Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Churn rate. More on that later.

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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. This post covers everything you need to know about EFT payments.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The commerce landscape—whether it’s retail, services or software—is moving faster than ever. That’s why businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. So, let’s dive into the realm of recurring payments and how they can benefit your business.

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SaaStr

MARCH 27, 2023

Very few or no services at all. Services generally have a lower gross margin. So if you bundle both SaaS and services, you’re actually hurting the gross margin profile of the company. So if they actually offer services, these come at a huge premium. They are really, really good at forecasting.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Finding great credit card processing rates may seem impossible, but there’s hope. By following these simple tips, you’ll be able to secure credit card processing rates that make big businesses jealous. Learn More TL;DR Not all credit card processing companies are created equal. Here are Stax’ Top Credit Card Processing Tips.

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Stax

MAY 20, 2024

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Although your business has received payment, this cannot be credited to your bottom line until delivery of the product is completed. Learn More What is Unearned Revenue?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

WorkOS’ operating principle is developer joy, which is ease of use to an extreme degree. If you want payments, sign up for Stripe. This doesn’t include the compliance or security teams. Now, the goalposts are constantly moving, and it’s challenging to forecast when making this kind of decision. The takeaway?

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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.

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How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps. This is an important process as you need to send invoices to customers on time and also collect revenue effectively. So keep reading till the end!

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding the right recurring payment system to process recurring invoices for your subscription-based business isn't easy. If you're currently looking for the right recurring payment system, this guide will help. If you're currently looking for the right recurring payment system, this guide will help. Table of Contents.

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Baremetrics

APRIL 1, 2021

When choosing a payments processor, businesses have a lot of goals in mind. In addition to keeping fees low, you want to make sure the service is reliable, fast, and able to offer your customers a smooth experience. Stripe Overview & Features Stripe is a payment service provider rather than a merchant account provider.

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Blulogix

MARCH 25, 2024

By BluLogix Team Mastering the Art of Complex B2B Recurring and Subscription Billing: Navigating Financial Process Complexity in B2B Subscriptions The financial backbone of B2B subscription models rests on efficiently managing complex processes spanning billing, payments, revenue recognition, and reporting.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Our new integration simplifies the operational management of your products, pricing, and user accounts via automatic data transfer from our systems to and from Hubspot. This allows for a combination of FastSpring’s powerful payments and subscription management while allowing Hubspot to remain in place as your CRM. Why should you care?

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SaaStr

APRIL 16, 2020

Yes, most of you lowered your forecast for 2020 and even just decided to get through Q2 without any clear goals. maybe: To learn a new empathy-driven sales process. Maybe extending payment terms? So I have a very simple suggestion. That made sense. But now you are ready for a basic plan for May, June and July. At least 1 or 2.

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Stax

JANUARY 31, 2024

If your company accepts credit card payments ( which it should ), chances are, you’re going to be affected by Visa’s interchange rates. Visa is one of the biggest payment networks in the world, with ~4.2B Visa interchange rates are the fees charged by Visa to process transactions between issuing banks and merchants.

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Blulogix

MARCH 27, 2025

By BluLogix Team How AI is Transforming Billing Billing has long been a complex and manual process, prone to errors, inefficiencies, and revenue leakage. Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?

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SaaStr

JUNE 1, 2023

From prospecting to deal management to forecasting, our platform leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help revenue leaders increase efficiency and effectiveness of all go-to-market activities and personnel across the revenue cycle. We are Worldline.

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Baremetrics

MAY 20, 2021

Financial forecast software helps you create projections of financial outcomes within a specified area of your company. This information can then feed into your business's larger overall financial model, whether it's a SaaS or a subscription service. In this article, we list the top 10 financial forecast software options for 2021.

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Blulogix

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Yet, many companies still rely on outdated, manual processes that create inefficiencies, revenue leakage, and higher churn rates. Unlock the Power of Renewals: Retain Customers, Maximize Revenue, and Streamline Operations Renewal Management The Future of Renewals: Intelligent & Data-Driven Renewals should never be reactive.

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Stax

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

However, without a structured process to guide leads through the sales funnel, you can lose out on valuable sales opportunities to your competitors. So, what is the Quote to Cash process and how do you implement it? So, what is the Quote to Cash process and how do you implement it? Read on to find out.

