Commerce.com, Inc. (CMRC) FY 2023 MD&A
This page reproduces the company's own Item 7 MD&A text from the linked SEC filing. It is filer text, not grepcent analysis, scoring, or investment advice.
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In addition to historical consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, particularly in “Risk Factors.” See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
Investors and others should note that we announce material financial information to our investors using our investor relations website (investors.bigcommerce.com), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and webcasts. We intend to use our investor relations website as a means of disclosing information about our business, our financial condition and results of operations and other matters and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. The information we post on our investor relations website, including information contained in investor presentations, may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor our investor relations website, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts.
Overview
BigCommerce is leading a new era of ecommerce. Our SaaS platform simplifies the creation of online stores by delivering a unique combination of ease-of-use, enterprise functionality, composability and flexibility. We allow merchants to build their ecommerce solution their way with the flexibility to fit their unique business and product offerings. We power both our customers’ branded ecommerce stores and their cross-channel connections to popular online marketplaces, social networks, and offline POS systems. Our strategy is to provide the world’s best combination of freedom of choice and flexibility in a multi-tenant SaaS platform. We describe this strategy as “Open SaaS.” As of December 31, 2023, we served 5,994 enterprise accounts.
We provide a comprehensive platform for launching and scaling an ecommerce operation, including store design, catalog management, hosting, checkout, order management, reporting, and pre-integration into third-party services like payments, shipping, and accounting. All of our stores run on a single code base and share a global, multi-tenant architecture purpose built for security, high performance, and innovation. Our platform serves stores in a wide variety of sizes, product categories, and purchase types, including B2C and B2B.
We offer access to our platform on a subscription basis. We serve customers with subscription plans tailored to their size and feature needs. For our larger customers, our Enterprise plan offers our full feature set at a subscription price tailored to each business. For SMBs, BigCommerce Essentials offers three retail plans: Standard, Plus, and Pro, priced at $29, $79, and $299 per month when pre-paid annually, or $39, $105, and $399 per month, when paid monthly, respectively. Our Essentials plans include GMV thresholds with programmatic upgrades built in as merchants exceed each plan’s threshold.
Our differentiated Open SaaS technology approach combines the flexibility and customization potential of open source software with the performance, security, usability, and value benefits of multi-tenant SaaS. This combination helps businesses turn digital transformation into competitive advantage. While some software conglomerate providers attempt to lock customers into their proprietary suites, we focus on the configurability and flexibility of our open platform, enabling each business to optimize their ecommerce approach based on their specific needs.
Partners are essential to our open strategy. We believe we possess one of the deepest and broadest ecosystems of integrated technology solutions in the ecommerce industry. We strategically partner with, rather than compete against, the leading providers in adjacent categories, including payments, shipping, point of sale (POS), content management system (CMS), customer relationship management (CRM), and enterprise resource planning (ERP). We focus our research and development investments in our core product to create a best-of-breed ecommerce platform and co-market and co-sell with our strategic technology partners to our mutual prospects and customers. As a result, we earn high-margin revenue share from a subset of our strategic technology partners, which complements the high gross margin of our core ecommerce platform.
Our business has achieved significant growth since our inception. We had total revenue of $309.4 million, $279.1 million and $219.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We plan to continue to invest in our “Open SaaS” strategy, building new partnerships and continuing to develop a platform that offers best-of-breed functionality with the cost-effectiveness of multi-tenant SaaS. As we work to develop and deliver this platform for our customers, we will also invest and grow our business by acquiring additional customers to our platform, growing our revenue with existing customers, cross-selling owned and partner solutions to existing customers, expanding our presence in new markets and geographies, and considering targeted acquisitions that can enhance our service to customers.
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Key factors affecting our performance
We believe our future performance will depend on many factors, including the following:
Continued growth of ecommerce domestically and globally
Ecommerce is rapidly transforming global B2C and B2B commerce. The rapid growth in ecommerce is prompting companies to adopt ecommerce platforms like BigCommerce to create compelling branded ecommerce stores and power cross-channel connections to online marketplaces, social networks, and offline POS systems.
Acquisition of new customers
The growth of our customer base is important to our continued revenue growth. We believe we are positioned to grow through a combination of our own marketing and sales initiatives, customer referrals from our agency and technology partners, and word-of-mouth referrals from existing customers.
We believe we have a substantial opportunity to serve a larger number of customers as ecommerce continues to grow around the world by extending into new and emerging business units within ecommerce. The following lines of business are significant areas of potential growth and strategic focus for us:
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Enterprise. Increasingly, we are successfully competing for enterprise sites selling more than $50 million annually online, with our Enterprise plan product feature set, along with our sales, marketing, solutioning, and service capabilities.
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Omnichannel. This is the ability for merchants to conduct commerce anywhere shoppers are - online and offline. This includes shopping through a merchant’s branded ecommerce store or through online marketplaces and social commerce channels such as Google, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), TikTok, Amazon, Walmart, eBay, Wish and Mercado Libre. Merchants’ product data is made available and may be optimized for these commerce and related advertising channels through BigCommerce and Feedonomics’ product and service offerings. BigCommerce and Feedonomics enable merchants to improve and optimize omnichannel shopping and advertising, helping bolster their sales growth.
