SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Intercom CEO Karen Peacock reveals the top strategies that accelerate revenue growth and the steps to take your business to the next level. . It’s likely that most SaaS leaders can immediately spout off their ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) –– after all, that’s the key growth metric. Know Your Business. Know Your Customers.

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USIO

MARCH 7, 2025

By embedding payment capabilities directly into existing business systems, companies can eliminate redundancies, improve cash flow, and create a smoother experience for customers and partners alike. Manual invoicing, reconciliation, and transaction approvals require time and personnel, leading to higher operational costs.

Payments 130

Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 130

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

If your SaaS business’s customer base is rapidly growing, you would require a more scalable billing platform to handle high volumes of transactions for you. Getting onboard a robust billing system means benefiting from advanced features like automated recurring billing, customized invoicing, and revenue recognition.

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Payment Solutions Payment Services Systems Review SaaS Payments 105

Blulogix

DECEMBER 23, 2024

By Inga Broerman How Usage-Based Pricing is Transforming Subscription Billing The subscription economy is undergoing a transformation, driven by the rising popularity of usage-based pricing. The days of flat-rate subscriptions being the default option are gone. Your ERP cannot bill usage subscriptions.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the fundamental business models that were once engraved in the SaaS playbook are now changing thanks to a tougher macro environment and a maturing market. PST, Stephanie Opdam, Partner at Notion Capital, shares four business model changes that will allow SaaS companies to build resilience and staying power over time.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 9, 2022

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing process — payment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. Payment processing: These solutions gather payment details and facilitate the transaction between two parties. FastSpring: Your MoR for All-in-One SaaS Billing.

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 147

FastSpring

MARCH 3, 2023

Most billing and subscription management solutions let you: Build various trial and subscription models (e.g., free or paid trial and usage-based or fixed price subscriptions). Manage active subscriptions (e.g., Send invoices and/or payment notifications. You can also: Create trials of any length.

Payment Services 142

Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payments 142

USIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

Subscription Models: Usio will provide general insights into why subscription-based payment processing is often considered advantageous for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Predictable Revenue Streams: Subscription models provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream for SaaS companies.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 130

SaaStr

MAY 13, 2021

. #429: In this episode, ProfitWell Founder & CEO Patrick Campbell shares benchmarks from over 23,000 companies and offers a helpful framework to re-evaluate your retention strategy and increase your CLV (Customer Lifetime Value) between 10 and 60%. Patrick Campbell.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

You may already be thinking about ways to reduce your expenses and shift your overall growth strategy. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets. And Kurt believes that iterative pricing can be a highly effective strategy during volatile markets. But what about pricing?

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Sales Hacker

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

SaaS pricing isn’t static – it’s a living strategy that grows with your company. From your first paying customers to enterprise domination, here’s how successful SaaS companies level up their pricing game to maximize growth and profitability at every turn.

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Stax

MARCH 27, 2025

To choose the right payment method, consider transaction volume, transfer speed, cost, and security. ACH payment is more affordable and can be automated and payee-initiated, making it ideal for recurring transactions and subscription payments. With other EFT methods, only the payer can send payment manually.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

In physical stores, a POS system may include card readers or mobile payment devices. Embedded Payments Embedded Payments include three types of payment models that SaaS platforms use to manage their transactions: integrated payments or referral partnerships, PayFac-as-a-service, and payment facilitation, or PayFac.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

FastSpring

MAY 20, 2024

Moving some, all, or simply more of your software offerings from a one-time perpetual license model to a software as a service (SaaS) subscription model can be daunting, but it’s so powerful for building dependable, recurring revenue. Letting FastSpring handle the subscription infrastructure. So that gets complex.

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Payments SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

USIO

APRIL 22, 2024

SaaS companies are continually seeking innovative strategies to not just maintain but amplify their growth trajectory and increase revenue. One pivotal yet often overlooked area is payments. We’ll delve into how SaaS companies are leveraging Usio Integrated Payment Solutions to propel their growth and increase revenue.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 130

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

2024 is coming to a close, and it has been a terrific year for SaaS businesses as the industry has witnessed quite a favorable growth. For SaaS companies, accounting becomes one of the most crucial processes to understand their financial and overall business health, and then make informed decisions about future steps.

Payment Services 52

Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features 52

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“Doubling Down” is a new series where we hear from top B2B SaaS investors on their most recent activities and takes on the current market. Metronome’s sophisticated billing and subscription management platform enables companies to easily manage and automate complex billing and invoicing processes.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

SaaS accounting and finance has gotten pretty complicated, and the impacts of getting it wrong have gone up substantially. I’ve worked with numerous start-ups that used outsourced accounting services with zero SaaS experience, and these firms didn’t even recognize automatic upsells, additional seats, etc. Cash is king.

