White Label SaaS Platform: Sell Software Under Your Own Brand

A white label SaaS platform is software that a business sells to its own customers as a subscription, under its own brand, while the platform provider builds, hosts and maintains it. The operator might be an industry association offering apps to its members, a consultancy adding software to its services, or a distributor giving its retailers a branded ordering app. GBCORP’s engine supports this model: each of the operator’s customers is a tenant with its own brand, data and console, and the operator runs plans, billing and support from a master console.

Three layers, three owners

Plans, billing and onboarding

The operator defines plans in the master console: features switched on, limits, monthly or annual prices. A new customer signs up, chooses a plan, pays through the operator’s gateway, and receives a configured tenant with a setup checklist. Upgrades, downgrades, suspensions for non-payment and cancellations are console actions with rules. The operator’s revenue is its own; GBCORP charges the operator, not the operator’s customers.

Branding at two levels

The service carries the operator’s brand: its name in the sign-up, its domain, its support address. Each tenant’s app carries the tenant’s brand to its own customers. The operator decides whether its name appears inside tenant apps, from a discreet line to none at all.

Checklist before launching a white label SaaS

• The customer type you will sell to, and the problem the software solves for them.
• Two or three plans with prices and limits.
• Who answers your customers’ first questions: you, or a shared desk.
• Payment-gateway account in your name for subscriptions.
• Your terms of service and data-processing terms for tenants.
• The number to watch: active tenants and monthly churn.

The numbers to expect

The operator’s master console and first tenant configured within days. Each new tenant configured in hours from a template. Operator-specific features as releases of two to six weeks at a fixed price. Customised or more complex functionality is quoted separately before any work starts.

A worked example

Consider a trade association whose members are independent restaurants. It wants to offer each member a branded ordering app and website as a member benefit, priced below what members would pay alone. On the white label SaaS model, the association configures three plans, signs up members through its own site, and each member receives an app in its own brand. The association handles first-line questions and earns a margin on each subscription; GBCORP maintains the engine and the store compliance.

The operator’s master console

Tenants and their plans, sign-ups awaiting setup, payments and failed payments, usage per tenant, support requests and announcements to all tenants. The operator sees which customers are thriving and which have stopped using the product, and can act before a cancellation. Reports export for the operator’s own accounting.

Support in two lines

The operator answers its customers’ questions about setup, content and billing, with help articles published in the operator’s own brand. Faults and engineering questions go to GBCORP as second line, with response times in the support plan. The operator never needs an engineer on staff, and its customers never see a third party.

Pricing the operator’s plans

Most operators start with three plans: a starter plan with core features, a standard plan with loyalty or extra staff, and a premium plan with priority support or integrations. Annual prices with a discount reduce churn. Plans can change later; existing tenants keep their price until renewal if the operator chooses.

Contracts and data terms

The operator contracts with its customers under its own terms. Each tenant is the controller of its end-customers’ data; the operator and GBCORP act as processors under written terms. Written processing terms are agreed before the first tenant goes live, and the operator’s adviser reviews them.

When the operator wants its own features

An operator serving one industry often needs a feature its competitors lack. It is scoped and priced as a release, built on the engine’s extension points, and offered only to the operator’s tenants if the operator wishes.

Launching the first ten tenants

The first customers shape the product, so an operator should choose them carefully: ten businesses it already knows, of the type it means to serve, willing to give honest feedback. Each is configured with care, watched for a month and asked what is missing. The operator’s plans, help articles and onboarding checklist are adjusted from what those ten actually did. When the eleventh customer arrives, onboarding is a routine the operator has already run ten times, and the help centre answers the questions they will ask. Operators who skip this step usually discover their pricing and onboarding problems at a hundred customers instead of ten.

Questions we hear first

Do we need developers to run it?

No. Plans, tenants, billing and support are console work; engineering stays with GBCORP.

Who owns the customer relationships?

The operator owns its customers and contracts; each tenant owns its own end-customer data.

Can tenants leave with their data?

Yes. Each tenant’s data exports on its own, which customers increasingly ask before they sign.

How are updates handled?

The engine is updated centrally; tenant configuration and brand stay as they are.

Where to start

The GBCORP software development hub covers SaaS builds and the method behind them; the GBCORP Branded App and Website is the tenant product your customers receive. For what a tenant can and cannot change, read what a customizable SaaS platform should allow.

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