SaaS products can now collect customer reviews automatically. Every purchase becomes a chance to build social proof that helps convert the next buyer. A handful of dashboard and checkout enhancements…
Most plugin and desktop app licenses get shared, reset, or abandoned after a refund. Software licensing solutions built for developers stop that abuse from costing you revenue. With the right…
A freemium pricing strategy works only when three conditions align: You gate features that push users to upgrade You support free users without destroying your margins You convert strategically rather…
A customer pays for Pro, refreshes your AI app, but the feature stays locked. Support can see the payment. Engineering can see the account. But somewhere between billing and the…
If you’re selling an AI app, AI agent, chatbot, or any other AI-powered software, there’s a good chance you’ll need to charge sales tax, VAT, or GST somewhere. That’s because…
With the launch of Managed Payments, Stripe began acting as a merchant of record in April 2025, but only for a narrow subset of transactions. Its eligibility rules exclude more…
June’s release is about localization, recovery, and refinement. Makers get more ways to sell in the currencies and languages their buyers expect, more control over trial cancellation emails and license…
One free user asks a short question and costs you almost nothing. Another uploads a long document, triggers several model calls, and turns your “generous” free tier into an $18…
Whether your AI app is built on top of an existing model has nothing to do with whether users will pay for it. That worry just costs you time because…
You can launch a SaaS and accept payments globally in a matter of hours. But every new market brings tax, invoicing, and compliance rules that your checkout does not handle…
The moment people are ready to pay, your AI app stops being just a prototype. Now comes the part that feels riskier than shipping the product itself: adding payments without…
For the better part of a decade, Bram van der Giessen worked on software where performance problems have nowhere to hide. Most recently, that meant streaming: keeping video running smoothly…
You shipped your product, you’re ready to charge for it, and now you need a payment setup that won’t turn into a compliance nightmare the moment you sell outside your…
May’s release is about reach. RTL language support at checkout and in transactional emails gives makers selling in local markets a checkout and email experience that matches the rest of…
You pick a payment platform, integrate it, and ship. Then you find out your product violates their acceptable use policy.
