one of the lowest churn rates across all industries. That said, industry experts agree that your SaaS companys goal churn should be below 2%. TL;DR The average software industry churn rate is 14%, but SaaS companies should aim for under 2%.

article thumbnail

Dear SaaStr: In Consumption-Based Models, Should We Pay Out on Deals Closed or Usage?

SaaStr

Heres why: Revenue in Consumption Models Comes from Usage, Not Signatures : Unlike traditional subscription SaaS, where you lock in revenue with a signed contract, in a consumption-based model, revenue only materializes when the customer starts using the product. Criteria for activation: Customer completes onboarding within 30 days.

Scale 148
article thumbnail

Billing System Migration: How to Nail It?

Subscription Flow

Some of the pitfalls that come with unplanned billing migration are faulty revenue reporting, data duplication, and customer churn. Getting onboard a robust billing system means benefiting from advanced features like automated recurring billing, customized invoicing, and revenue recognition.

article thumbnail

How to Choose the Best Billing Software for Your Business

Subscription Flow

Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. That is why most modern SaaS and subscription-based businesses have transitioned to using a good billing software, reducing their workload by a great deal.

article thumbnail

Annual or Monthly Payments for SMBs? Data from Zoom, Freshworks, Expensify, Squarespace, and More

SaaStr

Once the customers get large enough, and you have a brand … in the enterprise, for six figure deals … almost all will want to pay annually via invoice. Smartsheet wants them to, and pushes / forces them to, due to the work required in onboarding. Most would rather skip the discount and pay less now.

Data 288