Q: I have some questions before buying
I'm an Appsumo customer. I've purchased several products, and this one in particular seemed incredible because of what it offers and the positive reviews from its customers.
I'm planning to purchase the five codes to get started, but before doing so, I'd like to know exactly what the following three items mean:
* Sell subscription/SaaS products
* In-built affiliate/referral system
* Allow buyers to "send as a gift" products they purchase to friends or family
I'd like to know what they mean specifically and in what real-life cases they would apply.
Thank you very much in advance for your attention.
Jay_from_Zylvie
Mar 30, 2025A: Hi there,
I'm happy to answer your questions!
* Sell subscription/SaaS products
This simply means you can sell monthly subscription products.
Instead of charging customers one-time, you can charge them over and over again on a monthly, annually, weekly, even bi-weekly, basis -- whatever interval you want.
We also allow you to offer a free trial, paid trial, add a setup fee, etc.
You can also use this feature for customers to finance their purchase, e.g. pay $100 over 4 months. We automatically stop collecting payments after 4 months.
* In-built affiliate/referral system
This is a feature for 3rd-party marketers and affiliates to promote and sell your products on your behalf in exchange for a commission.
We provide an in-built facility to track the referrals, calculate the commissions, and track when commissions are earned/due, and you have it all under one roof in Zylvie.
This is typically another software altogether, but Zylvie has this integrated.
* Allow buyers to "send as a gift" products they purchase to friends or family
This simply means, during checkout, the customer can choose to send the purchase products to their friend/family instead.
It's similar to Amazon's or Groupon's "buy for a friend" feature.
Hope this clarifies, don't hesitate to let me know if you have further questions!
With thanks,
Jay
105158759937627581876Thank you so much for your prompt response; this speaks volumes. As for the first question about *Sell subscription/SaaS products*, you answered about subscriptions. I completely understand that. But you didn't answer what SaaS products mean. Honestly, that's the part that interests me most.
Oh! You're right.
SaaS stands for "Software as a Service."
It means selling apps on a monthly basis instead of a one-time payment.
For example, Adobe Photoshop used to be one-time payment and comes in a CD.
Now it's considered a SaaS software, as it costs $10/mo to use it.
Our platform supports SaaS software sales, just as we support other monthly products like services or memberships.
-Jay