{"id":357,"date":"2021-09-16T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platforms.worldpay-bsh.securedataplatform.com\/en\/?p=357"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:26:03","slug":"the-3-main-options-for-integrating-payments-into-your-saas-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platforms.worldpay-bsh.securedataplatform.com\/en\/blog\/the-3-main-options-for-integrating-payments-into-your-saas-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"3 options for integrating payments, for SaaS platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019ve likely heard, or been told, that payments are the number one future growth opportunity for SaaS companies. They make your customers stick, you get a competitive edge, and you can even use it to drive a whole new revenue stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no secret that customers, like yours, are looking for a better way to accept payments, and as their software provider, you\u2019re an ideal candidate to provide one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how do you do it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve likely come across a plethora of forum posts, articles, guides, and endless legislation around becoming your own payment facilitator, and you may be thinking, oh dear<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s important to remember that there\u2019s more than one way to incorporate payment processing into your business. This hasn\u2019t always been the case, but recent developments around incorporating payments are generating great new opportunities for SaaS companies selling to vertical markets. No doubt that\u2019s why you\u2019re reading this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to continuous innovation, there are a growing number of options that can enable you to offer (and benefit from) integrated payments. Choosing the right model comes down to your goals and how much you want to take on as a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let\u2019s define what integrated payments are. Simply put, integrated payments refer to a payments solution that is built (or integrated) into your software. Integrated payments is often the final piece in creating an all-in-one business management solution for your customers, and (bonus!) also adds a new revenue stream to your bottom line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which payment processing business model is right for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Offering payments as part of your software solution isn\u2019t just reserved for the big guys anymore. Neither is being able to monetise them. Nowadays, there are three primary business models a software company can use to generate revenue from payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n