Stax

APRIL 15, 2025

For subscription-based businesses achieving consistent and predictable revenue growth is the holy grail. In fact, monthly recurring revenue (MRR) is one of the most important metrics subscription businesses should be aware of. TL;DR MRR is the average revenue that a company expects to receive each month.

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Subscription Flow

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Businesses may never know how much revenue might be leaking from overlooked nooks and crannies. The purpose of the revenue growth management strategy is to steer a business in an organized, and sustainable direction. In this blog, you will find out the meaning of revenue growth management, its importance, components, and challenges.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Confluent’s President of Field Operations, Erica Schultz, explores different tactics businesses can employ to scale revenue and increase efficiency in the current macro environment. Another approach to scaling revenue involves accelerating the customer adoption and expansion phases. Align your customer and persona understanding.

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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. Zero reconciliation, from quote to revenue. Totally unified.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Chargebee: Supports Complex Subscription Management. Recurly: Easily Integrates with Multiple Payment Gateways. Zoho Subscriptions: Online Subscription Billing Platform. Wave: Invoicing and Accounting Software for Small Businesses. Fully Compliant, Custom Trial and Subscription Options (Without Writing Code).

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Incredo

JULY 14, 2019

Whether you are a startup owner, a manager of a growing business or the CEO of an established company, you might find yourself asking questions like “ Should our SaaS subscription model be monthly, annually or both ?” or “ What are the best tips I can get in terms of annual vs monthly subscription models ?”.

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SaaStr

APRIL 15, 2025

Heres why: Revenue in Consumption Models Comes from Usage, Not Signatures : Unlike traditional subscription SaaS, where you lock in revenue with a signed contract, in a consumption-based model, revenue only materializes when the customer starts using the product. Thats a disaster for your business.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 6, 2025

By Inga Broerman The 2025 Blueprint for Scalable Growth in the Subscription Economy The subscription economy is entering a pivotal year. To succeed, subscription-based organizations must embrace smarter, more integrated approaches to billing, management, and strategy.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Customize and manage one or more subscription and trial models. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Automated invoices and customer notifications.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

For example, for a roofing contractor company, the software would act as the master merchant, setting up the infrastructure for contractors (sub-merchants) to receive payments from customers. This model allows sub-merchants to focus on their core activities while benefiting from streamlined access to payment services.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2024

Invest Heavily in Onboarding Your typical employee takes about three to six months to get ramped. That’s a lot of time in startup land and doesn’t work, so you want to think about how to compress these onboarding times so employees hit their stride much quicker. Let’s use net dollar or net revenue retention as an example.

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Stax

MAY 23, 2025

If youre a software provider looking to boost revenue, streamline operations, and deliver more value to your users, ISV integrated payments can be a game-changer. Embedding payments directly into your platform can unlock tremendous benefits both for you and your users. The best part?

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FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

Look at Zoom or Slack: businesses designed for enterprise organizations that use B2C-like onboarding flows (such as product-led growth, or PLG) to fuel interest and adoption. For example: Are you making your quoting and invoicing experience as efficient and flexible as possible? The post SaaS: Is B2B Revenue Better than B2C?

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Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

Subscription models offer companies large and small the opportunity to build predictable revenue and high customer lifetime value. But managing subscriptions effectively and freeing up time and resources for expansion is no picnic.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 25, 2022

Ada is the brand interaction platform that helps you purposefully automate conversations with each customer and employee, saving costs and growing revenue without betraying the brand you promised to be. With our platforms, SaaS companies can manage any subscription model, calculate revenue, and generate custom reports that investors love.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. Zoho Subscriptions. Remitting taxes at the end of the year.

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Blulogix

DECEMBER 26, 2024

By Inga Broerman Building a Competitive Edge Through Channel Partnerships In an increasingly competitive subscription economy, channel partnerships have become a beacon for businesses seeking scalable growth and sustainable revenue streams.

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ChurnZero

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

You might be surprised to know that SaaS companies can learn a lot from their consumer subscription counterparts. 4: High-end sales teams Increasingly, SaaS organizations leverage inside sales teams, since selling subscriptions is easier and less of a commitment than selling enterprise software. 3: Make onboarding seamless.

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User Pilot

MAY 27, 2025

For example, say a user opens your app, skips the onboarding tutorial , and heads straight to the dashboard. Because now, you can: Improve onboarding by identifying friction points. Such as signing up, completing onboarding, using a core feature for the first time, or upgrading a plan. What features drive repeat usage ?