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Finance Outsourcing Services Systems Review Technical Review 330

Blulogix

JANUARY 14, 2025

By Kegham Khrigian From ERP to Agile Monetization: A Roadmap for SaaS Growth For SaaS companies, staying competitive requires agility. But for many SaaS businesses, legacy ERP systems create significant obstacles. But their rigid structures and limited flexibility make them ill-suited for the demands of modern SaaS operations.

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Payment Features Scale SaaS Subscription 52

FastSpring

APRIL 11, 2022

What’s the ideal number of subscription tiers for a SaaS company? That’s not what we found when we studied the pricing plans of 50 best-in-class SaaS companies for our 2022 pricing pages report. From Zero to 23 Plans, Best-in-Class SaaS Companies Customize Their Subscription Options. This is where we come in.

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SaaS Payments Pricing Strategy Scale 147

FastSpring

MARCH 9, 2022

Because we have data from thousands of Saas and software websites. In this article, we’ll show you examples from a variety of SaaS pricing pages. No matter how you’re selling your SaaS products, you’ll find best practices to improve your pricing page for increased conversions. 7 SaaS pricing page examples. How do we know?

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SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Payment Methods 148

FastSpring

MAY 25, 2023

FastSpring previously presented on SaaS fees pricing and packaging to combat stagflation in 2022, but this article is based on an updated presentation delivered in March 2023 by David Vogelpohl. This article offers tips for optimizing pricing and packaging of your SaaS products in a less-than-stellar economy: What is stagflation?

SaaS Payments 148

SaaS Payments Pricing Payments Merchant Services 148

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. Table of Contents.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2024

With everything in AI moving so rapidly, what’s the best way to price Artificial Intelligence products or SaaS tools with custom AI features and integrations? Should it be subscriptions, usage, solutions, or something entirely different? If so, keep a simple subscription model. Is the most important thing for them a fixed cost?

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SaaStr

MAY 8, 2022

Check out this week’s top blog posts, podcasts, and videos: Top Blog Posts This Week: The Average SaaS Leader Grows 54% … At $1 Billion in ARR. When to Go Multi-Product in SaaS. Unlocking Growth in the Internet Economy: a Perspective from Stripe Head of Invoicing, Suzanne Xie. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 30, 2021

Indian SaaS hybrid super success stories. but with 3,800 of 4,300 employees in India, and customers spread across the globe — Freshworks is a great example of the future of SaaS. Many of us older timers in SaaS will continue to think of Freshworks as mainly Freshdesk, but that’s hardly the case.

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SaaStr

APRIL 2, 2019

Karen Peacock, COO of Intercom, one of the fastest growing SaaS businesses of all time, has led businesses of all sizes through massive growth. I’m going to share with you my stories in growing and scaling businesses, SaaS companies from one million to 500 million in ARR. First strategy, expand your market. ” Right?

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SaaStr

MARCH 15, 2024

Let’s talk about Vimeo and what it’s really like to make a large public SaaS company profitable in a short amount of time. They also have a media segment, a separate business supporting creators who want to do subscription-based video monetization. Well, they started the strategy, and Adam believes it’s a big opportunity.

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USIO

JUNE 3, 2024

In the dynamic world of Software as a Service (SaaS), staying ahead of the curve means continuously evolving and integrating new functionalities that enhance user experience and streamline business operations. One such critical functionality is integrated payments. As your SaaS business grows, your payment needs will evolve.

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Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 130

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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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

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. 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? They love SaaS products.

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SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

SaaStr

JUNE 12, 2021

Since the dawn of the age of the subscription, forcing people to keep paying to use some small part of a web service has been a common strategy. And making it hard to leave a subscription has probably been a strategy employed by some since the very first gym opened. In SaaS the issues are bigger. But so what?

Scale 297

Scale Social Media Churn Subscription 297

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 2, 2024

For subscription-based businesses, revenue leakage means the waste of potential capital which has been rightfully earned. The causes behind this gap range from errors in subscription handling to recurring billing inefficiencies. Boasting revenue is the central goal for subscription-based businesses.

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Payments Payment Features Payment Services Payment Solutions 105

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

By bridging the gap between general-purpose capabilities and domain-specific expertise, fine-tuning and distillation strategies can help large enterprises move past the last mile problem—ensuring AI solutions truly meet the standards for reliability and accuracy. Revenue multiples are a shorthand valuation framework.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

The SaaS industry has seen explosive growth in the past decadeand this is expected to continue this year. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Customer lifetime value. Customer acquisition cost.

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BetterCloud

MARCH 17, 2025

SaaS tools are fantastic, but keeping your tech stack from turning into a financial snowball can be tough. ets break down smart SaaS budgeting , so you can make your tech work for you, without blowing the bank. What is SaaS budgeting? These are the things youll discover when you take an inventory of your SaaS spend.

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Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

Stax

MARCH 15, 2025

This is especially true now more than ever before as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions continue to be amongst the fastest-growing segment within the tech world. Consumer adoption of digital solutions is accelerating at a rapid pace, with the SaaS market projected to grow from $315 billion in 2025 to $1,131 billion in 2032.

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