SaaStr

MAY 1, 2021

In scaling the cash-flow side of SaaS, there’s almost nothing more powerful than a nnual contracts combined with prepaid cash. At Adobe Sign / EchoSign, half the reason we went cash-flow positive at about $5m in ARR was prepaid annual and multiyear contracts. But … to go to annual pricing or not … .

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SaaStr

MARCH 23, 2024

Dear SaaStr: Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Under Price Their Offerings Initially? Yes, most of us at first under-price and then slowly raise prices as we gain confidence. Founders know the value of a key logo can be 10x-100x the value of the contract itself. Most especially in the early days. But maybe not in the beginning.

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Martech

JULY 12, 2023

Salesforce is increasing its prices by an average of 9% next month, the company announced yesterday. This is the company’s first price hike in seven years. Dig deeper: Salesforce: AI is the new UI The new pricing will go into effect globally for new customers and existing customers purchasing new clouds in August 2023.

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SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2021

Salespeople pushing you to sign multi-year contracts you don’t want. Traditional SaaS sales is incented to close 1+ year contracts without no outs as quickly as possible, and where possible, for every possible seat you might ever use in Year 1. If they prefer utility pricing, maybe that’s the way there.

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PandaDoc

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Written contracts are a great way of setting boundaries for a business relationship between two parties. Even though the original contract may seem like carved in stone agreement, unexpected situations may occur and oblige the parties to come up with a contract amendment. What is a contract amendment?

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SaaStr

MARCH 21, 2022

Q: Dear SaaStr: When should a SaaS Company allow Month-to-Month contracts vs requiring 12-month commitments? Annual contracts combined with prepaid cash are a huge benefit. Bigger companies want to sign annual contracts, especially in exchange for discounts. This is probably the most important thing on pricing terms.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Contract negotiation is essential for modern businesses, but it isn’t always easy. Let’s talk about contract negotiation in more depth. What is a contract negotiation? Contract negotiation is when two or more people discuss the current terms of a contract and come to a new, legally binding agreement.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 27, 2024

As a former salesperson in hyper-competitive industries like tech, telecommunications, and media, I’ve seen firsthand the importance of getting your product and service pricing approach right. A well-crafted AI-powered pricing strategy helps companies to be competitive in their target market.

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SaaStr

JULY 25, 2022

SaaS pricing can be overwhelming when there are unlimited paths and opportunities that exist. Even though most companies acknowledge its importance, SaaS founders often choose a simplistic approach to pricing—that is, if they don’t choose to ignore it altogether. Making pricing work for your business.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Q: What billing or pricing tactic have you found in the end just wasn’t worth it? ” and “Something we found really effective at CoursKey, and other vSaaS businesses will likely find as well: Instead of running pilots, sign a multi-year contract but give them an opt-out after 3-6 months. .” Jason, ed. :

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

A wide variety of possible price negotiation strategies exist but all of them have a common baseline. In this article, we’ll help you find answers to the most important questions that all business owners and salespeople should have in their arsenal when negotiating prices with their customers. Don’t focus on the price either.

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SaaStr

MARCH 11, 2021

A lot of SaaS pricing originally comes from classic enterprise software. ServiceNow does primarily 3 year, $1M+ contracts , for example. All of Qualtrics’ almost $1B in ARR is on annual contracts. Look at what the most beloved vendors do in your space around pricing models. Perhaps they shouldn’t.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Q: Dear SaaStr: Should We Allow Refunds in a Multi-Year SaaS contract Paid Upfront? They’ll say never allow refunds in a multi-year contract: Sales will hate it, especially if there is an explicit or implicit clawback if they do. The post Dear SaaStr: Should We Allow Refunds in a Multi-Year SaaS Contract Paid Upfront?

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Anthony Cole Training

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Negotiate by definition is to deal or bargain with others in preparation of a contract or business deal. Oftentimes, sales negotiation tactics seem to be related to price – giving or getting the best rate or fees for a product or service. Here is what we know to be true about rate or price reduction requests.

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SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

In it, we cover the SaaS community’s most pressing questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI), pricing, efficiency, and funding. App contraction is still happening, and AI is absorbing all of the energy in the industry. Q: What’s The Best Advice for Overcoming Aggressive Renewals and Huge Price Increases?

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Hubspot

JANUARY 26, 2021

Consistency is, well, consistent in a lot of fields, and pricing is no exception. Certain goods' and services' prices can be extremely resistant to change — they're prices that stick and are, naturally, referred to as sticky prices. Here's some insight as to why a company might embrace rigid pricing.

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Iannarino

DECEMBER 29, 2022

If you performed well, your contact would sign a contract. While you could expect objections and a negotiation over price, selling was relatively straightforward. As a salesperson, you might have called on a decision-maker once or twice. Often, you and your contact were the only people in the room.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Only 41% of the SaaS companies in the survey use per-seat pricing. But it’s a good reminder that per seat pricing is great — when it’s what the customer wants. The average discount for Annual contracts is 10%. The post KeyBanc: Only 41% of SaaS Companies Price By Seat Now appeared first on SaaStr.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 23, 2019

But that’s not why raising prices is so difficult. Instead, poor planning is to blame: Companies neglect to plan a price increase until there’s a financial squeeze or, for the thirtieth time, a customer confides that, “You know, you really ought to charge more.”. What’s at stake: The exponential impact of a price increase.