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ChurnZero

MAY 23, 2025

If youve come up in your career through sales, you’re used to living in a world defined by revenue metrics. If youve reached the pinnacle of becoming a chief revenue officer (CRO), you know how to tell a growth story that makes sense to the board and to the market. 1: Net revenue retention (NRR): your valuation growth engine.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

What if you could boost revenue without having to invest a small fortune in new customer acquisition? A customer expansion strategy is a playbook for increasing the revenue from your existing customers, for example, by selling them additional products and services or encouraging them to upgrade to higher plans.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Note: FastSpring offers advanced subscription management services that support free trials, monthly and annual paid plans, proration, discount management, and more. How Castos upsells subscription tiers. His podcast hosting company uses data analytics that looks at which users are most likely to grow out of their current subscriptions.

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Blulogix

JANUARY 14, 2025

ERP systems were designed for simpler times when revenue models were static, and customer needs were less dynamic. If your business is still relying on an ERP to manage revenue operations, you may already feel the strain. This leads to delayed invoices, inaccurate charges, and customer disputes.

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User Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tracking revenue on a spreadsheet is easy, but understanding the underlying factors influencing revenue growth rate is a different ball game. As you read on, you will learn: How to properly define revenue growth. Related metrics that impact your revenue and how to use the insights to turn your product into a growth engine.

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Stax

MARCH 16, 2025

As a SaaS business leader, reducing software user churn is an important part of maintaining your customer base and increasing revenue. Key metrics include customer churn rate, revenue churn, and net revenue retention (NRR). Lower churn leads to higher customer lifetime value (LTV), better brand reputation, and increased revenue.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 1, 2019

The new SaaS model is subscription revenue-driven, which begs the question: what is a conversion today? It’s not just SaaS; subscriptions are taking over. And that’s not even the only one from Japan; there’s actually at least 18 different Japan subscription boxes. You never choose razor blades again.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2022

Last week, I canceled an annual SaaS subscription (I had three weeks left until renewal). Interestingly, even though I paid for a year-long subscription, the company didn’t let me keep the last three weeks of access to its premium features. This action will immediately downgrade your subscription.

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User Pilot

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Unlike traditional businesses, most SaaS businesses operate the subscription pricing model. For instance, satisfied customers are more likely to renew their subscriptions month after month with a subscription-based streaming service. What does customer satisfaction look like for SaaS businesses?

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User Pilot

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The goal of account expansion is simple: maximizing revenue. But solving this puzzle varies depending on who you ask: For product teams, it can be challenging to generate expansion revenue directly. So as a product leader or CRO, how can you optimize account expansion responsibilities across teams to maximize revenue?

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Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

However, staying focused on the big picture can be challenging if your business is bogged down by repetitive payments and intricate billing procedures—both common hurdles for a billing system with inadequate functionality. Stax Bill simplifies invoice and subscription billing management by automating manual financial processes.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s an interesting stat: 70% of businesses consider subscription and membership models indispensable for future commercial growth and expansion. They must engineer a well-rounded solution that makes handling subscriptions a breeze (and yes, it is as hard as it sounds). However, only 10% of them currently employ these models.

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USIO

MAY 24, 2024

Security : Protection against fraud and ensuring data privacy is paramount. Ease of Integration : The gateway should integrate seamlessly with your existing systems and software with automated onboarding. Excellent Customer & Deliver Support : Quick and effective support can save you time and prevent potential revenue loss.

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Subscription Flow

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscription pricing with the help of automated billing software has transformed many industries and provided businesses with a dynamic way to generate revenue, especially in the SaaS space. SaaS companies’ success is largely dependent on their use of subscription billing.

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User Pilot

JUNE 10, 2024

Researching customer onboarding strategies for your SaaS product? The article shares 17 tried-and-tested customer onboarding tactics that will help you build delightful user experiences and drive product growth. Create a welcome series of in-app and email messages to greet users and kick off onboarding. Ready to dive in?

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User Pilot

MARCH 31, 2023

What user onboarding metrics should you track if you want to evaluate your onboarding processes? We all know that successful onboarding is especially important for SaaS companies since they depend on a subscription-based business model. What is the user onboarding process? Customer onboarding process.

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User Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2024

Looking for the right revenue growth formula to keep track of your numbers and know how well you’re performing? This article shows you how to calculate revenue growth in the short and long term. TL;DR Revenue growth refers to the increase in a company’s revenue between a specific period and the same period in the past.

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

For businesses offering subscriptions, memberships, retainers, and other recurring services, recurring billing is a powerful solution to streamline processes and ultimately enhance revenue generation. Consider this: Consumers are already conditioned to the subscription model. Learn More What is Recurring Billing?

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