Freemius Just Lowered Fees for All Our Makers!
As of October 1, 2025, we’re rolling out the biggest pricing change in Freemius’ history: simpler rates and lower fees for every single maker. 🎉
A Founder’s Guide: Should You Turn Your WordPress Plugin into SaaS?
Selling WordPress plugins used to be straightforward: build, ship, collect payments, and let a marketplace like CodeCanyon do the rest. But if you’ve been in the game long enough, you’ve…
Getting Your First 100 SaaS Customers: Scrappy, Personalized, and Clever Tactics That Work
The dream of scaling to 1,000 customers is exciting but the hardest milestone to cross is the first 100. That’s where the real work happens: validating your idea, shaping the…
15 Traps to Watch Out For When Choosing a Payments Processor for Your Software Business
Choosing the wrong payment processor for your software business can quietly stall your growth. Hidden fees, messy integrations, compliance issues, and missing growth tools usually show up only after you’re…
Release Notes: Buyer-Friendly Failed Renewal Recovery, Smarter SaaS Emails, Easier Registration, and Smoother SDK Setup
Improved failed renewal recovery, smarter SaaS emails, and a clearer signup experience for both makers and buyers make it easier to build trust, sell software, and stay top of mind.
Before You Launch Your First SaaS: Watch This Webinar
Thousands dream of building a SaaS. Many never get past the starting line. That’s how Vova Feldman — founder of Freemius — opened the session. The SaaS dream is alive…
AI-Powered Micro-SaaS Ideas You Can Ship and Monetize in 7 Days
It was called five years ago: 85% of business apps would be SaaS by 2025. And here we are. The tools are faster, AI’s smarter, and micro-SaaS projects are spinning…
How Much You Actually Pay in Stripe Transaction Fees on $10K Monthly Revenue
If you’re building and selling software, there are multiple ways to set up your revenue infrastructure.
Strategy vs. Intuition for Tech Founders: Making the Right Call at the Right Time
If you’re a technical founder, you’ve likely made calls based on instinct because waiting for perfect data takes too long.
Release Notes: Global Checkout Localization, Clearer Support Routing, and Polished Pricing Setup for SaaS
Big, sustainable growth often starts with small, consistent improvements, and July’s updates are full of them. From localized checkouts and clearer webhook payloads to better support transparency and smarter pricing…
How to Create Educational Content Around Your Product Features
You built a feature to solve a real problem. It works. It’s useful. But no one’s using it. Not because the code is broken. Not because the UX is clunky….
The SaaS Launch Playbook: How to Ship Without the Chaos
Launching a SaaS product isn’t just another milestone. It’s a high-stakes moment where everything you’ve built is suddenly on the line.
Release Notes: SaaS-Ready API Docs, Visual Polish Across the Board, Smoother Checkout Flows & Post-Purchase Control
This release brings clear, polished improvements you can rely on. We’ve made the checkout smoother to reduce drop-offs, updated invoices to lower support needs, and released OpenAPI-powered API docs to…
The EU Accessibility Act Is in Effect: Here’s Why You Should Care About It
Accessibility isn’t optional anymore — and ignoring it could cost you.
Freemius and the EU Accessibility Act: Compliance Without the Headache
The EU Accessibility Act (EAA) is now in effect and we’ve made key updates to help software makers stay on the right side of the law without writing a single…