Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

According to the US Federal Reserve in 2022, general-purpose card payments reached $153.3 On top of that, 69% of Americans online in 2023 said they used digital payment methods to make a purchase. To address evolving customer demands and accept electronic payments, you need a payment processing system.

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Selling internationally can get complicated very quickly if you’re trying to manage cross border payments yourself. And typical payment service providers won’t help you with most of those concerns. Read on to learn: Why cross border payments are key to taking your business global.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Outsourcing Services 158

SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2022

So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech. It seemed such an easy way to bolt on more revenue to an underlying SaaS platform. Shopify now gets 2x the revenue from payments and merchant services than it does from SaaS subcriptions.

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SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payments Payment Solutions 316

Payrix

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Embedded Finance is reshaping SaaS, and for good – and exciting – reasons. Meet some of our experts driving this shift for our software partners and see how Embedded Finance can enhance your platform’s revenue, customer loyalty, and growth potential. Meet Ian Hillis, Head of Growth Why is Embedded Finance taking the industry by storm?

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Payments Finance Payment Solutions SaaS Payments 130

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

As a growing SaaS company, there is a lot to think about in a day: How is my ARR doing? And, when you do, do you even think about sale tax compliance? vary on how they handle sales tax and SaaS. It can be confusing to understand how and where you should charge sales tax. Are we delighting our costumes?

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Payment Services compliance SaaS Payments Scale 335

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion. But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. On the surface, it seems effortless, with customers only taking a few seconds to initiate and complete payments.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

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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Payments SaaS Payments Revenue Payment Services 88

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Our suite of financial tools makes it easy to turn recurring revenue into flexible growth financing. Pilot’s leading team of US-based experts, supported by elegant software, delivers world-class bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services trusted by growing businesses like yours. Welcome to Payfac-as-a-service.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services PayFac as a Service Marketplace as a Service 246

SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

Cloudinary VP of Developer Experience Sanjay Sarathy shares his journey to more than $100M and the lessons he learned along the way for building a PLG motion and an Enterprise sales motion. They didn’t initially envision being a large Enterprise sales organization. Self-service here, Enterprise motion here, and they shall never meet.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Payments can be facilitated on a mobile device in a variety of ways. This is a huge advantage for SaaS companies looking to diversify recurring revenue streams in a way that also delights customers. Protect payment information. Enable device-specific cryptograms. Carry out a risk assessment.

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Mobile Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payments 187

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

With the turbulence in the market in 2023, sales cycles have only been getting longer and a lot more complicated. At this year’s SaaStr Annual , CEO and co-founder of Capchase Miguel Fernandez and Director of Marketing Rose Johnson share five tips for getting sales right in any market. Lay out the sales process early on.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Features 282

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In SaaS, #1 most common misfire, with a bullet, is the VP/head of sales. It goes something like “You’ve Got to Get Past the Carcass of Your First VP of Sales” or “It’s The Second VP of Sales When You Really Start Selling” or variants thereof. Because in SaaS start-ups, it seems like the majority of first VP Sales fail.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Few SaaS leaders have gone through more post-pandemic change than Shopify and Zoom. SaaS growth slowed to 10% year-over-year, down from a peak overall growth of almost 100% (!) Gross Margins declining toward 50% as payments, merchant services and more outpace the growth of SaaS subcriptions. More on that here.

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Payment Methods Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 283

SaaStr

AUGUST 29, 2022

SMB SaaS has a lot going for it: – Millions of them – Short sales cycles – Easier compete. So many VCs and others have gotten more and more excited about SMB SaaS. But SMB SaaS has a lot of challenges, too: Churn is much higher. of public SaaS companies are primarily SMB focused. Much higher.

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SaaS Payments Scale SMB PayPal 346

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Just how big is the current web3 B2B SaaS total addressable market (TAM)? In the last six months, 103 web3 companies generated revenue on-chain, the smallest of which recorded a few hundred dollars of sales & the largest, Ethereum, tallied $401m. Total Revenue, $M. of Revenue spent on Software.

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Payment Solutions B2B Software Payment Services 351

SaaStr

DECEMBER 3, 2023

So over the past decade-and-a-half we’ve come up with a lot of yardsticks, metrics and rules for SaaS companies. E.g.,: CAC of < 12 months is Good-to-Great Paying sales reps 25%-30% of what they close is Good A burn ratio of 1 or less is Good These metrics do sort of work, if you have some capital to spend (i.e., It depends.

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SaaS Payments Metrics SMB Payments 278

FastSpring

OCTOBER 13, 2023

If you’re currently using 2Checkout or Stripe to sell digital goods or SaaS but are considering switching — to the other, or to other options such as FastSpring — you may be wondering whether there are substantial differences between the platforms and their services. What does all of that mean? What Is FastSpring and Who Is It For?

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Payments Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services 160

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

I was lucky to catch up recently with one of my very favorite SaaS founders, René Lacerte, CEO Bill.com. Bill.com had to develop a network that today has millions on vendors processing bills and payments on it. Bill.com had to develop a network that today has millions on vendors processing bills and payments on it.