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Stax

MAY 30, 2024

While remote work is all the rage these days, there is still very much a need for on-site services, particularly industries like construction, healthcare, utilities, and telecommunications. This is where field service management (FSM) come in. Who needs my service? – Who are the customers already doing business with you?

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 11, 2021

To help take some of the pressure off, companies focus on technology investments to help their sales teams increase win rates and accelerate revenue while automating a lot of the tedious, manual processes that prove to be a bottleneck in the sales cycle. 7 sales processes you can automate now. Modernize the proposal and quote process.

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Payrix

MARCH 6, 2024

Embedded Payments have become a popular feature in the ecosystem of software developers who understand their role in driving better user engagement, value, growth, and competitive advantage. But in the rapidly evolving world of digital payments, nothing stays the same for long. How will security and compliance impact Embedded Payments?

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FastSpring

AUGUST 12, 2024

And with businesses tightening their belts, one misunderstanding or misstep during the upgrade or renewal process can mean the difference between a multiple-year contract and unexpected customer churn. Streamlined approval processes. Predictable forecasting. The result? Stronger customer relationships. And increased revenue.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There’s a constant war between growing a business and keeping an operation lean, mean, and agile. It’s actually quite simple: business process management (BPM) software. BPM software helps organizations of all sizes streamline operations and minimize waste. Visualize every process from end to end. Process Visualization.

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Baremetrics

MAY 20, 2021

Having a good cash forecasting model can give you a pretty good idea. This guide will introduce you to cash forecasting models, their benefits and challenges, and some tips for keeping your business's cash flow healthy. All the data your startup needs 1 What is Cash Forecasting? What is Cash Forecasting? start free trial.

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Operating income is essentially the money left over after you deduct all direct and indirect expenses from net revenue. In this article, we will explain operating income and how it is calculated. How do you calculate operating income? What are the components of operating income? Operating income example.

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Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

In a subscription business model, customers pay a recurring fee in exchange for a product or service. This could be a subscription box, a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, or even just a streaming platform like Netflix. In fact, 70% of customers now expect websites to include a self-service function.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This was when she understood they were selling services — buy a license with OpenAI and meet with the team once a week to solve problems and ideate. It wasn’t a very scalable model, and they ran out of man-hours and services to sell. The reality was product market fit wasn’t quite there yet. tokens per word in the English language.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 18, 2021

Overview Baremetrics Application of Baremetrics on Net Revenue and Operating Income Dashboards and metrics Forecasts Benefits of using Baremetrics Why Do You Need Baremetrics? However, net revenue and operating income are two separate items on your financial statements. Conclusion. It is a SaaS analytics platform.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

In recent years, a new discipline of financial management has emerged in response to cloud technologies and organizations growing reliance on cloud IT architectures and cloud-based business processes. Over the previous decade, many companies have embraced cloud-based services. It is useful to consider a three-stage model of FinOps.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 6, 2021

Stripe is a payment processing company but is also used to create reports. Close to 2 million websites use Stripe reports and the company holds a 18.54% market share in the payments processing category. Stripe is a payment processor with some financial reporting. But don’t just take our word for it.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Escalator On The Way Up, Elevator On The Way Down For the last five quarters, every board meeting has been re-forecasting down. If you’re still re-forecasting down five quarters from now, you’re screwed. Having a physical world component is difficult, and any founder attempting it needs to be a 10x operator to make it work.

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Stripe is indispensable for the average online business, providing the many different tools, reports, and customizations that power online payment processing, but it isn’t without limitations. Baremetrics monitors subscription revenue for businesses that bring in revenue through subscription-based services. So, what is Stripe?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

TL;DR Salesforce integrations connect the CRM with other platforms to enhance functionality, streamline operations, and improve data sharing. With the Marketo and Salesforce integration, organizations can better align marketing and sales processes for improved lead management and marketing campaign personalization. G2 rating 4.6/5

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Churn is the share of your customer base that has stopped using your service over a defined period of time. Churn is a needed metric because it helps you calculate your customer lifetime value (LTV), forecast your MRR, and therefore budget how much you can safely spend on customer acquisition costs (CAC) while maintaining profitability.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 23, 2024

At a16z’s recent Connect/Fintech event, a16z Partner Alex Immerman sat down for a broad conversation with Immad Akhund , co-founder and CEO of banking startup Mercury , and René Lacerte, founder and CEO of financial services company BILL. Alex: Let’s forecast out. That data is not public. It’s 2034.

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