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B2B. A portion of our customers use BigCommerce primarily for B2B sales. In many cases, these customers’ needs are met using our native functionality, including B2B features like customer groups and price lists. In other cases, these customers use BigCommerce’s purpose-built B2B Edition, which augments our Enterprise plan with dedicated B2B features like invoicing, quotes, and buyer approval workflows. Over time, we intend to add more B2B functionality to both the BigCommerce Apps Marketplace and our native feature set.
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Composable commerce. Composable gives merchants the freedom to mix, match and combine best-in-breed tech vendors to create a customized and robust technology stack. With our open commerce approach and commitment to MACH Alliance principles. B2C and B2B merchants can make smart technology investments that are agile, functional, and flexible. In an unpredictable economy, flexibility and composability are especially important. Our open platform lets merchants build the technology stack that best serves their needs and delivers an incredible shopping experience for their customers.
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Headless commerce. This refers to businesses whose technology strategy is to decouple their front-end customer experience technology from their back-end commerce platform. In terms of online strategy, these companies are typically brand, marketing, or experience-led. We serve headless use cases well due to years of investment in our platform APIs and integration capabilities. Pre-built integrations connect our platform with leading CMSs such as Acquia, Adobe, Bloomreach, Drupal, Sitecore, and WordPress.
Retention and growth of our existing customers
We believe our long-term revenue growth is correlated with the growth of our existing customers’ ecommerce businesses. We continue to invest in product functionality to maximize customer success and retention. Our revenue grows with that of our customers. As they generate more online sales, we generate more subscription revenue through automated sales-based upgrades on our Essentials plans and order adjustments on our Enterprise plans. Typical Enterprise contracts have terms ranging from 12 to 36 months and do not include the ability to terminate for convenience.
As our customers’ online sales increase, our partner and services revenue generated by revenue-sharing agreements with our strategic technology partners increases as well. Our ability to retain and grow our customers’ ecommerce businesses often depends on the continued expansion of our platform and the capabilities of our strategic technology partners to provide revenue generating services to our customers. We continually evaluate prospective and existing partners’ abilities to enhance the capabilities of our customers’ ecommerce businesses. We add new partners and expand existing partner relationships to enhance the utility of our platform, while creating new opportunities to expand our revenue share in partner and services revenue. As we continue to grow as a platform, we believe our ability to realize more favorable and expansive revenue share agreements will grow as well.
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We also grow by selling additional stores to existing customers. Our larger customers will often first use our platform to build a single online store that serves a single brand within their portfolio. These customers can then expand their usage of our platform by launching additional stores to serve additional brands, geographies, or use cases (e.g., B2B in addition to B2C).
Realizing operating leverage from our investments
We have made significant investments in our SaaS platform and our global infrastructure, which we believe will yield future operating leverage and profit margin expansion. Research and development has historically been one of our largest operating expense categories. By expanding our lower-cost engineering in lower-cost international locations, we are increasing development capacity while also driving leverage in engineering cost as a percentage of total revenue. In addition, we believe we will achieve operating leverage in marketing by continuing to emphasize lower-cost inbound techniques and growth in customer referrals from our technology and agency partners, especially as our revenue mix continues to shift to our enterprise plans. While we may see changes in margins from one period to another based on our relative pace of expansion and the associated level of investments required, we believe we will be able to run our business more efficiently as we continue to grow our revenue and gain further operating leverage as we scale.
Successful rollout of new geographies
Our current operations are international in scope, and we plan further geographic expansion. We believe our platform can compete successfully around the world. We enhance usability in new geographies by translating our control panel into local languages and enabling the integration of local payment processors. We support the growth of mid-market and enterprise customers around the world by expanding our regional sales and marketing capabilities.
Evolution of our technology partner ecosystem
A key part of our strategy is to build a thriving technology partner ecosystem. We focus on collaborating with, not competing against, partners in our ecosystems. This strategy contrasts with our largest competitors, who operate software stacks with multiple vertically integrated adjacent services that potentially compete with offerings from technology partners in their ecosystems. Our customers benefit from the expertise and best-of-breed offerings of our partners, the flexibility to choose without penalty the best offerings for their needs, and the tailored programs developed with our strategic partners. Through significant investment, we have developed a marketplace of integrated application and technology solutions that is one of the largest of any ecommerce platform. Our partners currently offer more than 1300 pre-built applications and integrations spanning major categories relevant to ecommerce, including shipping, tax, accounting and ERP, marketing, fulfillment, cross-channel commerce, and POS systems, with additional applications and integrations for merchandising, locations, and payments. We intend to grow partner-sourced revenue by expanding the value and scope of existing partnerships, selling and marketing partner solutions to our customer base, and acquiring and cultivating new, high-value relationships. Partner referrals of customers are increasingly becoming an efficient customer acquisition strategy for us as we expand our programs for cross-marketing and cross-selling with our partners.
Business metrics
We review the following business metrics to measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions. Increases or decreases in our business metrics may not correspond with increases or decreases in our revenue. As an example, some of our business metrics include annual revenue run-rate, subscription annual revenue run rate, average revenue per account, lifetime value (“LTV”) to customer acquisition costs (“CAC”) and others are calculated as of the end of the last month of the reporting period.