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SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Scale 63

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

How is SMB SaaS doing today? Transaction Fees Growing Far Faster (38%) Than Software / SaaS License (21%). Both Bill and Shopifty have morphed over the years from almost pure SaaS companies to payments platforms built on top of a SaaS core. But Bill did it the hard way, and built the payment platforms itself.

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Payment Services Payments SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 339

Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services SaaS Payments Merchant Services Payment Facilitation 88

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

I felt like when I was a SaaS CEO and had to go profitable, they helped saved my rear. Close say a $125k contract, even after a healthy sales commission, that’s $100k+ in the bank right now! bills, “payment terms”, and often, repeated follow-up. . — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) September 4, 2020.

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SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Payments 312

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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Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments Revenue 52

SaaStr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Engage teams by enabling them to interact with the project in the way they prefer. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Tropic is procurement paradise.

Merchant Services 274

Merchant Services Payment Solutions SaaS Payments Payments 274

Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Second, UIPath’s cash flow margin, (defined as cash flow from operations divided by revenue), shows the company has attained a turnaround of similar magnitude on a cash basis.

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Payment Services Metrics Payment Solutions Payments 359

Stax

MARCH 17, 2025

The best ISVs go beyond simply providing merchant services. Talk to sales Why Enable PayPal for Your Merchants? Adding PayPal to your list of accepted payment methods opens up a range of benefits for you and your merchants alike. They also invest in their client’s success and help them thrive.

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Merchant Services Stax PayPal SaaS Payments 88

SaaStr

JUNE 17, 2022

The reality is though, in SaaS, especially if you are primarily sales-driven, that’s often gonna be tough. So if you’re building a model for your SaaS start-up, or thinking about cash-flow positive as a goal, let me offer a few learnings about how we got there faster: Land A Few Whales. Big Customers) in SaaS.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

20X year 1⃣ 12X year 2⃣ 5X year 3⃣ #deelspeed @deel [link] — Shuooo (@shuoshuooshuooo) January 23, 2023 When we look at SaaS companies’ success stories, everything looks great on their growth maps. Shuo Wang is the CRO and co-founder of Deel, one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies.

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Sales Hiring Payment Services SaaS Payments Scale 274

SaaStr

AUGUST 24, 2022

Toast isn’t accelerating the way some SaaS leaders are, but still, 59% growth at $800m in ARR is something a few years back we would never have thought possible. #2. Driving up sales rep efficiency is key to driving up margins. SMB sales (most of Toast) is very tough to do without a highly efficient and effective sales force.

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SaaS Payments Scale SMB Payment Solutions 326

SaaStr

AUGUST 21, 2024

Only 18% of Revenue From SaaS. Shopify and Bill both also get the majority of their revenue from financial fees and transaction fees, not software subscriptions. But Toast even more so, at 18% of revenue. It’s probably not really a SaaS company, but close enough to include it in our series and our ecosystem. #3.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2024

So there’s a vertical SaaS company at over $600m ARR that is extremely well known to its customers that you’ve probably never heard of — Instructure. It was founded in 2008 but took a while to get going, hitting $1m in revenue in 2011 selling to Utah schools — and then scaled from there. It took on $1.7

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Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments 299

FastSpring

JUNE 22, 2022

We don’t have to look far to find examples of B2B SaaS companies that have found traction using a self-service or product-led motion. Historically, when SaaS businesses have gone to market, they’ve done so by finding product-market fit with one of two core audiences: consumers or businesses. How B2B and B2C Are Converging.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By BluLogix Team Revenue Recognition: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy What is RevRec and how does it impact accurate reporting for compliance and financial integrity? Ready to see how BluIQ can transform your billing process and help you achieve integrated, automated, and accurate complex monetization?

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Payment Services Payments compliance SaaS Payments 52

Stax

MAY 20, 2024

When can revenue NOT be counted as revenue? The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. Unlike when selling ordinary products, you cannot recognize the revenue earned from a subscription all at once.

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Payment Features Payments Payment Services SaaS Payments 167

SaaStr

JULY 31, 2020

Founded in 2015, Chorus operates a SaaS platform that provides valuable insights from conversations – say with calls, video conferences and emails — for revenue teams. Last year, the company doubled its headcount, tripled revenue and landed on G2’s Top 100 Global Software list. . Yet the growth is likely to accelerate.

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Scale Artificial Intelligence Payments Payment Services 359

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. This article will cover everything you need to know about Click to Pay, including its history, how it works, and how you can implement the payment method in your business. Learn More What is Click to Pay?

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 68

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. Suzanne Xie kicked off her journey in SaaS as the Founder and CEO of Lightwell. What makes a SaaS business so hard? You can deploy subscriptions as a service, billing as a service, fraud prevention as a service.

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Payment Features Payment Services Outsourcing Services Payment Solutions 259