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Lead Fuze

JULY 6, 2021

What is a Pricing Strategy? Pricing strategies don’t just come down to what you charge, it can come down to how you present your prices. And it’s not over yet; now comes the biggest hurdle… pricing up your offering. 13 Types of Pricing Strategies Examples. 3 Cost-Plus Pricing Strategy.

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Hubspot

JANUARY 31, 2020

The nature of contract work begs a lot of questions. That factor is called a price proposal. Let’s explore what price proposals are, how to determine a fair price point for them, and how to write them effectively. What is a price proposal? It’s important to bear in mind that a price proposal is not an estimate.

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PandaDoc

AUGUST 16, 2021

In an ever-growing contract and proposal software market, and a future that’s more digitized than we could have ever anticipated it would be, new tools and solutions are getting launched almost every year. Pricing: Free eSign + Essentials (10 user/month) and Business (49 user/month); Enterprise upon agreement. QuoteWerks.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Pricing is a key element of your communication with customers, and as such needs to be a central part of your dialogue with them. Hiding your prices or being uncomfortable when you need to discuss them with clients will affect your capacity to make a sale. How do you discuss pricing with clients?

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Martech

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Zeta Global’s stock price jumped 15% yesterday as the company issued a detailed rebuttal to a report critical of its financial practices. Culper Research is owned by Christian Lamarco, who is known for short-selling stocks and may profit from a drop in Zeta’s stock price. Shares closed at $25.4 Wednesday after opening at $22.

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Adaptive Business Services

OCTOBER 9, 2024

However, forecasting revenue can get complicated, especially if a company is handling contracts with multiple clients. To manage this, accounting teams handling long-term or subscription contracts with clients can leverage the recurring billing solution software SOFTRAX for automated handling of pricing and invoice frequencies.

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PandaDoc

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Key Features: Workflow automation : set up who is on your team, what their role is, and hook integrations with your CRM, proposal management system, and contract management software. Professional services : consulting firms and other large, complex professional services with many moving parts in the contract process.

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Martech

APRIL 25, 2024

This can change many things, including price, customer service, contract enforcement and more. Your legal team should review existing contracts to see if it has any “in the case of being purchased” clauses. Find out what happens to service-level agreements (SLAs), pricing terms and licensing agreements.

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2022

Should sales just disappear once the contract is signed? #5. 59% of you have raised prices this year. I think most of us have found our pricing is more elastic than we thought. The related question then becomes do you raise prices on existing customers — or just new customers? and North America.

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Search Engine Land

JUNE 26, 2023

Influencing decision-making Leadership support facilitates decision-making processes, obtaining approvals, securing partnerships, negotiating contracts, prioritizing SEO initiatives, and leveraging leadership influence to drive successful implementation and maximize SEO tool impact.

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SaaStr

MAY 12, 2024

For our First Big Customer, we’d been negotiating a $6m/year contract for quite some time (they always take time). The effective price would have to be 60% of what we’d been discussing for the past 8 months. But at that price point, I couldn’t stay in business. They agreed to the original pricing we discussed, as is.

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A Sales Guy

MAY 20, 2014

Price “should” have a direct correlation to value. The right value drives the right price. The higher the perceived value, the higher the acceptable price. The lower the perceived value, the lower tolerance for price. The CEO and he are talking about pricing and how much they should charge.

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PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

PandaDoc As an all-in-one document management solution , PandaDoc helps businesses of all sizes streamline their sales proposals, quotes, contracts, and more. Essentials Business Enterprise $19 per month per user $49 per month per user Custom pricing solution 1. Unlimited legally binding eSignatures with audit trail 2.

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Martech

AUGUST 19, 2024

That means there’s an increased likelihood of terminating the contract because the tool is no longer needed and/or its champion is gone. There are always leaders who prioritize low prices over the value products provide. The churn for this persona is high because they are likely to switch to lower-priced providers.

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Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

When a buyer and seller don’t align on price, you might guess the sale won’t go through. In the 1970s, researchers studied the effect of seller ability to deviate from list price. They suspected sellers with higher pricing authority would close better deals. Sellers setting a precedent for price concessions.

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Veloxy

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Most sales reps spend over 175 hours every year on generating quotes and proposals, and waiting for contracts to be signed. When speed to close is essential in a competitive profession, you need the ability to generate and send contracts in one click, one minute. PandaDoc has four pricing levels. Highest Rated Feature.

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Martech

JULY 15, 2024

Efforts to mature a martech stack require far more than a technical focus; it is important to consider other factors, including contracts, ownership, organizational goals and others. Contract When does the contract end? How much time is needed to decide how to renew or retire a contract? How is pricing structured?

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Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

I should have guessed what he was going to say when he said, “Dave, when are sales people going to understand price is important, but that’s not the only thing people like me care about?” As we looked at the negotiations–they were non competitive, we were looking at major contract renewals and enhancements.”

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