SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

BlueSnap supports payments across all geographies through multiple sales channels such as online and mobile sales, marketplaces, subscriptions, invoice payments and manual orders through a virtual terminal. Printfection is a swag management platform that simplifies the buying, managing, and distribution of swag and branded merchandise.

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Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 257

Point Nine Land

MARCH 10, 2020

A strategic analysis after evaluating multiple service marketplaces Over the past few years, I’ve come across a huge number of service (or labor) marketplaces: the countless Uber for X companies, the marketplaces for lawyers, therapists, cleaners, architects, construction workers; you name it. Sounds complicated?

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Marketplace as a Service Strategy B2C Systems Review 59

FastSpring

JANUARY 23, 2025

Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. So it’s a marketplace, it’s a platform. And the biggest difference between the two of those statements is one, low value to sort of medium and high value, and then two, the actual service layer built into the technology underneath the hood.

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Scale Entrepreneurship Scaling Underperforming Technical Team 118

Point Nine Land

MAY 22, 2020

Businesses, on the other hand, are stuck in the dark ages, often relying on the phone, email, fax and even pen and paper when it comes to ordering goods or services. Whilst consumer-facing marketplaces have become an essential part of our daily lives, business-to-business marketplaces are only just beginning to emerge.

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Marketplace as a Service B2B Payments SaaS Payments 83

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An ICP aligns your product, sales, marketing, service, and executive teams to all focus on your highest-value accounts. Let’s examine how an ICP focus has helped two businesses win in a competitive marketplace. . Build your sales, marketing, customer success, and product development efforts around the needs of your ideal client.”.

Payments 243

Payments Payment Methods Embedded Payments Scale 243

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

They underwrite and onboard the sub-merchants and provide them with the products and services required to process electronic payments. Chargeback reduction service Screens presentments and chargebacks and returns certain invalid items to the acquirer or issuer, as appropriate. eCheck, PayPal, etc.)

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 147

Point Nine Land

JUNE 11, 2020

Marketplaces in their early stages generally lack the liquidity to be relevant enough for the supply side, they are not a priority. To overcome this, marketplaces generally need to find ways to initially hack the supply side. Large suppliers are often reluctant to work with small marketplaces that lack credibility.

Scale 72

Scale Marketplace as a Service B2B Scaling 72

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

In this talk, Lydia Kothmeier – VP of Operations – and Thomas Peham – VP of Marketing – will share their Upsies and Wowsies of hiring and onboarding an international team and building a global SaaS business – all the way from self-service to enterprise. Sign up for these sessions and hundreds more HERE.

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User Pilot

JULY 14, 2022

Getting user onboarding right is critically important for any SaaS: in this article, we’re going to explore the powerful concept of minimum viable onboarding. We’ll start by looking at what user onboarding is, then look at why minimal viable onboarding is valuable, and finally how to implement it in your product.

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Casey Accidental

JANUARY 23, 2019

They have also heard about marketplaces that have given all of the power to the supply, and also marketplaces where supply has no power. These issues usually arise in two areas, which particularly, but not exclusively, affect marketplaces. The second issue is around who controls the quality of the service.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Outsourcing Services Scaling 73

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

Merchant Services 100

Merchant Services Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 100

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

“Think of pricing along a continuum with self-service pricing at one end and enterprise at the other” As you scale and evolve your business, there are a few key questions to ask as you determine your pricing strategy: Do you anchor off competitors (if any exist) or substitutes? Entry level application (<$5,000 p.a.).

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Business Model Scale Pricing Payment Methods 195

Point Nine Land

APRIL 9, 2021

What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021? Over the last few years, we’ve published a number of SaaS funding napkins as well as marketplace napkins. This year, we’re shaking things up with our first ever B2B marketplace napkin! What does it take to raise capital, in B2B marketplaces, in 2021?

