SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Stand Out by Being Concise and Easy to Understand Michael has done over 2000 YC interviews, and the one thing founders don’t understand is that if investors don’t know what your company does, they can’t fund you. “The Two sentence description of what Airbnb does: They let any home or apartment owner rent out their place online.

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Payment Methods Startup Payment Solutions Sales Hiring 273

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

Are you still making assumptions about your B2B go-to-market motion — assumptions that ignore B2C selling methods — that are limiting your growth potential? I was recently interviewed by my friend Steve Lurie, who’s the Chief Engagement Officer of B2B Rocks. Covid has poured gas on an already raging ecommerce phenomenon.

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Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Back to customer stories A cut above the rest Why Real Green Systems, the leading software platform for lawn care businesses, chose Payrix. Real Green’s journey to embedded payments is also rooted in innovation. Our first integrated payment solution was a referral agreement with a third-party ISO.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features Merchant Services 130

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

“As a startup with only two or three people, it would be absolutely impossible to go international without this kind of platform.” Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally? Igor said they haven’t had any major issues using the FastSpring platform. Here’s why.

Payment Solutions 148

Payment Solutions Payment Methods Merchant Services AI Search 148

User Pilot

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Product demos can be used at various stages in the customer journey, such as on your website to engage potential customers, in email campaigns to nurture leads, during sales calls to provide a “try before you buy” experience, and for customer onboarding to help new users get up to speed quickly. Userpilot comes in handy here.

Payment Methods 103

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Software Review SaaS Payments 103

Payrix

JUNE 25, 2024

Embedded Finance is more than just a buzzword; it represents a fundamental shift in how financial services are delivered and consumed today. Ian Hillis, Head of Growth at Worldpay for Platforms discusses this new term and what the opportunity may await software providers on our latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast.

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Payments Payment Solutions Finance Embedded Payments 100

FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

But when it comes to digital businesses where all transactions and fulfillment take place online, there’s a whole new set of terms you need to know in order to keep up. But don’t worry, we’ve created an ecommerce glossary that includes all the terms and concepts you need to know to have a successful digital business.

Payment Methods 84

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services 84

FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Barriers are anything that stop a buyer from converting, such as website usability, solution fit, or pricing. But he explains that what happens on the website is such a small and early part of the entire customer relationship. What was the first thing you bought online? Jump to highlights. But sign-ups went down.

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Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 179

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. Happy post lunch interview. Or if you’ve ever gotten a 2 cent and a 4 cent deposit into your account as you’re trying to set up direct deposit or payments transfers, that’s a pre-Plaid world. So, 90 new people coming on and figuring out how to do that integration.

Payments 214

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 214

Neil Patel

JANUARY 4, 2021

With over a billion active users and growing, Instagram may already be one of your favorite places to promote your e-commerce store. What if you could take passive interaction to the next level and actually buy and sell directly from the platform? Instagram Shopping is a pretty simple process for Instagram users.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 145

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

If Rohini’s team is making changes to the UI or the front end, they can test quickly and easily, but because their core product is payments-based, much more rigor is required compared to your typical software product. Rohini: Absolutely, especially if you’re the new person and trying to get up to speed.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payment Features 195

User Pilot

MAY 6, 2024

If you use social networking platforms (and who doesn’t), you already know what a user profile is. TL;DR A user profile is a collection of details about an individual user: their identity, roles, personal details, or behavior. They may be inspired by a user but they don’t describe one real person. Let’s dive right in.

Payment Methods 105

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 105

Unbounce

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

PPC is a method of digital advertising in which you aim to get your ads to rank as the highest result displayed for user searches, and you, as the advertiser, pay a fee each time it’s clicked. This means that when a user types in words related to your business, your customized ad will be the first result they see— sometimes.

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments AI Search 145

FastSpring

AUGUST 6, 2024

FastSpring is a merchant of record that can help you easily grow your business internationally. We provide an all-in-one payment platform for SaaS, software, video game, and other digital product businesses, including VAT and sales tax management, payment localization, and award-winning consumer support.

Merchant Services 167

Merchant Services Payment Services Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments 167

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

While implementing a subscription model means ongoing revenue, it also brings up many challenges for managing those subscriptions. Why Shift to a Subscription Revenue Model. Not only will recurring revenue provide stability during uncertain economic times, but it can help increase profits … fast. Popular SAAS Revenue Models.

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Payment Features Payment Services Subscription Payment Solutions 147

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. I’m an execution person.

Scale 160

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 160

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2023

These tools encompass everything from the social platforms you choose to build your presence on to the community-building app where you engage with your audience. Access is determined by the platform’s capacity, so you can’t rely on it too much. Add Buffer to your content creation toolkit today. Paid plans start from $16.99/month

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Payment Services Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 138

Stax

MAY 30, 2024

TL;DR Understanding your target market is the first step to growing your FSM software business FSM software providers need to invest in product development and innovation to stay up-to-date with industry trends, forecast market needs, and respond with innovative solutions. Your website is more like your company’s storefront.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

FastSpring

APRIL 13, 2023

From leading sales at Zillow to brand strategy at Tumblr to revenue at FiscalNote (a global policy platform), Justin Scott started noticing a trend. And we need platforms to be able to do that. In September 2022, Dopple publicly launched its new platform. They Launched With a Platform, Not a Product Another big advantage?

