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. You get all the cash up-front (this is how I went cash-flow positive in fact), and your churn almost by definition goes down. Get them whenever possible.

Contract 80

Contract Price Trust Up-sell 80

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.

Negotiate 98

Negotiate Price Gaming Contract 98

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. :

Price 113

Price Contract Referrals B2B 113

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2024

In it, we cover the SaaS community’s most pressing questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI), pricing, efficiency, and funding. Before diving into your questions, you’ll want to head over to the link below and sign up for an exciting event coming up this week. When you’re mature, raising prices by $1 might make sense.

Price 93

Price X-functional Growth B2B 93

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.

Price 98

Price Clients Technique Sales 98

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. Missed follow ups, lost sales opportunities, time lost to manual processes , and more can be costing you revenue without even realizing it.

Legal 52

Legal Contract Cross-sell Finance 52

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.

Price 121

Price Customers Contract Clients 121

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.

Price 52

Price Contract Proposal Writing Clients 52

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Between prospecting, sales calls, data entry, quote preparation, and follow-ups, it’s very easy for teams to mismanage data and trip over themselves on the way to the finish line. PandaDoc As an all-in-one document management solution , PandaDoc helps businesses of all sizes streamline their sales proposals, quotes, contracts, and more.

Contract 98

Contract CRM Legal Sales 98

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?

Price 52

Price Presentation Clients Negotiate 52

Martech

AUGUST 19, 2024

I’m not bringing it up to judge Robinson on his turn at this unfortunate ritual. 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. Processing.

B2B 106

B2B Contract Consult Price 106

SaaStr

MAY 27, 2022

Should sales just disappear once the contract is signed? #5. Hire a great VP of Sales, and revenue goes up. It’s a challenge to get your logo retention rate up to 90% or higher. #8. 59% of you have raised prices this year. . #8. 59% of you have raised prices this year. Fix this, and watch sales go up.

Price 112

Price Niche Up-sell Contract 112

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.

Quota 147

Quota Contract Account management Price 147

Veloxy

AUGUST 17, 2022

Price: $49/month for Salesforce users, corporate plans available Automations: Non-selling activities, lead prioritization, lead capture Veloxy has several features to help you automate Salesforce, no matter how long you’ve been using the CRM platform. Go here to learn everything you need to know about Salesforce Automation.

Appointment 147

Appointment Territory Cross-sell Contract 147

PandaDoc

AUGUST 22, 2024

Are you looking to enhance enterprise SaaS sales, scale up a medium-sized business, or boost your startup growth? SaaS sales is the art of selling software-as-a-service (SaaS), focused on methods to obtain new customers while retaining/upselling existing ones. What makes selling SaaS products different from other types of sales?

Contract 52

Contract Cross-sell Legal CRM 52

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Are you selling a product in a well defined category with other direct competitors? Pricing is always evolving. Be willing to iterate and push the envelope on pricing, and make sure your pricing lines up with your sales process. Clearly understand how your customer buys. Are you defining an entirely new category ?

Non-Profits 125

Non-Profits Price Contract Start-ups 125

SaaStr

MAY 22, 2024

But — it’s one that is very important to many of us that sell into the enterprise. Given how critical its research is in selling to the enterprise, I wanted to take a look at its business. And its stock price is up +35% the last year, and +192% the past 5 years: 5 Interesting Learnings: #1. Not too shabby!

Cross-sell 91

Cross-sell Quota Contract Price 91

SaaStr

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Founder Josh James had one of the earliest $1B+ exits in SaaS when Adobe bought his first start-up, Omniture, for $1.8 60% more users log-in to accounts with consumption-based pricing, and 50% of new customers are choosing consumption-based pricing. #4. Sells to Mid-Market and Enterprise, But Going More and More Enterprise.

Contract 94

Contract Price Growth Launch 94

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

You can then use this data and let your CRM help find buyers to find a perfect match from properties in your database, ensuring client satisfaction and selling your properties quicker. Depending on the goal, you may prioritize discussing what your buyers are looking for in a property, their preferences as far as location, budget, etc.

Real Estate 52

Real Estate Commission Contract CRM 52

Partners in Excellence

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

This post should be filed under the “I’m not creative enough to make these stories up. This morning we were catching up on a number of things and he mentioned 3 very large vendor negotiations he had just completed. ” I sensed a “but” coming up. I asked, “What happened?

Price 94

Price Negotiate Territory Contract 94

SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

You pay a subscription for websites to help you sell stuff. It’s just only a minority is under a contract. And almost none is under a long-term contract. Wow! But almost none of its revenue is truly SaaS or provided under a fixed, recurring contract. And yes, it’s a software company. Example #3: Snowflake.

Contract 142

Contract Price B2B Contact 142

PandaDoc

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In this post, we’ll detail what these solutions are, explain how you can tap into this value, and discuss ways to leverage automation software to up your team’s wins. First, document management is streamlined: proposals, quotes, contracts, and invoices are generated more accurately and in less time.