Annual revenue run-rate
We calculate annual revenue run-rate (“ARR”) at the end of each month as the sum of: (1) contractual monthly recurring revenue at the end of the period, which includes platform subscription fees, invoiced growth adjustments, product feed management subscription fees, recurring professional services revenue, and other recurring revenue, multiplied by twelve to prospectively annualize recurring revenue, and (2) the sum of the trailing twelve-month non-recurring and variable revenue, which includes one-time partner integrations, one-time fees, payments revenue share, and any other revenue that is non-recurring and variable.
Subscription annual revenue run-rate
We calculate subscription ARR at the end of each month as the sum of contractual monthly recurring revenue at the end of the period, which includes platform subscription fees, invoiced growth adjustments, product feed management subscription fees, recurring professional services revenue, and other recurring revenue, multiplied by twelve to prospectively annualize recurring revenue.
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Average revenue per account
We calculate average revenue per account (“ARPA”) at the end of a period by including customer-billed revenue and an allocation of partner and services revenue, where applicable. We bill customers for subscription solutions and professional services, and we include both in ARPA for the reported period. For example, ARPA as of December 31, 2023, includes all subscription solutions and professional services billed between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2023. We allocate partner revenue, where applicable, primarily based on each customer’s share of GMV processed through that partner’s solution. Partner revenue that is not directly linked to customer usage of a partner’s solution is allocated based on each customer’s share of total platform GMV. Each account’s partner revenue allocation is calculated by taking the account’s trailing twelve-month partner revenue, then dividing by twelve to create a monthly average to apply to the applicable period in order to normalize ARPA for seasonality.
Lifetime value to customer acquisition costs
We measure the efficiency of new customer acquisition by comparing the lifetime value of newly-acquired customers to the customer acquisition costs of the associated time period to get an “LTV:CAC ratio.” We calculate LTV as gross profit from new sales during the four quarters of any given year divided by the estimated future subscription churn rate. We calculate CAC as total sales and marketing expense incurred during the associated preceding four quarters. New SMB, Mid-Market and Enterprise customers were added at an estimated LTV:CAC ratio of 3.5:1 and 3.8:1 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Enterprise Account metrics
To measure the effectiveness of our ability to execute against our growth strategy, particularly within the mid-market and enterprise lines of business, we calculate ARR attributable to Enterprise Accounts. We define Enterprise Accounts as accounts with at least one unique Enterprise plan subscription or an enterprise level feed management subscription (collectively “Enterprise Accounts”). These accounts may have more than one Enterprise plan or a combination of Enterprise plans and Essentials plans.
The chart below illustrates certain of our key business metrics as of the periods ended.
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| Total ARR (in thousands) | $ | 336,541 | $ | 311,670 | $ | 268,665 | |||||
| Subscription ARR (in thousands) | $ | 256,412 | $ | 238,395 | $ | 203,743 | |||||
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| Number of enterprise accounts | 5,994 | 5,786 | 5,036 | ||||||||
| ARR attributable to enterprise accounts (in thousands) | $ | 245,100 | $ | 223,964 | $ | 172,858 | |||||
| ARR attributable to enterprise accounts as a percentage of Total ARR | 73 | 72 | 64 | ||||||||
| ARPA | $ | 40,981 | $ | 38,708 | $ | 34,324 |
Net revenue retention
We use net revenue retention (“NRR”) to evaluate our ability to maintain and expand our revenue with our account base of enterprise customers exceeding the ACV threshold over time. The total billings and allocated partner revenue, where applicable, for the measured period are divided by the total billings and allocated partner revenue for such accounts, corresponding to the period one year prior. An NRR greater than 100 percent implies positive net revenue retention. This methodology includes stores added to or subtracted from an account’s subscription during the previous twelve months. It also includes changes to subscription and partner and services revenue billings, and revenue reductions from stores or accounts that leave the platform during the previous one-year period. Net new accounts added after the previous one-year period are excluded from our NRR calculations. NRR for enterprise accounts was 100 percent and 111 percent for years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We update our reported NRR at the end of each fiscal year and do not report quarterly changes in NRR.
Components of results of operations
Revenue
We generate revenue from two sources: (1) subscription solutions revenue and (2) partner and services revenue.
Subscription solutions revenue consists primarily of platform subscription fees from plans and recurring professional services. Subscription solutions are charged monthly, quarterly, or annually for our customers to sell their products and process transactions on our platform. Subscription solutions are generally charged per online store and are based on the store’s subscription plan. Our
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Enterprise plan contracts are generally for a fixed term of 12 to 36 months and are non-cancelable. In the first half of 2023, we implemented a new pricing strategy that provided enterprise merchants a discount for a period of time from their contractual monthly fee. Prior to this new strategy, certain enterprise agreements contain promotional periods. Under both models, merchants have full access to the functionality of our platform upon contract execution, and revenue is recognized ratably over the contract life. Our retail plans are generally month-to-month contracts. Monthly subscription fees for Pro and Enterprise plans are adjusted if a customer’s GMV or orders processed are outside of specified plan thresholds on a trailing twelve-month basis. Fixed monthly fees and any transaction charges related to subscription solutions are recognized as revenue in the month they are earned.
Through Feedonomics, we provide feed management solutions under service contracts which are generally one year or less and, in many cases, month-to-month. These service types may be sold stand-alone or as part of a multi-service bundle (e.g. both marketplaces and advertising) and are billed monthly in arrears.
