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Consumption-Based Pricing Model Software: 14 Benefits You Don’t Want to Miss

Consumption-based pricing (also referred to as usage-based pricing) charges based on what you use or consume. This usage-based pricing model charges customers only for the resources consumed. For instance, let’s assume a...

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Billing & Monetization

Revenue Recognition Simplified

Revenue recognition is an accounting principle that outlines when (and how) businesses record revenue. It focuses on when it's earned (rather than when payment is received) to ensure accurate financial reporting. While...
asc 606 revenue recognition

Revenue Recognition

Understanding ASC 606 Revenue Recognition & the 5 Steps of Revenue Recognition

ASC 606 revenue recognition directs organizations to recognize revenue when the promised goods or services are transferred to the customer. The amount of revenue recognized should equal the total consideration an organization...
invoice billing software

Billing & Monetization

Invoice Billing Software: Get Paid As Soon As Possible

Invoice billing software encompasses more than just sending an invoice. It’s at the very center of your ability to maintain a healthy cash flow. If you’re still managing invoices manually or using...
value-based pricing

Billing & Monetization

What Is Value-Based Pricing?

We’re all familiar with the value-based pricing example – think Mercedes, Gucci, Christian Louboutin, Rolex, and Louis Vuitton. While typically associated with luxury items, that’s not always the case. For instance, Starbucks,...
consolidated billing

Accounts Receivable

What Is Consolidated Billing? Best Practices & Benefits Uncovered

Popular among software-as-a-service (SaaS) organizations, billing consolidation is a methodology that merges multiple transactions or subscriptions into a single invoice. This approach simplifies the process by consolidating multiple financial transactions. It’s also...
what is cac

Billing & Monetization

A Guide to Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC) for SaaS

Acronyms are everywhere in the business world, but what is CAC? Like other industries, customer acquisition costs (CAC) for software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies refers to the money spent to convert prospects into buyers...
what is the buyer's journey

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The Buyer’s Journey Guide: Turning Prospects into Customers

This linear process appears straightforward enough, however, the buyer’s journey is very rarely a straight line from awareness to decision. It’s important to remember that the relationship you begin at the awareness...
dunning

Accounts Receivable

What is Dunning, and Can it Improve Customer Retention?

An overlooked process by many software as a service (SaaS) and subscription-based companies, dunning is a 17th-century term that describes the process that organizations take to methodically communicate with customers to collect...
volume pricing

Billing & Monetization

What is Volume Pricing?

Volume pricing is a pricing structure where the cost per product decreases (aka volume discounts) as the quantity of products purchased increases. Essentially, volume pricing works by offering varying pricing thresholds that...

Billing & Monetization

Understanding Customer Acquisition Cost in Business and How to Calculate It

Are you starting a new business or launching a new product? Then you should know what your customer acquisition cost (CAC) is. Simply put, the definition of CAC is the cost of...
subscription management

Billing & Monetization

What is Subscription Management?

Sometimes used interchangeably, ‘subscription management’ and ‘recurring billing’ are complementary, with each having a distinct meaning and purpose. Take the analogy of a bat and ball. Each are separate objects with different...
consumption based pricing

Billing & Monetization

What is Consumption-based Pricing?

TechTarget defines consumption-based pricing – also referred to as pay-as-you-go billing, metered billing or usage-based pricing – as a service provision and payment scheme in which customers pay according to the resources...