Neil Patel

JANUARY 23, 2021

Are you planning to launch an online store? The ongoing pandemic has caused online shopping to soar , with most people staying home. But that doesn’t take away the challenges involved in launching an online store, especially if you don’t have any ecommerce experience. How do I create an online store?

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 18, 2020

While we’ve been shopping for items like clothes or shoes online for years, another trend is now emerging—business-to-business (B2B) ecommerce. 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.

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Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

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Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Every great online store starts from the same place—with an ecommerce website builder. These tools make it easy for anyone to launch an ecommerce business by building a website from scratch. But as you’ll soon discover, ecommerce website builders come in all different shapes in sizes.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Walmart Marketplace is among the fastest-growing e-commerce stores out there, so if you’re looking for an Amazon alternative, it’s a serious contender. But how do you make the most of Walmart Marketplace ? What is Walmart Marketplace? Why Should I Sell on Walmart Marketplace? There’s so much autonomy.

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FastSpring

AUGUST 13, 2024

Apple has revised its App Store rules to be better compliant with the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), but the fees associated with Apple’s revisions are still considerably high according to an article from The Verge. For example, the “Store Services Fee” will be “a 10% standard commission fee or a 5% discounted commission (e.g.,

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Consumer marketplaces are essential to connecting businesses with consumers looking for services. That is where B2C niche marketplaces can help. Niche marketplaces allow businesses to leverage the power and branding of larger platforms to reach their target audiences. What Are B2C Niche Marketplaces?

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

What makes a company choose one SaaS payment processing provider over another? For example, at FastSpring, we have a lot of data about online shopping carts. But we wanted to hear directly from technical founders and software developers about what you look for in a SaaS payment processing service. Is it the interface?

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FastSpring

MARCH 25, 2019

If software companies don’t allocate resources towards making it easier for customers to buy online, customers will get frustrated and abandon their shopping cart. Successful software companies across the globe understand that partnering with a full-service ecommerce platform is the key to growing their business.

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SaaStr

MARCH 24, 2022

BlueSnap helps businesses accept payments globally. Our All-In-One Payment Platform is designed to increase sales and reduce costs for all businesses accepting payments. Salesloft is the provider of the leading sales engagement platform that helps sellers and sales teams drive more revenue.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 14, 2020

You’ve heard about diversifying your income streams, but what about your e-commerce sales channels? If you’re selling physical products, and you’re only relying on ONE channel to bring home the bacon, it’s time to switch things up with Facebook’s social commerce platform, Marketplace.

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SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

Since its launch in 2015, it has attracted more than 4,500 retailers who use it as their central marketplace. The main target customers of Olist include online shops, retailers seeking better placement, importers and distributors, but the platform is also useful for end customers. CEO : Tiago Dalvi. Funding to Date : $6.6M Superlógica.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Intellum Platform includes all the tools an organization needs to create, manage, track and improve highly-personalized learning experiences for customers, partners and even employees. SafeBase enables sales and security teams to efficiently collaborate and close enterprise deals faster. Welcome to Payfac-as-a-service.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Understanding your ICP is a foundational and organization-wide decision because it impacts your downstream sales and marketing efforts. . Build your sales, marketing, customer success, and product development efforts around the needs of your ideal client.”. Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 4, 2024

As a global leader in payment solutions for game developers, our presence at this dynamic gathering underscores our commitment to supporting the burgeoning gaming industry across the region and around the world. At FastSpring, we’re more than just a payment provider — we’re your partner in growth. Go D2C with confidence.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The country recently published guidance requiring providers of electronic services — select digital products and services — to register for VAT if they meet certain criteria and thresholds. Foreign e-services provider requirements What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services? What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services?

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

A recent Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Intercom, Drive Conversational Experiences For A Future-Ready Customer Support Strategy , revealed that 54% of teams can’t personalize support with their tech stack and 50% waste time jumping between tools. All without burning out your team or budget. It includes: Live chat.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Play Store. Google , 37 attorneys general maintain that Google uses illegal, anticompetitive, and/or unfair business practices that restrict competition, drive up prices, and limit choices, all of which harm consumers that purchase games and other digital goods through the Google Play store. What is the Google antitrust lawsuit about?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 15, 2020

Jay Snyder: Got hotspot on my phone, so hopefully we’ll hold still. One, it starts high up in the sales process, right? You need to discover in the sales process. We’ve got a lot of training to do with our sales teams to get them to start to speak in these types of terms versus feature function.