E-commerce 52

E-commerce Legal Contract Sales 52

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

As buyers grapple with expanding technology, higher prices, and a need for efficiency, SaaS companies need to deliver what their audience is looking for to win in the market. AI-Powered Tools: AI-related purchases in Q1: Made up 41% of new investments in Q1. But there is even more nuance to the reason behind the price hike.

Price 94

Price Contract CRM Engineering 94

Partners in Excellence

MAY 16, 2024

Some have ups and downs, usually not precipitous, but we see the same in SaaS models. “We get our customers to renew their subscriptions at the end of each contract period, we keep customers for a much longer time, creating more predictable revenue. .” We get it every month for the contract period, so it is RECURRING!”

Contract 87

Contract Manufacturing Up-sell Service 87

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

In the run up to SaaStr Europa 2022 in Barcelona on June 7-8 , we’re taking a look at some of the top all-time SaaStr Europa sessions. So typically a business who loses five percent of his customers every month, you can basically come up with the fact that the average lifetime of a customer for that business is gonna be 20 months.

Price 91

Price Launch X-functional Contract 91

Salesforce

JANUARY 16, 2024

Sales revenue is the total income your company has brought in from selling its products or services during a specific time period. For example: Is revenue up year over year, or quarter over quarter? Your company may get revenue from contract renewals, for instance, but that’s not a new sale.

Contract 105

Contract Non-Profits Referrals Sales 105

Salesforce

MAY 31, 2024

But with a myriad of potential offerings and rapidly changing market dynamics , this makes the selling process increasingly complex. Dynamic pricing with AI Pricing in the wholesale telecom market can be complex, influenced by fluctuating demand and a highly competitive marketplace.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Contract Price Networking 52

PandaDoc

JULY 9, 2024

Benefit from your end-to-end process automation Simplify contract workflows across all departments including Sales, HR and Legal, by quickly sharing stunning, error-free agreements. CPQ (configure, price, quote): Businesses use PandaDoc CPQ to configure products and generate accurate quotes.

Contract 52

Contract Negotiate Legal Cross-sell 52

Martech

JUNE 3, 2024

Buy, sell, or share PI of 100,000+ consumers or households. Gets 50%+ of annual revenues from selling or sharing consumers’ PI.

Contract 121

Contract Up-sell Service Process 121

PandaDoc

APRIL 8, 2024

A deal desk identifies upsell and cross-sell opportunities for existing customers by analyzing past deals and current contracts, and tracking renewal dates. A deal desk is a team within a company responsible for managing and negotiating deals, contracts, quotes, and other sales documents. This includes several action items.

Negotiate 52

Negotiate Cross-sell Contract Legal 52

Partners in Excellence

MAY 10, 2024

When I was selling mainframe computers (back around the time when the wheel was invented), I could only offer a subscription payment. Customer could choose to sign contracts for several years, but they couldn’t purchase them outright. The reality is these are separate and distinct. It’s much easier to justify!”

Service 62

Service GTM Contract Up-sell 62

Partners in Excellence

JUNE 6, 2018

A friend forwarded me an article entitled, “Giving People More Time To Sell Is BS.” I call that TIme Available For Selling, (TAFS—just what we need, another acronym.). Our ideal is they spend 100% of their time engaged with customers, selling. ” Intrigued, I clicked on the link.

Up-sell 54

Up-sell Sell CRM Cold Call 54

SaaStr

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Churn increase due to greater scrutiny of costs Contract values declining More stakeholders involved in decision-making Capchase combined the study with their data set of thousands of SaaS companies and looked at what the best companies do to overcome these hurdles. It could be price, product composition, or payment terms.

Contract 85

Contract Price Healthcare Commission 85

Hubspot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I bought a new car in 2021, when the pandemic had virtually eliminated the gap between new and used prices. Car buyers 30 years ago might have shown up at the dealership wanting a truck, a sedan, or something as vague as a “good family car,” and the salesperson’s job was to help steer them in the right direction based on their needs.

B2B 76

B2B B2C Tradeshows Contract 76

PandaDoc

APRIL 29, 2024

From the moment a request for a quote is received and all the way to shaking hands over a contract and getting paid, QTC dictates how intermediate sales goals are achieved. Price : Establish pricing based on the configuration and customer. Negotiate : Discuss and adjust terms and pricing as necessary.

Cross-sell 52

Cross-sell Contract Legal Negotiate 52

Sales Hacker

APRIL 6, 2022

Sales teams often struggle with configuration of price quotes when dealing with complex products or services or large product catalogs. And these manual processes take sales reps away from their most important activity: selling. Whether purposefully or by accident, sales reps often deviate from pricing and discounting guidelines.

Cross-sell 95

Cross-sell Contract Price Finance 95

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Sprout Social doesn’t only sell a low-end edition. It sells to customers S, M, and Larger. A reminder that sometimes as you go upmarket, the SMBs can still keep up the pace. Bill.com has 121% NRR from SMBs — and that’s up from 110% at IPO. Because it’s not about price.

Contract 134

Contract Cross-sell Price Growth 134