We generate partner revenue from our technology application ecosystem. Customers tailor their stores to meet their feature needs by integrating applications developed by our strategic technology partners. We enter into contracts with our strategic technology partners that are generally for one year or longer. We generate revenue from these contracts in three ways: (1) revenue-sharing arrangements, (2) technology integrations, and (3) partner marketing and promotion. We recognize revenue on a net basis from revenue-sharing arrangements when the underlying transaction occurs.
We also generate revenue from non-recurring professional services that we provide to complement the capabilities of our customers and their agency partners. Our services help improve customers’ time-to-market and the success of their businesses using BigCommerce. Our non-recurring services include education packages, launch services, solutions architecting, implementation consulting, and catalog transfer services.
Cost of revenue
Cost of revenue consists primarily of: (1) personnel-related costs (including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs) for our customer success teams, (2) costs that are directly related to hosting and maintaining our platform, (3) fees for processing customer payments, (4) personnel and other costs related to feed management, and (5) allocated costs, such as, depreciation, technology and facility costs. We expect that cost of revenue will increase in absolute dollars, but may fluctuate as a percentage of total revenue from period to period.
As a result of our growth plans and integration of our previously acquired businesses, we have incurred expenses for equity and cash retention awards and amortization of purchased intangibles.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of: (1) personnel-related expenses (including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs), (2) sales commissions, (3) marketing programs, (4) travel-related expenses, and (5) allocated overhead sales and support costs such as technology and facility costs. We focus our sales and marketing efforts on creating sales leads and establishing and promoting our brand. We plan to increase our investment in sales and marketing by executing our go-to-market strategy globally and building our brand awareness. Incremental sales commissions for new customer contracts are deferred and amortized ratably over the estimated period of our relationship with such customers. We expect our sales and marketing expenses will increase in absolute dollars, but will decrease as a percentage of total revenue over time.
Research and development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related expenses (including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs) incurred in maintaining and developing enhancements to our ecommerce platform and allocated overhead costs. Software development costs associated with internal use software which are incurred during the application development phase and meet other requirements are capitalized.
We believe delivering new functionality is critical to attracting new customers and enhancing the success of existing customers. We expect to continue to make investments in research and development. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars, but decrease as a percentage of total revenue over time, as we continue to leverage engineers in other low-cost international locations.
General and administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of: (1) personnel-related expenses (including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs) for finance, legal and compliance, and human resources, (2) external professional services, and (3) allocated overhead costs, such as technology and facility costs. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars but will decrease as a percent of revenue.
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Acquisition related expenses
Acquisition related expenses consists of cash payments for third-party acquisition costs and other acquisition related expenses, including contingent compensation arrangements entered into in connection with acquisitions.
Amortization of intangible assets
Amortization of intangible assets consist of amortization of acquired intangible assets which were recognized as a result of business combinations and are being amortized over their expected useful life.
Restructuring charges
Restructuring charges are comprised of costs incurred as a result of our 2023 and 2022 Restructures as well as an impairment of the right-of-use assets triggered by our decision to cease using a significant portion of certain leased facilities as a result of the 2022 Restructure. As a part of our effort to drive improved results and evolve our go to market approach, in September 2023, we commenced a restructuring, the 2023 Restructure, that affected approximately 7 percent of our global workforce. While headcount and non-headcount reductions impact all teams across our company, we expect to see the largest improvement in margins reflected in sales and marketing expenses.
Interest income
Interest income is earned on our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
Interest expense
Interest expense consists primarily of the interest expense from the amortization of the debt issuance costs and coupon interest attributable to our convertible note issued in 2021, as well as interest associated with a financing agreement entered into in the first half of 2023.
Other expenses
Other expenses, net primarily consists of loss from share issuance related to the Bundle acquisition and foreign currency translation adjustments.
Benefit (provision) for income taxes
Our benefit for income taxes consists primarily of deferred income taxes associated with amortization of tax deductible goodwill and a tax benefit related to the reduction of the valuation allowance due to the purchase of Makeswift during the year as well as current income taxes related to certain foreign and state jurisdictions in which we conduct business. For U.S. federal income tax purposes and in certain foreign and state jurisdictions, we have NOL carryforwards. The foreign jurisdictions in which we operate have different statutory tax rates than those of the United States. Additionally, certain of our foreign earnings may also be currently taxable in the United States. Accordingly, our effective tax rate will vary depending on the relative proportion of foreign to domestic income, use of foreign tax credits, changes in the valuation of our deferred tax assets and liabilities, applicability of any valuation allowances, and changes in tax laws in jurisdictions in which we operate.
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Results of operations
The following table summarizes our historical consolidated statement of operations data. The period-to-period comparison of operating results is not necessarily indicative of results for future periods.
