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Background
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and
Internet
Marke3ng
for
NETGEAR's
global
web
proper3es.
Establishing
and
managing
corporate
web
presence.
Driving
sales
through
direct
marke3ng
strategies
and
programs.
Over
15
years
of
experience
in
Ecommerce
billing
systems.
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raised
capital
and
sold
business
with
subscrip3on-‐based
revenue
models.
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• Commercial
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Providers
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2012
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acquires
VueZone
• Founded
2003,
raised
$19m
• Home
Video
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a
Billing
System?
Background
Business
Model
The
Challenge
Hardware
product
operated
in
the
Cloud.
Long-‐term
rela3onship
with
customer.
Rich,
interac3ve
service,
costly
to
provide
B2B
+
B2C
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VueZone.com
Channels:
Costco,
Amazon,
Service
Providers.
Implement
service
payment
plans
before
end
of
first
free
year.
Establish
if
our
customers
would
pay
a
recurring
service
fee.
Limited
budget.
7. Implementa=on
Analysis
Integra=on
Provisioning
Product
Catalogue
• Hardware
• Service
Plans
Tradi3onal
ecommerce
shopping
cart.
Inventory
Management.
Cloud
Services.
Registra3on.
Features
by
Service
Plan.
Expira3on.
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Subscrip=on
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the
market
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different
offers
at
different
touch
points
in
the
customer
lifecycle.
Price
by
customer
segment.
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free
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free
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bundles.
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S I G N I F I C A N T L Y
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all
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all
touch
points
Provided
different
offers
to
different
customers
at
different
=mes
Op=mized
subscrip=on
offer
based
on
channel,
past
promo=ons,
product
ownership
11. Subscrip=on
Essen=al
:
Report
G L O B A L
R O L L O U T
Account
for
mul=ple
plans
with
frequent
upgrades,
downgrades
and
refunds.
Do
it
globally.
12. Subscrip=on
Essen=al
:
Scale
G R O W
G L O B A L L Y
T O
D R I V E
$
G R O W T H
ACME
Inc.
Began
with
the
US
market
only,
1
currency,
two
channels
and
a
small
team.
Acquisi=on
brought
mul=ple
channels,
addi=onal
markets,
a
large
accoun=ng
department
and
a
global
customer
support
infrastructure.
13. Lessons
Learned
Flexible
B E S T
P R A C T I C E S
Experiment
Simplify
Understand
your
billing
systems
capabili3es
and
make
it
conform
to
your
business
An
un3dy
product
catalogue
is
not
an
un3dy
room
Keep
your
billing
prac3ces
simple
14. Wrap
Up
Test
the
market
at
different
price
points
and
touch
points.
Bundle!
Know
your
customer.
Where
they
purchase.
How
they
use
your
product.
Think
big
-‐
it
happens
sooner
than
you’d
expect.
Your
company
is
global.
Subscribers
cross
borders
and
currencies
with
no
regard
for
regula<ons.
PRICE
ACQUIRE
REPORT
SCALE
16. From Hardware to Solutions
Introducing Subscription business at Topcon
Dave Vopnford
Solutions Architect
Martijn Hoppenbrouwers
Director IT Business Solutions
&
17. The Nine Keys to Subscription Success
$
PRICE
ACQUIRE
BILL
COLLECT
NURTURE
ACCOUNT
MEASURE
ITERATE
SCALE
18. Founded
in
1932:
Tokyo
Op3cal
Instrument
Company
World
leader
in
Precision
Measurement
and
Posi3oning
Solu3ons
Major
Shareholder:
Toshiba
Corpora3on
3
Major
Companies
Posi3oning
Smart
Infrastructure
Eye
Care
About
Topcon
19. 2009
Road
to
Saas
Emergence
as
soiware
as
key
component
of
business
model.
Tradi3onal
ERP
no
longer
suffices
2010
2011
2012
2013
Online
self
service
tools
introduced.
Stabiliza3on
&
healthcheck
period.
Saas
as
standard.
Upgrades,
renewals,
direct
delivery.
20. Most,
but
not
all,
subscrip3ons
are
sold
as
part
of
kits
including
hardware.
Most,
but
not
all,
kits
have
an
ini3al
free
or
pre-‐paid
period.
Soiware
sold
to
a
distributor
with
subscrip3ons
need
to
be
ac3vated
by
customers.
Subscrip3ons
need
to
be
tracked
by
ac3vated
device,
distributor,
end
user
and
ac3vated
modules.
The
hardware
needs
to
be
able
to
check
in
with
SaaS
plakorm
for
available
and
ac3ve
modules.
Our
Subscrip=on
Susiness
21. Today
At
Implementa=on
Our
Challenges
• We
were
building
our
first
SaaS
plakorm.
This
is
a
learning
process,
with
many
unknowns.
It
took
some
itera3ons
to
get
right.
• Risk
of
losing
focus
–
we
are
a
small
team
that
was
simultaneously
implemen3ng
SAP
for
our
company.
• Based
on
our
implementa3on
experiences
we
have
been
able
to
steadily
increase
our
offerings;
upgrades,
maintenance
packages,
online
ac3va3ons.
• SaaS
is
being
supported
by
all
the
regular
business
func3ons
through
Zuora,
SalesForce
and
SAP.
22. To
use
available
technology
and
tools
as
much
as
possible,
in
order
to
leverage
exis3ng
best
prac3ces
to
the
fullest.
Maximize
our
flexibility
by
minimizing
our
reliance
on
on-‐
premise
and
pre-‐SaaS
control-‐centric
tools.
Our Approach
23. Model
Distributors
Distributor
Orders
Distributor
Invoices
Products/Part
Numbers
Order
Triggers
Product
Triggers
Product
Modules
Sobware
Serial
Numbers
Ac=va=on
Codes
End
User
Companies
and
users
Cer=ficates
Communica=ons
Product
Catalog
Subscrip=ons
End
User
Invoices
Credit
Card
Data
24.
25. All
integra3ons
created
internally
with
Zuora
order
builder
func3ons:
• Create
accounts
• Create
payments
func3ons
• Create
subscrip3ons
• Modify
subscrip3ons
• Process
direct
and
distributor
sales
• Manage
reminders,
renewals
and
upgrades
Development
26. Topcon
created,
owned,
cloud
based
SaaS
plakorm.
Single
set
of
func3ons
rolled
out
to
mul3ple
product
development
groups.
No
implementa3on
or
consul3ng
cost.
No
added
headcount
un3l
business
model
had
proven
revenue!
Mission
Accomplished