Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Here’s an interesting stat: 70% of businesses consider subscription and membership models indispensable for future commercial growth and expansion. Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. How do you add payment processing capabilities to your software?

Payments 88

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Services Merchant Services 88

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Building on the definitions from that essay and introducing a few new ones, here are the types of business models we’ll cover: SaaS: software that businesses access online and purchase via a subscription e.g. Slack, Adobe, Atlassian. There are two common modes here in lead gen and peer to peer e.g. Zillow, Thumbtack, Craigslist.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Neil Patel

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Once you get started, you’ll see that it gives you tons of advantages beyond security. Whether you are trying to go green, stay organized, build great looking newsletters, or meet the most stringent regulations, document management software can make a hard process much easier. eSignature and Payment Gateway. Not an accident.

Payment Solutions 145

Payment Solutions Payment Services Software Review Software 145

Stax

JANUARY 29, 2024

Innovative ISVs and SaaS companies know that one of the best ways to provide value to merchants—while improving your bottom line—is to provide integrated payments. For example, if you’re an invoicing software provider that lets SMBs manage their billing, then it makes sense to add payment processing tools to your platform.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 88

Neil Patel

APRIL 12, 2021

They offer some of the best-known subscription boxes around, reflecting an increasingly popular (and potentially lucrative) business model. Why Should You Launch a Subscription Box? According to MarketsandMarkets , the subscription and recurring billing market will grow to around $7.8 Recurring Business Revenue.

Outsourcing Services 123

Outsourcing Services Payment Methods Payment Features Subscription 123

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. Manual processes first. Dare I say SaaS.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 162

Baremetrics

DECEMBER 28, 2020

If you’re running a subscription or SaaS business, you know that at the end of the day your chief metric is monthly recurring revenue (MRR). Churn occurs when an existing subscription is canceled, downgraded, paused, or becomes delinquent. You may be thinking, “How bad can it be?” What is a dunning process?

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 105

Intercom, Inc.

MAY 3, 2018

Rohini Pondhi , product management lead for Square’s Invoices product, knows this challenge well. Here are five quick takeaways: Instead of relying on word of mouth to permeate the team, write things down. Iterate on process the same way you iterate on product. At Square, I manage a product called Square Invoices.

Payment Methods 195

Payment Methods Merchant Services Scale Payment Features 195

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Romain Huet | Head of Developer Relations @ Stripe. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 174

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 174

Baremetrics

JANUARY 12, 2022

For example, you can sell services that lead to revenue coming in, you can put more money into the company as owner’s equity , or you can take out a bank loan as a new liability. However, not having a good idea of how much money is entering or exiting your business over time is always bad! What does cash flow modeling software do?

Payment Services 95

Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 95

Frontegg

AUGUST 19, 2021

Users don’t want to write emails or engage with support teams anymore. Companies are shifting towards Product-Led Growth strategies and self-service features are making it all happen. Onboarding, user management, subscriptions – let’s take a closer look at the potent self-service and PLG combo. The answer is simple.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Underperforming Technical Team 98

Stax

MAY 21, 2024

As software and management systems have progressed in the modern age, time-consuming tasks like recurring payments and client management are streamlined through this process. In this article, we will explain the benefits of implementing payment management systems into your software. This is where Stax Connect comes in.

Payment Solutions 88

Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments Software Review 88

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Introduction You want a subscription model for your business that increases revenue and keeps customers. You think about either Stripe , a payment platform, or Recurly , a customer-driven one to handle your billing. Let's jump right in and get you going towards picking the best subscription billing platform for you.

Payment Services 69

Payment Services Payment Features Payment Methods Payments 69

FastSpring

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In Dave’s words, “What is it about your product or service that the users say in their own words they love ?” That’s why Dave recommends testing all the way through to the client or customer taking a subscription. Ifprospects and customers don’t understand what your product is or what your service does, they’re not going to buy it.

Payment Methods 179

Payment Methods SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 179

ChurnZero

AUGUST 14, 2020

And by virtue of that, it’s essential that Customer Success software – like a Customer Success team – plays well with the others it works alongside if the customer is to truly come first. Sales or Sales Operations. Customer Support/Service Software and Ticketing Systems. Customer Support/Service or IT Operations.

Payments 87

Payments Payment Solutions Customer Success Software Review 87

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 29, 2019

It’s no surprise that one of the key levers for growth as you go from startup to scale-up is your sales team. How quickly you’re able to accelerate growth depends on your ability to build a nimble sales org and develop a strong sales strategy. These lay the foundation that enables your team to run as efficiently as possible.

Scale 172

Scale Sales Hiring Scaling Payment Services 172

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. The second constituent there is the developer. Why do developers love SaaS products? Low touch you’re gonna talk a lot about what we call customer success teams. Transcript.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

or “how long should I spend on developing my software ?”. To answer your questions correctly, we need to ask for clarification and more details about your software, its complexity and company goals. If you search on Google, Youtube or Quora, answers will tell you that 7%, 9%, 10% or more is the common approach.

SaaS Payments 150

SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services Sales Recruiting 150

Neil Patel

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The bad news is that marketers waste 37 to 95 percent of their marketing budget. Document their marketing processes. You’ll want to break each of these areas down in enough detail so you (and your team) can work with each of these areas properly. This means 62 percent of companies are unprepared.

