SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

A lot of our SaaS older times don’t quite know what to make with a lot of B2B startups these days, let alone some public SaaS companies. So many startups these days are claiming they have “ARR” from revenue that … doesn’t recur. Doesn’t ARR stand for Annual Recurring Revenue?

Merchant Services 360

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services 360

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

SVB collapsed, market multiples are down, yet the IPO window is re-opening, and we have a platform shift to AI that’s exciting everybody. At the peak of bull market exuberance at the end of 2021, a 1% improvement in revenue growth had the same impact on valuations as a 6% improvement in free cash flow margin. Let’s find out.

Cloud 312

Cloud Payments Software Review Payment Solutions 312

SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2023

If you’re a seed-stage startup, Michael shares the best ways for you to present your company to startup investors. They collect the payment online and take a 15% fee for every booking. Airbnb handles the payments and gets you a guest, and now your rent is covered for the next couple of months. That’s it.

Payment Methods 279

Payment Methods Startup Payment Solutions Sales Hiring 279

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. Before Navan, there were different apps for managing expenses, events and meetings, payments, etc.

Payment Solutions 289

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 289

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

But those three things are what got Starbucks its first profitable coffee shop in Seattle, not what allowed that shop to morph into an $80 billion business with 30,000 cafes around the world. This is Season Two of Scale , Intercom’s podcast series on moving from startup to scale-up. And for software businesses, it’s exactly the same.

Payments 186

Payments Scale Revenue SaaS Payments 186

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

These days, as the business lead for invoicing at Stripe, Xie has earned her own stripes in navigating the unique challenges of building and thriving in the SaaS marketplace. What makes a SaaS business so hard? As your business grows in complexity, these drags on your infrastructure can impact your product development.

Payment Features 262

Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 262

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? 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. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 175

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 175

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

359: The Secrets to Vertical Growth, What it Really Takes to Build a $1B SaaS Company with Matt Garratt, SVP, Managing Partner @ Salesforce Ventures, Trisha Price, Chief Product Officer @ nCino and David Schmaier, CEO & Founder @ Vlocity. Trisha Price. Matt Garratt: If you just look at Vlocity and nCino, amazing businesses.

Payment Solutions 219

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 219

SaaStr

OCTOBER 29, 2019

SaaS is about creating long-term value for your customer, and being compensated appropriately for that value as a business. Learn actionable monetization tips from a Product/Growth operator turned VC. Built out a bunch of the orb across product, data, analytics to do much of the same work, to drive retention and monetization.

Payments 113

Payments Pricing Compensation Scale 113

The Angel VC

APRIL 24, 2015

When I talk to SaaS startups and take a look at their metrics, it still happens quite often that some of the numbers aren’t quite clear to me and it takes some time to clarify things. I’m not referring to sophisticated reports or analyses but to the much more mundane question of what exactly people mean when they use a term like “revenues”.

Payments 193

Payments SaaS Payments Metrics Revenue 193

Tom Tunguz

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Also, if the crypto company sells software/services to other crypto companies and receives payment in tokens, the token revenue generated from that relationship resides in the treasury. Classic startup investing documents cohered around standards sometime in the late 2000s. Lock-ups and holding periods also vary quite a bit.

Payment Solutions 346

Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services Investment 346

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

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. Reconciling payments, fulfillment, refunds, etc. Process chargebacks.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Check out this 2018 Europa session with Guillaume Princen, Head of France and Southern Europe @ Stripe, where he talks about the metrics you need to be focused on in your startup. Average Revenue per Customer. The last kind of constituent here is investors and business owners. Your monthly recurring revenue changes every month.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

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. Part of this can be attributed to the SaaS model’s unique aspect of relying primarily on future revenue. Take a traditional business, like a furniture store.

Scale 117

Scale Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments 117

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A problem many founders are trying to solve right now is going upmarket to Enterprise, and Lemkin and Grinich have a passionate perspective that every startup should take steps to check those Enterprise boxes in their first year. Developer-Led Growth Differs From Product-Led Growth WorkOS is a developer platform. And you should.

Enterprise readiness 290

Enterprise readiness Payment Solutions Enterprise Payments 290

Baremetrics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The story of payment processors begins in 1998 when Confinity (later X.com, but you probably know it as PayPal) was released. This early payment processor did very little and wasn’t all that important to global commerce. That history might be interesting to some, but the real questions are: What are payment processors?

Payment Services 97

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 97

SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2019

Niall Wall, Box SVP of Business and Corporate Development alongside Vicki Lin, Stripe’s Head of Ecosystem and Cecilia Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing discuss scaling your revenue via indirect channels and platform ecosystems. Ceci Stallsmith – Director of Platform Marketing @ Slack.

Payments 134

Payments Scale Scaling Revenue 134

SaaStr

MARCH 4, 2024

We don’t need it, but at that price — it’s basically free” 2024: “Free? Raising a high-priced round, just to raise it Raising a lot of extra money on SAFEs Raising too much “non-dilutive” capital Used right, these tools all can work well. A High Priced Round Puts a Ton of Pressure On The Exit and Growth Rate Raise $2m, $4m, $10m?