Marketplace as a Service 59

Marketplace as a Service Payments B2B SaaS Payments 59

User Pilot

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Looking to drive adoption with contextual user onboarding ? With Userpilot’s features, you get access to everything you need to create bespoke onboarding experiences, by triggering contextual in-app flows to specific user segments created based on product usage and in-app behavior. Want to see Userpilot’s features in action?

Onboarding 98

Onboarding Software Review Marketplace as a Service Underperforming Technical Team 98

FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Whether you’re an indie developer looking to break into new markets or an established studio seeking to optimize your payment processes, we’re here to provide the tools and insights you need to succeed in the global gaming marketplace. Go D2C with confidence.

Payment Solutions 158

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments Payment Methods 158

Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

For companies leveraging subscription billing models, creating and managing effective channel partnerships requires a robust infrastructure that ensures seamless billing integration , accurate pricing, and effortless onboarding. Expanding Service Portfolios: Collaborate with partners to offer bundled services that meet complex customer needs.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Services Scale 52

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 10, 2018

Switching to a different service is something that takes a lot of effort. Andrew: I started on the driver side of the business, and as everyone knows about marketplaces, the supply side is often the trickiest, hardest side. I saw both sides of the marketplace, which was a lot of fun. Adam: Favorite recent onboarding experience?

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Acquisition Marketplace as a Service Retention Startup 224

SaaStock

MARCH 26, 2019

They start by focusing on the onboarding. Metatext offers a solution to help SaaS entrepreneurs to automate business processes such as customer services, marketing and insights. Digibee enables less technical users to connect systems, services, and apps to deliver new digital products to the market. Founders : Rafael Sandroni.

Startup 210

Startup Artificial Intelligence SaaS Construction 210

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Growth: tuning the product experience so more people can connect to the current product’s value prop e.g. Uber improving driver onboarding. Building a consumer marketplace to drive incremental ticket sales to event creators. Julia, our CEO, had told me she wanted me to focus on growing the self-service business faster.

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Technical Advisors Technical Review Scale Marketplace as a Service 140

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 18, 2020

However, Wanelo’s recent decline has made it necessary for online sellers to look elsewhere for the services Wanelo provided. However, over the years, the platform has become a marketplace that attracts 5 million diverse shoppers. With 15,000 merchants onboard, there’s still time for you to sign up and be among the early adopters.

Merchant Services 145

Merchant Services Marketplace as a Service Social Media Systems Review 145

SaaStr

JULY 11, 2019

It may seem like a simple decision, but there is a lot of complexity in a two-sided marketplace where people are expecting to get paid. The marketplace was doing well. Back in those days, I was really inspired by the eBay model of a marketplace where it was a bidding auction approach. We looked at the numbers. It was healthy.

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Scale Marketplace as a Service Sales Recruiting Scaling 154

Intercom, Inc.

JANUARY 16, 2020

Andrey explains why embracing the professional services sector in a unique way has paid dividends. We also think about community and consultants and professional services as an ecosystem around our product. Embracing professional services as a distribution channel. So our platform is also built for them to use. Andrey: Exactly.

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Consulting Marketplace as a Service Scale Development 249

ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

This award is earned by software products and companies that provide best-in-class customer service products and experiences for their customers. Our customers’ performance and satisfaction are what motivate us to deliver the best possible software and service,” says Abby Hammer, chief customer officer of ChurnZero. “The

Software Review 98

Software Review Technical Review Software Marketplace as a Service 98

CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

Before you shout “Digital Transformation” in a crowded marketplace, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles in developing a SaaS product plan. Part 1: User Model & Onboarding If you have a business model, you have put together ideas about users. Onboarding in SaaS is an end-to-end process.

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Well Architected Framework DevOps as a Service AWS Traceability 130

Totango

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Onboarding is an exciting, critical phase of introductions and potential. By implementing customer education best practices that drive the onboarding process, you will set your customers—and your enterprise— up for success. Why Onboarding Matters. Onboarding is your customer’s first experience with you and your product.