Underperforming Technical Team 145

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Development Payment Methods 145

Incredo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Software to track analytics, transfer payments, manage inventory, create videos and for many other things. In its turn, SaaS company is responsible for optimizing conversions and successful onboarding so the visitor becomes a paying customer. Process is simple but would we write about it if everything was that easy?

SaaS Payments 139

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Sales Recruiting 139

Incredo

OCTOBER 17, 2019

or “how long should I spend on developing my software ?”. To answer your questions correctly, we need to ask for clarification and more details about your software, its complexity and company goals. If you search on Google, Youtube or Quora, answers will tell you that 7%, 9%, 10% or more is the common approach.

SaaS Payments 144

SaaS Payments Compensation Payment Services Sales Recruiting 144

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

If you’re looking the best online payment processor, you've likely come across options including Stripe and Zuora. Wide Range of Payment Options Stripe helps companies take their business international, with support for over 135 currencies. Both power a wide range of companies, but which is the best for your business?

Payment Methods 75

Payment Methods Payment Services Technical Review Merchant Services 75

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Creating a new product category also creates a plethora of challenges – from spotting the right market niche to convincing customers that yours is a service they need. So they created a software that provides control, visibility, and payment methods for corporate finance teams. This is why I decided to jump in.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Methods Payment Solutions Marketing 162

Baremetrics

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Shopify is a huge opportunity for developers looking to expand into the micro-SaaS space. The Shopify App Store brings together Shopify app developers and Shopify shop owners for their mutual benefit. Why you need to track business metrics for Shopify App Developers 10 business metrics for Shopify App Developers 1.

Payment Solutions 98

Payment Solutions Outsourced Development Underperforming Technical Team Metrics 98

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. There’s a lot of services. David, you talked a bit about the team and the founders.

Payment Solutions 218

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 218

User Pilot

MARCH 25, 2024

Various factors could cause customer churn, including bad product-customer fit , poor user onboarding experience , poor customer service , and weak customer relationships. Reduce churn with proactive customer service. Put simply, poor customer service interactions increase the likelihood of churn.

Underperforming Technical Team 104

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Methods Payment Solutions 104

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. Horizontal SaaS refers to general-purpose software solutions that are applicable across industries and attract a diverse user base.

SaaS Payments 88

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 88

User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2023

TL;DR Customer attrition, also known as customer churn , takes place when customers leave your product or service. The key causes of customer churn are poor customer support , buggy product, wrong product-market fit, bad user experience, poor onboarding process, high pricing, and long time-to-value.

Underperforming Technical Team 98

Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 98

Point Nine Land

JUNE 18, 2023

Everything you always wanted to know about cohort analysis (but were afraid to ask) Back in 2012, I wrote a blog post titled “Know your user cohorts” , which began like this: “One of the most important tools to better understand the usage of a web application — or a service, a game or a mobile app, it doesn’t matter — is a cohort analysis.

SaaS Payments 128

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments SaaS 128

Neil Patel

APRIL 5, 2023

Google Alerts Google Alerts is a free service offered by Google to keep you up-to-date on the latest news, conversations, and web content. The free option allows one search, then you need a paid subscription. Ahrefs does offer a premium product with tiered subscription packages. Paid subscriptions start from $119.95

Payment Methods 133

Payment Methods Social Media Payment Services AI Search 133

Scytale

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

If your organization handles credit card transactions, you’re likely aware of the importance of PCI DSS compliance. PCI DSS audits aren’t a one-size-fits-all process, and the price can vary significantly based on several factors. Simply put, if your company handles any kind of cardholder data, PCI DSS compliance is a must.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services Merchant Services Systems Review Underperforming Technical Team 52

Natalia Luneva

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, the subscription business model can’t survive if you keep on acquiring new custo mers but the old ones keep on walking away. The period refers to a month or year depending on which payment option you offer or which of them is more popular. And the process usually requires lots of time, research, and high concentration on data.

SaaS Payments 105

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Churn Payment Services 105

ProfitWell

MARCH 12, 2020

The subscription-based economy boom has brought with it more competition than ever before, raising the bar for companies trying to offer recurring products or services to their customers. However, behind the boom lies the rising consumer demand for subscriptions. Payment processing. Customer support.

Payment Features 59

Payment Features Subscription SaaS Payments Payments 59

Outseta

JANUARY 20, 2020

What started as Dimitris (now my Co-founder at Outseta ) writing a few lines of code to collect rent payments from tenants he had living in a duplex in Providence, Rhode Island, turned into something worth hundreds of millions of dollars 15 years later. I was managing a team of 15 and the company had grown to about 140 employees.

SaaS Payments 145

SaaS Payments Sales Hiring Payment Methods Payment Services 145

Subscription Flow

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Opt for the Paystack checkout process so that you may have a loyal customer base that would be willing to get products from your platform. When money is involved, the only thing that can help retailers is to charge for what is exactly being purchased and process transactions quickly.

Payment Methods 59

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payments Payment Services 59

User Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2023

TL;DR At-risk customers are those who are showing signs of canceling their subscriptions. The main factors contributing to at-risk customers include poor onboarding process , lack of product value perception, lousy customer support, unfixed bugs, and no learning materials, resource center, and FAQs. What are at-risk customers?

Churn 98

Churn Underperforming Technical Team SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 98

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. What Is Negative Churn?

Benchmarks 147

Benchmarks Churn Payments SaaS Payments 147