Finance 290

Finance Payment Solutions Payments Pricing 290

SaaStr

MAY 23, 2022

But public stock prices are way down, and venture capital is much tighter than it was just a few months ago. They can negotiate themselves on where to spend incremental revenue and dollars. An L4M speaks with data, and it projects your revenue and burn rate more accurately than a “wish and a hope” model. And stick to it.

Sales Hiring 325

Sales Hiring Management Airlines Venture Capital 325

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. Its focus is on helping companies handle financial routine and streamlining processes related to accounting, banks, stock, and electronic invoicing, among others. from 500 Startups, Redpoint eventures, and others. RD Station.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

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. Integrating customer-facing subscription management tools on your own site. Correspondence automation.

SaaS Payments 158

SaaS Payments Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 158

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

By building a strong business tech stack for your startup – covering everything from incorporation to growing long-lasting customer relationships – you can not only win back time and establish best practices, but create a solid foundation for your business to grow. Ready to take your startup to the next level?

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen or watch now! Before joining FastSpring, I spent quite a number of years within the payments industry.

Merchant Services 192

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

That simple idea eventually led to fitDEGREE, Nick’s growing software startup for class-based fitness studios that want a more community-driven way to manage their local business. Nick realized that adding payments to the software product was the only way he could continue to compete in the space, so he took the opportunity.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 130

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 ?” History of the subscription pricing model: From newspapers to the rise of SaaS subscription. Key finding?

Payment Features 184

Payment Features SaaS Payments Payment Methods Subscription 184

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Q: What will the early and mid-investor appetite for SaaS startups in sales look like in 2024? “For We’re in a world today where NASDAQ is at a record (great growth), S&P is at a record, but startups have the lowest growth overall. Gorgias is Shopify for contact centers with revenue crossing $50M ARR. Why is that?

Sales Hiring 303

Sales Hiring Payment Solutions AI SaaS Payments 303

OpenView Labs

JULY 2, 2020

Pricing is a SaaS company’s most efficient profit lever, but it’s also one of the easiest things to screw up. Nailing your SaaS pricing strategy requires more than just picking the optimal price and forgetting about it. It includes the latest and greatest SaaS pricing resources, as well as some timeless staples.

Pricing 135

Pricing SaaS Payments Payments SaaS 135

Neil Patel

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The problem with selling your startup is the long exit time. Sometimes it can take as long as seven years before you can sell your business and hop on the next idea. Who wants to wait almost a decade to buy a startup when the face of tech is evolving at such a rapid pace? Micro startup acquisitions. And the investors?

Technical Review 144

Technical Review Payment Methods Acquisition Development Team Review 144

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. The platform's usage-based pricing (no monthly fees!)

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

Are you making it easy for B2B prospects to understand all your pricing options? Are you making it easy for all your customers to pay you (such as localized currency and payment methods)? The most successful SaaS businesses over the next 3-5 years will be the ones that are the most iterative. Prepare to Be Iterative.

B2C 148

B2C Payments SaaS Payments B2B 148

FastSpring

OCTOBER 8, 2019

If you’re selling your SaaS on home soil, pricing it in your currency makes sense. Not only do you need to market test your SaaS product in new geographical areas, but making sure it’s priced correctly can make or break its success in any new territory. Why localized pricing is essential for your SaaS. What is localized pricing?

Payments 97

Payments SaaS Payments Pricing Revenue 97

Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

Instead of pouring resources solely into acquiring new customers, smart SaaS businesses focus on increasing revenue from existing customers by guiding them to higher tiers, unlocking premium features, and expanding their usage. The key is to make the upgrade feel like a natural next step, not a hard sell.

Payments 88

Payments Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services 88

Frontegg

MAY 28, 2022

With more and more businesses offering their services online, payment processing is now taking centerstage. Creating a secure and smooth payment pipeline is becoming increasingly important, with users expecting more in-app freedom with the ability to purchase or upgrade their accounts with just a few clicks.

SaaS Payments 98

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods Payments 98

FastSpring

JANUARY 31, 2023

To help you choose between Stripe vs. Paddle vs. FastSpring, this guide compares: What areas of the payment lifecycle each one provides a solution for (e.g., payment processing, gathering and remitting taxes, and subscription management) and what additional software you’ll need to add to your tech stack.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Payment Methods Merchant Services Software Review 147

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? If you’re searching for one of these platforms, what qualities are important to you? We’ll talk about pricing, features, usability, and more.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

Finding the right recurring payment system to process recurring invoices for your subscription-based business isn't easy. Aside from there being a multitude of options in the market, SaaS and subscription businesses often have a diverse and complex set of items that they need their chosen platform to check-off the list.

Payment Features 105

Payment Features Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 105