In today’s world, the average business will face five lawsuits over the course of their life. There’s no question asset protection and lawsuit prevention are necessities for all practices and business owners. In a world where initial asset protection consultations can cost anywhere from $35,000 to $50,000 (and above), Legally Mine offers affordable, comprehensive asset…
In February, we announced Relationship Invoicing™, a redesigned, reengineered, and reimagined set of invoicing capabilities in Chargify’s Elastic Billing™ featureset. Today we’re happy to provide some show and tell for one of the reimagined features that is now a reality…say hello to Invoice Consolidation! Before digging into how consolidated invoices work, it’s important to note…
Over the last decade, recurring revenue has emerged as the preferred model for businesses moving beyond transactional commerce. While the first generation of recurring revenue was defined by simple subscriptions—think Netflix’s original “one-size-fits-all” $7.99 pricing or the traditional “Good, Better, Best” plans—many businesses have found static subscription offers don’t always align with customers’ needs and…
After working with thousands of businesses managing hundreds of thousands of pricing and billing permutations, we’ve learned that there is no one-size-fits-all strategy when it comes to invoicing needs. These growing needs require a new approach to invoicing configurability and flexibility that puts businesses in charge of defining their desired workflows, without writing and maintaining custom code. Today we announce Relationship Invoicing™, a redesigned,…
Most businesses start off with a simple, easy to manage set of offers comprised of a small number of plans using a single billing model for everyone. As businesses scale, this approach is replaced by an ever growing product catalog of different billing models, experimental plans, personalized pricing, and special promotions. Over time, the product…
Recurring businesses using promotions to influence customer behavior have continued to increase in popularity within both B2C and B2B. “If you build it, they will come” has morphed into “if you build it, they will come [or upgrade, or stay]…when you present the right offer, in the right place, at the right time.” Marketing, sales,…
This blog post is part of our Customer Spotlight series. Throughout the series we highlight Chargify merchants and the lessons learned as they grow their subscription-based businesses. Loved by the WordPress community at-large, Gravity Forms is praised as the “best contact form plugin” for websites powered by WordPress. Widely recognized as the industry leading WordPress form solution,…
We have heard it hundreds (if not thousands) of times: “But I simply need to bill my subscribers $xx/month. Why shouldn’t I just build my own logic on top of [insert gateway name]?” Although we can make a compelling argument, it doesn’t always win over prospects. Luckily, we hear back from many 2-3 months later…
While credit cards lead the pack as the primary payment method for subscription businesses, processing and transaction fees can quickly add up, especially for businesses with higher Average Revenue per Account (ARPA). Today we’re happy to announce that Stripe ACH has been added to Chargify’s growing list of supported payment options. This enhancement allows Chargify…
Modern businesses continue to move toward offers with complex pricing schemes that extend beyond traditional subscription-based models. Metered usage has become a popular choice because it allows service providers to grow revenue in line with their customers’ consumption and value gained. While usage revenue (often dynamic) and subscription MRR (often static) are different by definition,…
