SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. An ICP aligns your product, sales, marketing, service, and executive teams to all focus on your highest-value accounts. Spotlighting the success of an ICP-focused strategy . Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

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. So the first question is what made SaaS so successful. Customers love SaaS products and tools because it simply works. Why do developers love SaaS products?

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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. They identified 3 go-to-market strategies that have really helped propel companies to defy gravity. Cloud Marketplaces.

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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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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In SaaS, #1 most common misfire, with a bullet, is the VP/head of sales. It used to really bug me because I am a firm believer in the strategy of Zero Voluntary Attrition and trying to hire fewer, more committed resources over a higher volume of mercenaries that turn over more often. Sales Strategy. Recruiting.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Software companies embark on their embedded payments journey only to discover they’ve underestimated the complexity that’s involved and struggle to launch. If you’re thinking about Embedded Payments for your platform, make time to listen to this episode of the PayFAQ Embedded Payments podcast. We’ve seen it far too often.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Steep fees from platforms like the Apple App Store and Google Play can understandably cause game developers and app creators to look beyond the convenience and ubiquity of traditional app marketplaces, but restrictions from the platform providers have made it difficult. Interested? Set up a demo or try it out for yourself.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. For customers, the process of looking for apps to download usually takes place in one of the four leading app marketplaces; Google Play, Apple App Store , Windows Store, and the Amazon App Store. Is it safe?

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Stax

JUNE 20, 2024

The SaaS space is one of the most dynamic industries out there, which is why smart comapnies team up with strategic partners to drive growth and innovation. Enter ISVs, which play a crucial role in enhancing and extending the capabilities of SaaS solutions. Its purpose? To foster symbiotic relationships that drive mutual growth.

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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. SAAS is also abbreviated as software as a service. In this saas marketing strategy guide, we are going to tell you everything about saas marketing. What is SAAS marketing?

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FastSpring

APRIL 7, 2022

Learn more about how FastSpring helps SaaS and software companies collect and remit taxes globally or localize and accept global payments. Messente is a global messaging SaaS that helps companies send SMS messages and PIN codes in countries around the world. Lauri told us their strategy was to stay location-agnostic.

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Natalia Luneva

APRIL 24, 2025

Imagine cutting years off payment system setup. The number of Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) has grown 13.8% For businesses, this means they can use payment systems without starting from scratch. PayFac as a Service lets companies add payment processing to their platforms. each year since 2018.

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Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. However, several complex types of risks come along with this. Let’s get started.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 13, 2018

While this may sound simple, it can be incredibly challenging to find new opportunities for growth and customer acquisition in an increasingly crowded marketplace. To help you understand and improve your customer acquisition, we asked SaaS leaders within and outside of Intercom to reveal their top customer acquisition tactics.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Romain Huet : See how you can turn like a SaaS business, or a core product you have and make it a very successful developer platform. Like, how can we provide economic infrastructure for developers to build applications and services and in a weird way, future proof? Let’s start with our five key steps.

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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.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In this guide, we’ll discuss the benefits of buying and selling a micro startup, the trends changing M&R strategy, and the top tools you can use to sell (or buy) your startup. Your exit strategy timeline is A LOT shorter. Micro Acquire is a marketplace that connects startups to buyers. What does this mean for startups?

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. What are SaaS companies?

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

With that in mind, we’re going to detail captive pricing below, with an eye towards how it also plays a part in SaaS platforms and products. This enables selling products that have a wider margin than the core product. How Captive Product Pricing Works in SaaS. So what is a captive pricing strategy that makes sense?

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Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But these platforms typically have an extensive marketplace with a plethora of plugins—so it shouldn’t be too difficult, even though it requires an extra step. But if you’re using a site builder or SaaS CMS, you can usually expect 24/7 support. SaaS (software as a service) CMS are typically cloud-hosted subscription-based tools.

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FastSpring

MARCH 25, 2019

Successful software companies across the globe understand that partnering with a full-service ecommerce platform is the key to growing their business. Keep reading to find out why outsourcing your ecommerce can empower you to stay competitive in the global software marketplace. Don’t fall behind the competition.

