The ideal merchant of record provider evolves with your SaaS company’s growth, offering features optimized for distinct needs across various stages. Selecting an unsuitable provider can lead to outgrowing your…
Choosing the wrong merchant of record can cost you far more than a higher transaction fee — fund freezes, account limits, surprise compliance issues in your target markets, contracts designed…
April’s release improves the experience on both sides of the transaction — for the makers building on Freemius and the buyers using their products. App makers get more native tooling….
On April 13, 2026, Lovable launched Lovable Payments: a built-in way to handle subscriptions and one-off payments through Paddle or Stripe. It’s a helpful step forward, especially for makers who…
If you’ve just shipped your first Lovable app and someone wants to pay you, Lovable Payments is probably the right next step. But there’s a version of this story where…
What does it actually take to monetize a Lovable app from scratch? Not much, it turns out. With Freemius’ Lovable integration, the full setup — pricing page, checkout, paywalls, subscription…
March’s release opens a door. The Lovable integration brings Freemius monetization to a new generation of makers building with AI. Anyone with an idea can now go from vibe coding…
Getting your SaaS go-to-market strategy right without a budget doesn’t mean doing everything on a smaller scale. It means doing one thing well. The three motions that work for early-stage…
A SaaS lifetime deal can fund your next three months of development or drain the next three years of it. The difference comes down to how it’s structured before launch….
If a micro-SaaS pricing page gets 400 visitors a month and converts at 1.2%, that’s about five customers. Move it to 2%, and you’re at eight. Three extra customers at…
A lot happens between checkout and renewal. February’s release brings more visibility and control to that space — the emails buyers receive, the portal they use to manage their account,…
Many micro-SaaS founders build their SaaS tech stack like they’re running a large, VC-backed startup. They implement CRMs, advanced analytics, and marketing automation because VC blogs say that’s what “serious”…
Many SaaS businesses lose 5%–9% of revenue to failed payments yet they classify it as product churn instead of a billing system problem. In conversations with guest founders like Roman…
When a user cancels, stops logging in, or walks away after a trial, many SaaS founders move on. Churn has a way of feeling final. But looking across thousands of…
January’s release refines key moments in the maker’s journey, from setup and pricing decisions to documentation, checkout, and account management. Alongside these improvements, we’ve made a range of smaller refinements…