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| Revenue | $ | 309,394 | $ | 279,075 | $ | 219,855 | ||||||
| Cost of revenue (1)(2) | 74,202 | 69,980 | 48,479 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 235,192 | 209,095 | 171,376 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: (1)(2) | ||||||||||||
| Sales and marketing | 140,230 | 141,342 | 104,872 | |||||||||
| Research and development | 83,460 | 88,253 | 64,547 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 58,838 | 69,441 | 51,317 | |||||||||
| Acquisition related expenses | 10,252 | 35,216 | 23,299 | |||||||||
| Restructuring charges | 6,434 | 7,332 | — | |||||||||
| Amortization of intangible assets | 8,422 | 8,078 | 3,284 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 307,636 | 349,662 | 247,319 | |||||||||
| Loss from operations | (72,444 | ) | (140,567 | ) | (75,943 | ) | ||||||
| Interest income | 11,493 | 4,198 | 130 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (2,884 | ) | (2,828 | ) | (828 | ) | ||||||
| Other expenses | (836 | ) | (227 | ) | (70 | ) | ||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (64,671 | ) | (139,424 | ) | (76,711 | ) | ||||||
| Benefit (provision) for income taxes | 0 | (495 | ) | 34 | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (64,671 | ) | $ | (139,919 | ) | $ | (76,677 | ) | |||
| Basic net loss per share | $ | (0.86 | ) | $ | (1.91 | ) | $ | (1.08 | ) | |||
| Shares used to compute basic net loss per share | 75,143 | 73,226 | 70,933 |
(1) Amounts include stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll tax costs, as follows:
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 4,949 | $ | 4,226 | $ | 2,122 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 13,474 | 13,551 | 9,392 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 13,478 | 12,388 | 6,169 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 9,785 | 12,821 | 8,851 | ||||||||
| Total stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll tax costs | $ | 41,686 | $ | 42,986 | $ | 26,534 |
(2) Amounts include depreciation as follows:
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 550 | $ | 722 | $ | 847 | |||||
| Sales and marketing | 612 | 888 | 1,030 | ||||||||
| Research and development | 897 | 404 | 506 | ||||||||
| General and administrative | 2,000 | 1,330 | 484 | ||||||||
| Total depreciation expense | $ | 4,059 | $ | 3,344 | $ | 2,867 |
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Revenue by geographic region
The composition of our revenue by geographic region during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
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| Americas – U.S. | $ | 236,502 | $ | 216,639 | $ | 19,863 | 9.2 | % | $ | 216,639 | $ | 169,737 | $ | 46,902 | 27.6 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Americas – other | 14,103 | 12,124 | 1,979 | 16.3 | 12,124 | 8,559 | 3,565 | 41.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| EMEA | 34,661 | 27,743 | 6,918 | 24.9 | 27,743 | 20,783 | 6,960 | 33.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| APAC | 24,128 | 22,569 | 1,559 | 6.9 | 22,569 | 20,776 | 1,793 | 8.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Revenue | $ | 309,394 | $ | 279,075 | $ | 30,319 | 10.9 | % | $ | 279,075 | $ | 219,855 | $ | 59,220 | 26.9 | % |
(1)Americas-other revenue includes revenue from North and South America, other than the U.S.
Comparison of years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Revenue
The following table presents the components of our revenue for each of the periods indicated:
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| Subscription solutions | $ | 229,265 | $ | 205,800 | $ | 23,465 | 11.4 | % | $ | 205,800 | $ | 154,933 | $ | 50,867 | 32.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
| Partner and services | 80,129 | 73,275 | 6,854 | 9.4 | 73,275 | 64,922 | 8,353 | 12.9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenue | $ | 309,394 | $ | 279,075 | $ | 30,319 | 10.9 | % | $ | 279,075 | $ | 219,855 | $ | 59,220 | 26.9 | % |
Total revenue increased $30.3 million, or 10.9 percent, to $309.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $279.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, due to an increase in both subscription solutions and partner and services revenue. Subscription solutions revenue increased $23.5 million, or 11.4 percent, to $229.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $205.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to the increases in mid-market and enterprise customers along with increases from Feedonomics revenue. Partner and services revenue increased $6.9 million, or 9.4 percent, to $80.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $73.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily as a result of increases in revenue-sharing activity with our technology partners and improved monetization of partner revenue share.
Revenue increased $59.2 million, or 26.9 percent, to $279.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $219.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, as a result of increases in both subscription solutions and partner and services revenue as well as revenue pertaining to the acquisition of Feedonomics. Subscription solutions revenue increased $50.9 million, or 32.8 percent, to $205.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $154.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to the increase in mid-market and enterprise customers and our international expansion efforts. Feedonomics revenue contributed to an increase of $8.4 million, to $22.8 million in subscription revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $14.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021(this comparable period includes only six months of activity due to the date of acquisition). Partner and services revenue increased $8.4 million, or 12.9 percent, to $73.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $64.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily as a result of increases in revenue-sharing activity with our technology partners and improved monetization of partner revenue share.
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Cost of revenue, gross profit, and gross margin
The following table presents our cost of revenue, gross profit, and gross margin for each of the periods indicated:
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 74,202 | $ | 69,980 | $ | 4,222 | 6.0 | % | $ | 69,980 | $ | 48,479 | $ | 21,501 | 44.4 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 235,192 | 209,095 | 26,097 | 12.5 | 209,095 | 171,376 | 37,719 | 22.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gross margin percentage | 76.0 | % | 74.9 | % | 74.9 | % | 77.9 | % |
Cost of revenue increased $4.2 million, or 6.0 percent, to $74.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $70.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily as a result of higher hosting costs of $2.9 million, and $0.9 million of personnel-related costs including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs, and $0.4 million of variable costs. Gross margin increased to 76.0 percent during 2023 from 74.9 percent during 2022, due to increased efficiency in customer service spending.
