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Release Notes: New JavaScript SDK & React Starter Kit, New Documentation Hub, and Custom Pricing Units

From a brand new JavaScript SDK and React Starter Kit to a fully redesigned documentation hub, this release marks a huge step forward for developers building with Freemius. Let’s explore...

10-15
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How to Monetize a SaaS in 30 Minutes with Freemius + Next.js

What if you could fully monetize your SaaS in just half an hour? That’s exactly what Swashata Ghosh, VP of Engineering at Freemius, set out to prove in this live...

10-09
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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. 🎉 For more than a decade,...

10-01
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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...

09-24
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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...

09-18
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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...

09-15
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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....

09-10
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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...

09-04
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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...

08-18
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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. One approach is to use a standard payment processor (like Stripe or PayPal) and...

08-14
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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. Roadmaps shift. Feedback is slow. Some of your best features...

08-06
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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...

08-05
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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....

07-22
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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. Your infrastructure, onboarding flow, pricing strategy, and assumptions about...

07-15
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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...

07-08
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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. The EU Accessibility Act goes into effect on June 28, and if you sell software in the EU, you’re...

07-03
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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...

07-02
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plugin.fm Season 3 Recap: What Software Makers Really Need to Know About Marketing

Season 3 of plugin.fm just wrapped, and this one felt different. Instead of jumping from topic to topic, we spent the entire season focused on one challenge most software makers...

07-01
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WordCamp Europe 2025 Recap: Insights, Shifts, and Highlights From WCEU in Basel

Salü, WordPress makers! Four flights. Countless conversations. A few unforgettable parties. A missing suitcase. And one very hyped team, now back home from Basel, and still buzzing. WCEU 2025 was...

06-11
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Release Notes: iDEAL Support, Reverse Invoices by Email, and an Earnings Page Refresh

More clarity, more control, less admin. That’s the theme for May. New additions include support for iDEAL (the go-to payment method in the Netherlands), reverse invoices by email, and a...

05-26
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