DEMO: Zuora says it has a bold plan to save journalism — subscriptions
Zuora has already signed up more than 100 customers for its online software, which helps companies automate subscriptions and billing. At the spring DEMO conference, it launched a subscription engine for Facebook applications. So what’s next? Saving journalism, apparently.
Many of you just rolled your eyes, I know. After all, everyone seems to have a scheme to save the newspaper industry. But co-founder and chief executive Tien Tzuo notes that most proposals, like Steve Brill’s charge-for-content… Continue Reading
Zuora’s online billing service gets 100 new features as it lands 100th customer
Zuora, a startup that offers online software to help companies automate subscriptions and billing, is releasing version 2.0 of its lead product, Z-Billing, complete with what it says are 100 new features that improve power, automation, and ease-of-use.
The Redwood City, Calif. company has been growing quickly since launching Z-Billing in May 2008, and with the release of 2.0, Zuora is also announcing its 100th customer. It’s a big one, too — server giant Sun Microsystems…. Continue Reading
DEMO: Zuora launches subscription engine for Facebook apps
As the number of third-party applications on social networking site Facebook continues to grow (despite regular changes to Facebook’s platform), the site and developers are still experimenting with ways to make money with apps. For example, the site recently started testing ads that run within apps. But there’s an untapped opportunity for subscription-based apps, says Zuora, a startup that provides online services to manage companies’ subscriptions and billing operations. Now Zuora is launching Z-Commerce for… Continue Reading
Billing startup Zuora’s Z-Commerce targets cloud computing
Zuora, one of the startups that provides on-demand software to manage companies’ billing and payments, aims to take advantage of growing interest in cloud computing with a new product dubbed Z-Commerce, which will provide Zuora’s services to developers on cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services and Google App Engine.
The Redwood City, Calif. startup has already released three products: Z-Billing, which automates the billing process; Z-Payments, which integrates with PayPal to handle the actual payments; and… Continue Reading
Zuora raises $15M to manage online subscriptions
Zuora, which offers online services to automate customer subscriptions and payments, has raised $15 million in a second round of funding.
Chief executive Tien Tzuo said he wants Zuora to be the web’s top “online subscription platform,” the way PayPal is the default platform for web payments. Zuora has released two complementary products so far, Z-Billing and Z-Payments (the latter launched earlier this month). The Redwood City, Calif. startup says it now has 45 customers.
And as… Continue Reading
Zuora’s new product helps companies collect money from customers
Zuora, a startup that offers software to manage customer subscriptions, just announced its second product, dubbed “Z-Payments.” While Zuora’s first product, Z-Billing, automates the billing process (duh), Z-Payments handles the other side of the equation — actually allowing customers to pay those bills, including integration with online payment service PayPal.
The product addresses a common complaint among Zuora customers, says chief executive Tien Tzuo — billing customers isn’t always enough. There are always people who don’t… Continue Reading
Zuora offers subscription services to all those online software companies
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Zuora is a Silicon Valley company that says it offers a simpler, less expensive way for companies to offer online subscription services. It launches today announcing it has gotten $6.5 million in a first round of funding led by venture firm Benchmark Capital.
Until now, software companies like Salesforce or gaming companies like World of Warcraft have faced a lot of pain in selling their products to subscribers.
The main provider of subscription services to date has… Continue Reading