Cost of revenue increased $21.5 million, or 44.4 percent, to $70.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $48.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily as a result of higher hosting costs of $4.7 million and increases in personnel-related costs of $6.8 million, including stock-based compensation expense, for personnel involved in providing customer support and professional services and Feedonomics related expenses of $10.0 million. Gross margin decreased to 74.9 percent during 2022 from 77.9 percent during 2021.
Operating expenses
The following tables present our operating expenses for each of the periods indicated:
Sales and marketing
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| Sales and marketing | $ | 140,230 | $ | 141,342 | $ | (1,112 | ) | (0.8 | ) | % | $ | 141,342 | $ | 104,872 | $ | 36,470 | 34.8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of revenue | 45.3 | % | 50.6 | % | 50.6 | % | 47.7 | % |
Sales and marketing expenses decreased $1.1 million, or (0.8) percent, to $140.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $141.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a decrease of $3.7 million in personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation expense and associated payroll costs, offset by a $2.0 million increase in software spend, $0.5 million increase in marketing spend to support revenue growth, and $0.1 million of variable costs.
Sales and marketing expenses increased $36.5 million, or 34.8 percent, to $141.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $104.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to an increase of $14.6 million in personnel-related costs, including stock-based compensation expense, for personnel engaged in acquiring new customers and marketing our products and services. The increase was also attributable to $13.2 million in additional marketing spend to support revenue growth coupled with $7.6 million in sales and marketing spending attributable to the acquisition of Feedonomics.
Research and development
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| Research and development | $ | 83,460 | $ | 88,253 | $ | (4,793 | ) | (5.4 | ) | % | $ | 88,253 | $ | 64,547 | $ | 23,706 | 36.7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of revenue | 27.0 | % | 31.6 | % | 31.6 | % | 29.4 | % |
Research and development expenses decreased $4.8 million, or (5.4) percent, to $83.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $88.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to a decrease in staffing costs of $5.1 million, including stock-based compensation and bonuses, partially offset by an increase in variable spend of $0.3 million.
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Research and development expenses increased $23.7 million, or 36.7 percent, to $88.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $64.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to higher staffing costs of $15.0 million, including stock-based compensation and bonuses, expenses related to the acquisition of Feedonomics of $9.0 million, offset by a decrease in variable spend of $0.3 million.
General and administrative
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| General and administrative | $ | 58,838 | $ | 69,441 | $ | (10,603 | ) | (15.3 | ) | % | $ | 69,441 | $ | 51,317 | $ | 18,124 | 35.3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Percentage of revenue | 19.0 | % | 24.9 | % | 24.9 | % | 23.3 | % |
General and administrative expenses decreased $10.6 million, or (15.3) percent, to $58.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $69.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a $7.0 million decrease in bad debt expense, and a decrease of $6.1 million in personnel-related expense. The decrease was partially offset by a $2.5 million increase in professional services fees, including legal and accounting fees associated with growth in the business.
General and administrative expenses increased $18.1 million, or 35.3 percent, to $69.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $51.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $12.2 million in personnel-related expense, including stock-based compensation expense, variable spend associated international expansion growth of $2.6 million and expenses related to the acquisition of Feedonomics of $3.7 million.
Acquisition related expenses
Acquisition related expense decreased by $24.9 million or (70.7) percent to $10.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $35.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022.The decrease was primarily attributable to the completion of the recognition period related to the Feedonomics acquisition that occurred in the third quarter of 2023.
Acquisition related expense increased by $11.9 million or 51.1 percent to $35.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $23.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, respectively, primarily as a result of acquisition related compensation in conjunction with our business combinations.
Restructuring charges
Restructuring charges decreased $0.9 million, or (12.3) percent to $6.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $7.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. The current year restructuring included only a reduction in workforce while the prior year included a reduction in workforce as well as an impairment of a right to use asset. There were no restructuring charges recorded for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Interest income
Interest income increased by $7.3 million, or 173.8 percent to $11.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 from $4.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. This increase was the due to higher yields on our cash equivalents and marketable securities in 2023 primarily as a result of interest rate increases. Interest income was insignificant for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Interest expense
There was no significant change to interest expense during the year ended December 31, 2023.
Interest expense increased to $2.8 million, or 250.0 percent for the year ended December 31, 2022 from $0.8 million for year ended December 31, 2021, primarily as a result of a full year impact of interest expense on convertible debt in 2022.
Benefit (provision) for income taxes
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Our provision for income taxes was not material for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.
Liquidity and capital resources
We have incurred losses since our inception, however we continue to show improvements in losses from operations and operating cash flow, further we believe we have sufficient cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities to continue to fund operations for at least the next 12 months.
