How to negotiate Stripe fees, and what volume you need
Stripe's discount threshold went from $1M a year to $80K a month to no number at all. What companies actually got, what it cost them, and how to ask.
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Stripe interchange-plus: who actually saves money?
Interchange-plus can cut your Stripe fees or quietly raise them. Real data from two European SaaS companies shows which card mixes win, and which don't.
Stripe's 2% currency fee, and how Nordic SaaS can avoid it
Stripe converts foreign payments into kroner at 2%. Settling in each currency, a cheaper bank and paying bills in that currency can cut it by over half.
The SaaS metrics investors actually ask for in 2026
Growth at any cost is over. Investors now want to know how efficiently you grow and how good your revenue is. The metrics that come up in every conversation, how to define them, and how to present them in a one-page update.
Seats, usage or outcomes? Pricing SaaS when AI does the work
Per-seat pricing assumes value grows with headcount. When AI agents do part of the work, customers need fewer seats even as they get more value. How to choose between seats, usage and outcomes, and what each model does to your MRR.
Advertising in ChatGPT: a SaaS founder's first test plan
ChatGPT now shows ads, and since May any business can buy them with CPC bidding. What's actually public about the program, who sees the ads, and how I'd run a first test for a SaaS product without wasting the budget.
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