Saas Questions

We're working hard on a new SaaS idea. We're bootstrapping as much as we can and are not looking for outside investment. Our goal was start charging for the service on a yearly basis, in our minds...

Payments Subscriptions Saas

asked May 2 '12 at 20:05

Littlejim84
141 points

I have a product for monitoring specific areas of content within webpages and notifying the customer when changes occur to this content and what they are. (E.g. monitor the latest stories on a news...

Pricing Payments UK Saas

asked Mar 28 '12 at 23:01

Yojimbo
326 points

Sorry for the long question, but I promise it's a good read as it includes a challenging topic on growing a bootstrapped business, which I imagine applies to many of you as well. I look forward to...

Business Model Saas Selling Business

asked Mar 18 '12 at 01:19

Novice18
18 points

I am building a SaaS app, it's a pure search and download data type of app so I am not expecting much customer interaction other than site usage and I am wrestling with the question of weather I...

Customer Support Saas Web App

asked Mar 20 '12 at 00:09

Tim
670 points

We run a small SaaS startup and we're using GMail for Business. Each member of staff currently has a personal email address using their first name. For example [email protected],...

Strategy Saas Email

asked Feb 23 '12 at 18:26

Kosta Kontos
216 points

We provide a customisable SaaS solution, and have adopted the classic billing model of a monthly user subscription fee. However some of our clients also require us to make customisations to their...

Pricing Strategy Saas Billing

asked Feb 24 '12 at 18:38

Kosta Kontos
216 points

We are providing a SaaS Service (currently in open beta) and thinking about our pricing tiers. We want to offer plans that grow at the same pace that our customers businesses grow. We are thus...

Pricing Saas

asked Feb 29 '12 at 11:19

Sam
13 points

Our Startup company developed a web application for Data Analysis in Marketing. It's a B2B product that is innovative and complex. Although the app is very simple to use, the elaboration of the...

Business Model Saas Selling

asked Mar 2 '12 at 06:39

João Daniel
111 points

I have a web service targeted at web designers that currently earns about $2,000 per month in revenue. It is a SaaS business and my customers have been with me for years and we are growing (albeit...

Saas Revenue Selling Business Sell

asked Feb 18 '12 at 15:20

Anonymous
43 points

How do you estimate (simply) the lifetime of a customer in the early days of a SaaS startup? E.g. in the first, say 3 months, you will have a number of customers who have already left and a number...

Business Model Metrics Saas

asked Feb 6 '12 at 22:47

Ryan
1,365 points

This may be similar to a previously asked question ( What is standard marketing practice for a niche SAAS product? ) but I'm hoping that by providing a bit more detail, others will have additional...

Marketing Saas Niche

asked Jan 21 '12 at 10:59

Shawn
6 points

We have a "clouded" solution that is ready for users to start using but we are unsure about how to advertise the service. We have our pricing models complete but it's a best guess based on...

Marketing Saas

asked Jan 10 '12 at 05:42

Tim
670 points

I created a SaaS that became quite popular over the weekend. I had a steady stream of users sign up and many are actually still using it (lots of folks who signed up out of curiosity). Anyway, I...

Software LLC Saas Business

asked Jan 14 '12 at 01:54

Luckytaxi
177 points

I have yet to go public with my SaaS startup, and am considering releasing it under an open-source license. Below are some thoughts I've collated in answer to this question: No As competitors...

Sales Saas Revenue Open Source Software Licensing

asked Jan 16 '12 at 21:13

A T
38 points

TL;DR: Would presenting your SaaS on the world web stage as created by a UK business (ltd), instead of by a continental European individual with a non-English sounding name, make a difference in...

Incorporation Saas Ltd

asked Dec 29 '11 at 20:23

Danmaz74
381 points

I have developed my SAAS on a shoestring budget and I have just made it production ready so I am now looking for ways to market it to my customer base. I, however, do not have the funds available...

Marketing Angel Saas Investors Seed Funding

asked Jan 2 '12 at 23:38

Tim
670 points

I'm trying to build a minimum viable product SaaS website as a proof of concept, and wanted to know what type of developers I should be looking for if using an outsourcing website like odesk /...

Getting Started Development Outsourcing Website Saas

asked Jan 7 '12 at 07:21

Kenny
3 points

I'm in the phase of designing the price structure of my web application, and I'm trying to use a demand curve as a tool to find the "best" price. A few questions pops up in my head: How can this...

Pricing Saas Web App

asked Dec 26 '11 at 04:26

Martin Hn
234 points

I have a software as a service model for content management system. What I'm wondering is do I have to have a free version tier in order to sell it? Meaning do I need to have some threshold of...

Saas Freemium

asked Dec 28 '11 at 16:59

Zipstory.Com
120 points

I am looking for a one-stop-solution to setup a subscription-based service: [subscription page] + [payment] + [Delivery of username/password] + [access to tool based on username / password] I do...

Saas

asked Dec 8 '11 at 22:11

Tucson
714 points