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The continuous rise of SaaS in the consumer space - Version One
- Whether it’s SaaS as the preferred delivery method for software products, monthly subscriptions for music / video streaming, newspapers, newsletters, podcasts, or physical products, subscriptions are infiltrating nearly every business model.
from The (Neo) Bank Bundle & Transition to Subscription Revenue by John Street Capital
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- ...that’s where “Mass SaaS” comes in. Buy once; pay routinely (sometimes even subconsciously). Consumers love it because they can set it and forget it. Founders love it because they can acquire users once and get predictable revenue in exchange, as long as they can retain those users by improving the product, delivering stellar customer service, an... See more
from Mass SaaS: Thinking about SaaS on the Consumer Side | Andreessen Horowitz by Zal Bilimoria
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- It’s much easier to build a subscription business that draws on an existing recurring consumer behavior, instead of trying to create a new recurring behavior. As a result, some categories of consumer spend just lend themselves more naturally to a subscription business than others.
from 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Consumer Subscriptions by Nikhil Basu Trivedi
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