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Education Onboarding Underperforming Technical Team Marketplace as a Service 64

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s time to start thinking about retention at scale and bring onboard a customer success team. Kayti argues, “Even in self-service models, there’s a relationship that they’re feeling with your product.” We love the marketplace you’ve created.’”. Informal advocacy is equally important. We love you.

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VP of Engineering Customer Success Churn Scale 108

OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Now—a happy consequence—cloud marketplaces are on a similar trajectory of growth and have opened up a powerful go-to-market channel for sellers that you probably haven’t heard of yet. Not to mention 73% of B2B buyers prefer the convenience of digital buying through ecommerce, web direct or marketplaces (more on that later). .

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Marketplace as a Service Cloud Scale VP of Engineering 52

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet : Of course, besides the brand I mentioned earlier like, Google, Apple and Facebook, and so on, a lot of marketplaces also like Uber and Airbnb they tend to think of themselves as platform because they have the buyers and the sellers connecting to each other. Let’s start with our five key steps.

Payments 171

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 171

Sales Hacker

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And to facilitate that their website shows some of the services they provide with a vague “get in touch” option and no pricing listed. Instead of meeting the customer face to face, an inside sales rep will cold call potential leads, perform product demonstrations, and schedule a series of onboarding sessions. ACV and $17M ARR.

Scale 132

Scale Outsourcing Services Sales Technical Review 132

User Pilot

JULY 24, 2023

Are you looking for Zendesk integrations to boost the efficiency of your self-service customer support? SmileBack is a feedback app designed for helpdesk solutions so you can evaluate your customer support services effectively. As of 21 July 2023, there are 1,503 integrations in the Zendesk marketplace.

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Marketplace as a Service AI Search Social Media SaaS 97

User Pilot

AUGUST 26, 2024

Liv-ex is a London-based marketplace for the wine trade. They get access to £100m wine trading opportunities, a reliable payments system, storage facilities, and transportation services. Solution : Liv-ex switched to Userpilot after evaluating several alternatives because of its robust onboarding, feedback, and analytics capabilities.

Merchant Services 105

Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 105

User Pilot

MARCH 5, 2025

You can use this platform to create customer segments, personalize onboarding flows, deliver targeted in-app messages, collect direct customer feedback , and track in-app analytics to make iterative changes. Additionally, Userpilots analytics helped them spot and address friction points in the onboarding flow. The result?

Software Review 52

Software Review Engagement Software Scale 52

How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

This Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) approach revolutionized the industry, making powerful CRM tools accessible without on-premise installs. Over the past two decades, Salesforce has evolved from a sales CRM into a comprehensive platform spanning sales, service, marketing, e-commerce, and app development. Open APIs for custom integration.

Scale 52

Scale Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 52

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With more and more people expecting real-time service, if you’re not communicating real-time with your prospects, your competitors are and they are stealing your leads. In a crowded marketplace, a relentless commitment to the customer’s experience can be your strongest differentiation. Make customer handoffs invisible.

Technical Review 161

Technical Review Marketplace as a Service Systems Review Customer Success 161

FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

It’s easy to think of online sales as a marketplace where we buy items for ourselves, but more and more B2B and SaaS sales are now happening online. If a product or service is being sold online—regardless if the sale itself happens through a sales-rep assisted process, online shop, or platform—it’s considered B2B ecommerce.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods B2B Outsourcing Services Payment Services 148

User Pilot

JULY 23, 2024

Userpilot is an all-in-one growth platform that can assist you through the product development lifecycle with features like user feedback surveys, funnel analytics, analytics dashboards, and onboarding UI patterns. It helps you think creatively and reimagine existing products and services. Airbnb’s MVP example.

Development 109

Development SaaS Marketplace as a Service Scale 109

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 1, 2020

SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. 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. SaaS as we already understood is a software as a service. Start Listing your saas on Software and saas Marketplaces.

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Growth Hacking Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 105