Our operational short-term liquidity needs primarily include working capital for sales and marketing, research and development, and continued innovation. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our growth rate, levels of revenue, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, market acceptance of our platform, the results of business initiatives, the timing of new product introductions, and the continued impact of the conflict in Ukraine and inflation on the global economy and our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents and our cash flows from operating activities will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs for at least the next 12 months. In the future, we will continue to work with our customer base to move billings from monthly to annually in efforts to better manage cash flow and reduce churn. Additionally, we may attempt to raise additional capital through additional equity or debt financing. In connection with our acquisition of Feedonomics, we made the final payment of $32.5 million in cash in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise it on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, operating results and financial condition could be adversely affected. From time to time, we may seek to repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire our convertible notes through cash repurchases and/or exchanges for equity securities, in open market repurchases, privately negotiated transactions, tender offers or otherwise. Such repurchases, redemptions or other transactions, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions, and other factors. The amounts involved may be material. We do not have any material off-balance sheet arrangements that we expect would materially affect our liquidity and capital resources.
Cash flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated.
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| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (24,243 | ) | $ | (89,357 | ) | $ | (40,300 | ) | |||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 2,816 | (116,526 | ) | (186,877 | ) | |||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 1,242 | 209 | 305,274 | |||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | (20,185 | ) | $ | (205,674 | ) | $ | 78,097 |
As of December 31, 2023, we had $271.3 million in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, and marketable securities, a decrease of $33.7 million compared to $305.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2022. Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly-liquid investments with original maturities of less than three months. Our restricted cash balance of $1.1 million and $1.5 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, consists of security deposits for future chargebacks and amounts on deposit with certain financial institutions. Our marketable securities balance of $198.4 million and $211.9 million at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, consists of investments in corporate and U.S. treasury securities. We maintain cash account balances in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insured limits.
Operating activities
Net cash used in operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $24.2 million, $89.4 million and $40.3 million, respectively. This consisted primarily of our net losses adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of discount on debt, provision for expected credit losses, impairment of right-of-use assets, the effect of changes in working capital and in fiscal year 2023 a one-time final payment related to the Feedonomics acquisition.
Investing activities
Net cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $2.8 million. It consisted primarily of the cash paid for an acquisition of $7.9 million, the purchases of marketable securities of $228.3 million and the purchases of property and equipment of $4.2 million, offset by the maturity of marketable securities of $243.2 million.
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Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was $116.5 million. It consisted primarily of the cash paid for an acquisition of $0.7 million the purchases of marketable securities of $214.2 million and the purchases of property and equipment of $5.2 million, offset by the maturity of marketable securities of $103.6 million.
Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $186.9 million. It consisted primarily of the cash paid for an acquisition of $81.1 million, the purchases of marketable securities of $107.0 million and the purchases of property and equipment of $3.3 million, partially offset by the maturity of marketable securities of $4.5 million.
Financing activities
Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was $1.2 million primarily consisting of an increase in net debt of $0.7 million and issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options of $0.5 million.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was $0.2 million. primarily consisting of issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2021 was $305.3 million. In the year ended December 31, 2021, $345.0 million was provided by the issuance of the Convertible Notes and the issuance of shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of stock options provided $5.9 million, partially offset by the purchase of capped calls of $35.6 million and the payment of debt issuance costs of $10.0 million.
Indebtedness
2021 Convertible senior notes
In September 2021, we issued $345.0 million principal amount of 0.25 percent Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Convertible Notes”). The Convertible Notes were issued pursuant to, and are governed by, an indenture (the “Convertible Notes Indenture”), dated as of September 14, 2021, between us and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
The Convertible Notes are our senior, unsecured obligations and are (i) equal in right of payment with our future senior, unsecured indebtedness; (ii) senior in right of payment to our future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated to the Convertible Notes in right of payment; (iii) effectively subordinated to our future secured indebtedness, to the extent of the value of the collateral securing that indebtedness; and (iv) structurally subordinated to all future indebtedness and other liabilities, including trade payables, and (to the extent we are not a holder thereof) preferred equity, if any, of our subsidiaries.
The Convertible Notes accrue interest at a rate of 0.25 percent per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2022. The Convertible Notes will mature on October 1, 2026, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Before July 1, 2026, noteholders have the right to convert their Convertible Notes only upon the occurrence of certain events. From and after July 1, 2026, noteholders may convert their Convertible Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. We will settle conversions by paying or delivering, as applicable, cash, shares of our common stock or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock, at our election. The initial conversion rate was 13.6783 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $73.11 per share of common stock. The conversion rate and conversion price are subject to customary adjustments upon the occurrence of certain events. In addition, if certain corporate events that constitute a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Convertible Notes Indenture) occur, then the conversion rate will, in certain circumstances, be increased for a specified period of time.
We may not redeem the Convertible Notes at our option at any time before October 7, 2024. The Convertible Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to the “Partial Redemption Limitation” (as defined in the Convertible Notes Indenture)), at our option at any time, and from time to time, on or after October 7, 2024 and on or before the 25th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, but only if the last reported sale price per share of our common stock exceeds 130 percent of the conversion price on (i) each of at least 20 trading days, whether or not consecutive, during the 30 consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the trading day immediately before the date we send the related redemption notice; and (ii) the trading day immediately before the date we send such notice. The redemption price will be a cash amount equal to the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, calling any Convertible Note for redemption will constitute a Make-Whole Fundamental Change with respect to that Convertible Note, in which case the conversion rate applicable to the conversion of that Convertible Note will be increased in certain circumstances if it is converted after it is called for redemption. Pursuant to the Partial Redemption Limitation, we may not elect to redeem less than all of the outstanding Convertible Notes unless at least $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes are outstanding and not subject to redemption as of the time we send the related redemption notice.