Payment Methods 147

Payment Methods Marketing Payments SaaS Payments 147

Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

You’d probably work on growing your business, right? Maybe you’d spend it creating new marketing campaigns to generate more revenue. Regardless, the average small business owner spends five hours every pay period running payroll. The best payroll services exist to simplify the process of paying your employees.

Payment Services 145

Payment Services SaaS Payments Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 145

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In our first post about our online community , we mentioned launching the Global SaaS Leaders Slack group because we saw a need for the kind of software-and-SaaS-focused community we’d want to be a part of. More established professionals and businesses (less students and early-stage startups). That includes: A global focus.

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SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Software Review 148

FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

“It’s likely that a finance or sales tools will be less susceptible to churn than a marketing tool, simply because it’s perceived to be more directly responsible for revenue.”. Because word-of-mouth for us is actually much bigger fuel than the revenue that we’re collecting or churning or dropping or whatever.”.

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Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147

Buffer Resources

JUNE 8, 2023

Welcome back to Creators Unlocked , a series where we interview creators about their best practices. 💡 To keep up with Lloyd, check out his website , TikTok , LinkedIn , podcast , and subscribe to his newsletter. It's a unique method tailored to his multifaceted career and interests.

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Outsourcing Services Payments Social Media Payment Methods 109

User Pilot

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Userpilot provides you with different methods of collecting data, analyzing it, and acting on it. To learn how this can help your business, book a demo today. You can then tailor your marketing campaigns to match those needs or use that knowledge to personalize and improve the customer experience. What are data-driven insights?

Payment Methods 105

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Data Payments 105

Unbounce

MAY 12, 2020

Google Ads are to online marketing what the “ pizza move ” is to beginner skiers—once you get the hang of the basics, you’ll start seeing results straight away (and likely be keen to learn more, more, more). You know those clickbaity, keyword-dense ads that send you to a mystery website or page with a million different products?

Payment Methods 145

Payment Methods Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions AI Search 145

Neil Patel

JANUARY 31, 2022

There are an estimated 12 to 24 million e-commerce stores. Online retailers can sell just about anything—from shoes or baked goods to software and coaching sessions. Most e-commerce store owners have no idea how to effectively market their business. Selling products or services online requires a special touch.

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Payment Methods Social Media Marketing Software Review 107

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SaaS is a global software solution created by different businesses in order to improve human activities in a matter of clicks. 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. Setup Pricing model and payment gateways.

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Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

This obsession with getting new customers is natural: the more customers you convert, the more revenue you will make. However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. To compare, for 89% of them acquiring new users is a high priority ( sour ce ).

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SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

Buffer Resources

JUNE 22, 2023

Welcome back to Creators Unlocked , a series where we interview creators about their best practices and advice for other creators. 👀 To keep up with Jahleane, check out her website and follow her on TikTok and LinkedIn. She has since gone on to speak on panels, host workshops, and launch The PostGrad Playbook.

Social Media 119

Social Media Payments Payment Methods Technical Review 119

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 22, 2018

Fast forward to today, and Eventbrite is the world’s largest self-service event ticketing and registration platform – processing more than 3 million tickets each week. That company would go on to be acquired by TaskRabbit, where he helped 3x core business volume as co-head of marketing. We raised a $1.5-million

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Marketplace as a Service Scale Payment Solutions Payment Services 189

Neil Patel

APRIL 5, 2023

However, verified website owners can get free access to a comprehensive set of Webmaster Tools , including backlink analysis. Type in a website of your choice. For pricing info, click on the ‘build a package’ link online, and you’ll get sent an email. Ahrefs does offer a premium product with tiered subscription packages.

Payment Methods 133

Payment Methods Social Media Payment Services AI Search 133

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

Stripe’s Head of North America Revenue & Growth, Jeanne DeWitt, on driving growth through customer expansion. Our Head of Sales Ops, Jeff Serlin, and our Director of Demand Generation, Brian Kotlyar, on how sales and marketing should work together to build a single revenue plan. Jeanne DeWitt talks driving expansion revenue.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Payment Services 172

FastSpring

JANUARY 26, 2024

Jake, Head of Customer Success for Sideways 6, explains that the current trend is to measure their success through the customer’s success, with CS being an integral part of impacting the entire business. What was the first thing you bought online? Jake Dipple 3:15 It was probably the last thing I bought online as well.

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Customer Success VP of Engineering Payments Payment Methods 158

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

How you should think about building a sellable business. Interested in learning more about how your SaaS, software, video game, or other digital goods business can partner with FastSpring and let us worry about the taxes? Now that was something you found online and bought in person. Jump to highlights.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Lambda School trains people online to be software engineers. Grasswire, it was because we had no team and no monetization strategy, which I do not recommend. All of the cool ideas that you had, you would get really clear feedback about what was going on, but if it was a good idea, it would really move the needle in revenue and volume.

Acquisition 171

Acquisition Software Review Payment Methods Marketplace as a Service 171

Buffer Resources

DECEMBER 14, 2023

0:00 / 0:17 1× They also tend to perform quite well – I’ve only posted a few, but they tend to be one of my top-performing formats, a win for my personal branding efforts. By sharing his experiences and opinions, Verneri adds a personal touch to the post, making it more relatable and engaging.

Social Media 137

Social Media Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 137

Buffer Resources

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s not the first time I’ve tried out LinkedIn Premium — but it is the first time I’m approaching the platform’s paid subscription as a creator.  I landed several interviews thanks to the service and would highly recommend it to those looking for a new opportunity. 

Technical Review 132

Technical Review Systems Review Sales Recruiting AI Search 132