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Usage-Based Revenue Models: Successes and Pitfalls from Checkr COO Lindsey Scrase on CRO Confidential

SaaStr

As Checkr follows usage-based pricing, it’s a transactional business that needs to be managed differently than a typical subscription SaaS model since they only earn revenue when the customer is using the product. ” Quickly, Lindsey found that comp plans weren’t aligned with Checkr’s revenue goals and incentives.

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How to Leverage Pricing and Packaging to Drive Growth, Revenue, and Profit with Miro, Loom, OpenAI, and Splunk 

SaaStr

So, you should think about it the same way and use it intentionally to drive growth, revenue, or whatever else, but think about it more than something you set at once and forget. But if you’re trying to maximize revenue, you have to find the revenue maximization point.

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From $1M to $3B ARR: Databricks CRO Ron Gabrisko on Scaling a Revenue Rocket Ship

SaaStr

With Databricks now one of the largest pre-IPO technology companies, with $10 billion of expected non-dilutive financing and a valuation of $62 billion, Ron’s insights are gold for any revenue leader looking to scale. Our founders focused on adoption first, not revenue, Ron explains. The takeaway? The takeaway?

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Reducing Costs and Increasing Revenue with Integrated Payments

USIO

Integrated payment solutions offer a streamlined approach, helping businesses cut costs while boosting revenue. How Integrated Payments Drive Revenue Growth Enhancing Customer Experience A seamless, frictionless payment process improves customer satisfaction and retention.

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Harness the Full Power of Integrated Payments to Drive Revenue

Designed for software leaders, this playbook outlines how to harness the full power of a payments strategy to drive substantial revenue and enhance the overall customer experience.

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Three Ways SaaS Organizations Can Create Recurring Revenue Without Spending a Dime

USIO

In the competitive world of Software as a Service (SaaS), generating recurring revenue is essential for sustainable growth. While many strategies involve significant investments in marketing, sales, and technology, there are also effective methods to boost recurring revenue that require minimal financial outlay.

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How Much Revenue Must a Company Generate to IPO?

Tom Tunguz

We corrected the trailing 12 months’ revenue at the time of IPO for inflation & plotted the data. Before 2018, only one company IPOed with more than $200m in revenue. In fact, the median revenue at IPO at $90m. Today, the median revenue at IPO is $189m (corrected for inflation), more than double.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase.

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How Do SaaS Companies Fit Into the Payments Revenue Food Chain?

Ever wondered who gets a share of that 3% credit card transaction fee? This guide explains how that fee is divvied up and how SaaS companies are becoming a more important player (gaining a larger share) by embedding payments into their solution.

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Take Payments Without Losing The Profits

If you are a vertically focused software company and hate giving up a big piece of your revenue pie to third parties, explore becoming a payment facilitator. Transform your business by increasing your revenue share, taking control of your merchant’s experience, and owning your risk management decisions.

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Get More Help With Merchant Onboarding and Get Payments Going Your Way

As software companies become a larger part of the payments world, you will have to determine how much of a role you want to play and how far up the payments revenue food chain you want to go. By becoming a Payment Facilitator, you gain more control and ownership of the payment functions and keep a larger share of the payments revenue pie.

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More Freedom. Because It's Hard to Control Payments When Your Payments Provider is Controlling You.

As software companies become a larger part of the payments world, they will have to determine how much of a role they want to play and how far up the payments revenue food chain they want to go. By becoming a PF, they gain more control and ownership of the payment functions and keep a larger share of the payments revenue pie.

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A Solution for Every Type of Churn: Solving Involuntary SaaS Churn

Caused by failed payments, this overlooked source of friction quietly erodes both customer retention and revenue. It leads to revenue losses and can be the largest source of churn, yet your company may not be taking it seriously. How is your SaaS business addressing involuntary churn?

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Blueprint to Modernize Analytics

The longer you wait to modernize your application’s analytics, the harder you’ll eventually feel the pain of lost customers and missed revenue. When it comes to your revenue and customer loyalty, don't be reactive, be proactive. If it sounds like a daunting task, that's because it is.

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PayOps Fact Sheet

Infinicept's PayOps™ platform helps your business onboard and manage merchants so you can generate payments revenue, control your customer experience, deliver an improved product, and increase valuation. Why integrate payments into your platform, and how does Infinicept help?