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User Pilot

APRIL 21, 2024

Wondering how to build a conversion path for your SaaS product or e-commerce site? We also share examples of different conversion paths and optimization strategies. TL;DR A conversion path is a step-by-step process that guides prospects. A good conversion path makes the process frictionless. Let’s get to it!

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 4, 2019

It’s become apparent that for hypergrowth SaaS startups today, there are two distinct phases. So how did they go from product-market fit to actually scaling a sales org around a repeatable sales process? The self-service model requires little to no selling whatsoever, saving time, labor and resources for a growing startup.

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SaaStr

JUNE 16, 2020

Leveraging survey data from 66+ enterprise SaaS companies, Matt Garratt, Managing Partner of Salesforce Ventures shares the landscape of how businesses are shifting their sales & GTM strategies to react to today’s uncertain times. So everyone is adjusting their go to market strategy. Adnan Chaudhry: Thanks, Matt.

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OPEXEngine

MAY 18, 2021

We’ve talked to dozens of our SaaS customers, as well as investors to learn more about what is happening with these key metrics. SaaS metrics are viewed differently at different stages of growth and for different sales models, primarily whether a company is selling into an SMB or enterprise marketplace.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 19, 2024

In recent years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has revolutionized the way businesses operate, offering scalable solutions accessible over the internet. Evolution of Marketplaces Marketplaces have long served as platforms connecting buyers and sellers, facilitating transactions across various industries.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 8, 2019

Amazon Marketplace. Selling on the Amazon Marketplace can significantly boost volume through your store. Amazon charges fees on every sale through the Marketplace. They also offer Fulfillment by Amazon, where they handle the fulfillment process for your business at extra cost. The largest 3rd party ecommerce platform.

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FastSpring

JUNE 6, 2024

Xsolla is a merchant of record (MoR) payment provider that serves the video game industry. The platform includes a broad feature set that provides game developers with the infrastructure needed to sell online and accept online payments globally, without having to manage localization, sales tax and VAT, or fraud prevention on their own.

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Subscription Flow

APRIL 23, 2024

Understanding Paddle in 2024 Catering to more than 3000 SaaS clients in over 200 markets, Paddle is a market-leading billing and revenue management software. What Retain does is that it retries payments at optimal times for success and dispatches proven notifications to aid in revenue recovery.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 9, 2020

You have to be aware of the kind of features you require in software for your inventory process’s smooth functioning. Is it through a website or online marketplaces–or a combination of the two? Process Automation. Make a point to choose a company that has a reputation for providing exemplary customer service.

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Sales Hacker

MAY 22, 2020

Today’s methodologies and processes give us a lot of different types of leads. Fortunately, there’s a way to make the entire process of getting, nurturing, and closing leads simple, and it only uses one type of lead — Sales Accepted Leads (SALs). For example, Lemlist is a relatively new tool in a very crowded marketplace.

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Baremetrics

AUGUST 20, 2019

The Wikipedia contributors define product innovation as “the creation and subsequent introduction of a good or service that is either new, or an improved version of previous goods or services.”. Note: These are written with SaaS and software products in mind, although many of the principles apply to other types of products as well.

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

With that in mind, we’re going to detail captive pricing below, with an eye towards how it also plays a part in SaaS platforms and products. This enables selling products that have a wider margin than the core product. How Captive Product Pricing Works in SaaS. So what is a captive pricing strategy that makes sense?

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Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Sometimes the information needed for a more in-depth analysis of the market isn’t available, or the timeframe in which you need to make a decision is too short for a more accurate pricing strategy. From there, in consideration of the normal markup of your industry, you can determine whether their pricing strategy is reasonable.

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Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

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User Pilot

MAY 23, 2023

In this article, we’re going to unpack how AI customer experience can completely transform how people engage with your SaaS. Using AI and machine learning within your SaaS can bring huge benefits. There are a huge number of examples to draw from across the SaaS world. AI can greatly improve the customer experience.

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