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FastSpring

JULY 14, 2020

The percentage of returned sales from a partner is higher than your regular rate of returns. The cost of fraud is two-fold, there is obviously the return of a sale and the associated fees in your online store, but there is also the commission owed to an affiliate. Multiple orders from the same customer name or IP Address.

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

Shopify, since last year, has nearly tripled in market cap driven by the rise of e-commerce, but also the digital payments and the QR code system they provide for contactless payments. Cloud Marketplaces. Fintech and crypto players are changing financial services forever. Product-led Growth. Usage-based pricing.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Interested in learning more about software-led payments or joining the current Embedded Payments conversations in your organization? This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today. This blog post is your ultimate guide to understanding the most used payments terms today.

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SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Notey Labs create digital solutions to help companies handle international online space. Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands. ViSenze recommends items to customers on websites and social media.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Despite the audience Amazon offers, you may want to look for other online venues to list your items. Second, selling on a wider range of marketplaces gets your products in front of a larger audience. We already touched on one of the main reasons to seek other venues: the perils of depending on one sales platform.

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Stax

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Accepting payments is the most important functionality that a business needs to start selling. But to accept payments seamlessly and securely, you need a merchant account. Without a merchant account, it’s very difficult to ensure consistent cash flow or manage multiple sales channels effectively.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Buying a domain name is one of the first steps to launching a website. This guide will explain my two favorite ways to buy a domain; one of those methods will even get you a free domain. But Bluehost also provides domain registration services. This is a great option for beginners starting a new website from scratch.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

So, the way in which you accept payments matters for both you and the customer. Not only that, as a business owner you need to know that you’re not shelling out cash on inferior services or unnecessary additional fees. Square PayPal FIS Stripe Payline Data Fiserv BitPay Adyen Dharma Merchant Services Fattmerchant.

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Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s all too easy to make the mistake of adopting a pricing model that is ill-suited to other aspects of your company, such as the go-to-market strategy or sales strategy. How long is the likely sales cycle (is it a complex sale)? Can one person buy via a credit card or will multiple stakeholders need to be involved?

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 22, 2020

One such method is an influencer promotion campaign. For smaller e-commerce stores or those with limited budgets, this can be more hassle than it’s worth. Currently, there are more than 7 million online retailers. That’s a lot of other stores for users to choose from. So what’s the answer?

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, when Instagram bought Luma (its first acquisition), the tiny three-person team was part of the deal. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. The marketplace is designed to cut down on the time you need to sell your business and find startups to invest in. Micro Acquire. No middlemen.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A master merchant, often referred to as a payment facilitator or merchant aggregator, is a third-party agent that acts as the link between acquirers and online merchants. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Who makes sure all your online transactions run smoothly? Who creates an online marketing strategy that’s consistent with company goals and objectives? And who manages the ecommerce team that creates a seamless online customer experience? Yep, the Ecommerce Manager gets to do it all. Know the Customer.

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Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Request Quote Understanding Embedded Finance Embedded finance is the seamless integration of financial services and digital banking into conventionally non-financial business services.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

So growth of the kind of subscription, eCommerce industry has been over 100% year on year for the past five years, according to McKinsey. It wasn’t the case 20 or even 10 years ago, where the business models of the internet were more focused on eCommerce, marketplaces, or even advertising. This wasn’t the case.

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Stax

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether businesses are on the road or staff are simply moving about in-store, mobile point of sale systems (mPOS systems) are becoming an increasingly popular POS option for small businesses. Imagine a restaurant using a mobile POS system to manage sales both at its permanent locations and through its food truck.

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Subscription Flow

MARCH 25, 2024

The function of the MoR – merchant of record ecommerce – has become essential for companies looking to streamline their online sales operations in the ever-changing world of digital commerce. Tasks in this diverse role include managing payments, complying with tax laws, and reducing risks such as chargebacks and fraud.

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How To Buy Saas

JANUARY 1, 2021

Online learning is a new trend which we are have encountered by now. Online learning and course are expected to rise with time and see a figure of $325 billion by 2025. Well, that’s enough to motivate yourself to start creating your first course using the best online course platforms. Why Choose an Online Course Platform?

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