If certain corporate events that constitute a “Fundamental Change” (as defined in the Convertible Notes Indenture) occur, then, subject to a limited exception for certain cash mergers, noteholders may require us to repurchase their Convertible Notes at a cash
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repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. The definition of Fundamental Change includes certain business combination transactions involving us and certain de-listing events with respect to our common stock.
The Convertible Notes have customary provisions relating to the occurrence of “Events of Default” (as defined in the Convertible Notes Indenture), which include the following: (i) certain payment defaults on the Convertible Notes (which, in the case of a default in the payment of interest on the Convertible Notes, will be subject to a 30-day cure period); (ii) our failure to send certain notices under the Convertible Notes Indenture within specified periods of time; (iii) our failure to comply with certain covenants in the Convertible Notes Indenture relating to our ability to consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of the assets of us and our subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to another person; (iv) a default by us in our other obligations or agreements under the Convertible Notes Indenture or the Convertible Notes if such default is not cured or waived within 60 days after notice is given in accordance with the Convertible Notes Indenture; (v) certain defaults by us or any of our significant subsidiaries with respect to indebtedness for borrowed money of at least $65.0 million; and (vi) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency and reorganization involving us or any of our significant subsidiaries.
If an Event of Default involving bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization events with respect to us (and not solely with respect to a significant subsidiary of us) occurs, then the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Convertible Notes then outstanding will immediately become due and payable without any further action or notice by any person. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then, the trustee, by notice to us, or noteholders of at least 25 percent of the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes then outstanding, by notice to us and the trustee, may declare the principal amount of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all of the Convertible Notes then outstanding to become due and payable immediately. However, notwithstanding the foregoing, we may elect, at our option, that the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to certain failures by us to comply with certain reporting covenants in the Convertible Notes Indenture consists exclusively of the right of the noteholders to receive special interest on the Convertible Notes for up to 180 days at a specified rate per annum not exceeding 0.50 percent on the principal amount of the Convertible Notes.
Off-balance sheet arrangements
We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of December 31, 2023 or as of December 31, 2022.
Critical accounting policies and estimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We also make estimates and assumptions on the reported revenue generated and reported expenses incurred during the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates described in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.
While our significant accounting policies are described in the notes to our included consolidated financial statements, we believe the following critical accounting policies are most important to understanding and evaluating our reported financial results.
Revenue recognition
We recognize revenue from two sources: (1) subscription solutions revenue and (2) partner and services revenue.
Subscription solutions revenue consists of: (1) platform subscription fees and (2) recurring professional services. We generally recognize platform subscription fees and recurring professional services revenue in the month they are earned. We begin revenue recognition on the date that our service is made available to our customers. Fixed monthly fees and any overage charges related to subscription solutions are recognized as revenue in the month they are earned.
Partner and services revenue is derived from: (1) revenue-sharing arrangements, (2) technology integrations, (3) partner marketing and promotion, and (4) non-recurring professional services. We recognize revenue on a net basis from revenue-sharing arrangements when the underlying transaction occurs. We recognize revenue from technology integration fees ratably over the contractual term because technology integration and platform access are deemed to be a single performance obligation. Revenue from partner marketing and promotion and non-recurring professional services is recognized as the service is performed.
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Subsequent to our acquisition of Feedonomics in July 2021, subscription revenue also includes revenue from Feedonomics. We recognize revenue from Feedonomics’ technology platform and related services under service contracts which are generally one year or less, and in many cases month-to-month. These service types may be sold stand-alone or as part of a multi-service bundle (e.g. both marketplaces and advertising). Services are performed and fees are determined based on monthly usage and are billed in arrears.
We adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”), effective January 1, 2018, using the full retrospective method of adoption. As such, the consolidated financial statements present revenue in accordance with Topic 606 for the period presented. Topic 606 requires us to identify distinct performance obligations. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. When distinct performance obligations exist, we allocate the contract transaction price to each distinct performance obligation. The standalone selling price, or our best estimate of standalone selling price, is used to allocate the transaction price to the separate performance obligations. We recognize revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied.
Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations that should be accounted for separately versus together may require significant judgment. Also, significant judgment may be required to determine the allocation of transaction price to each distinct performance obligation.
Allowance for credit losses
We assess the collectability of outstanding accounts receivable on an ongoing basis and maintain an allowance for credit losses for accounts receivable deemed uncollectible. We analyze grouped customers by similar risk profiles, along with the invoiced accounts receivable portfolio and unbilled accounts receivable for significant risks, historical collection activity, and an estimate of future collectability to determine the amount that we will ultimately collect. This estimate is analyzed annually and adjusted as necessary.
Equity-based compensation
We measure stock-based compensation for stock options at fair value on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. We measure stock-based compensation for restricted stock units (RSUs) based on the fair market value of the common stock on the grant date. Compensation cost is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Stock compensation costs are reduced by the estimated forfeitures at the date of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. We estimate the forfeiture rate based on historical experience. To the extent our actual forfeiture rate is different from our estimate, stock-based compensation expense is adjusted accordingly.
The Black-Scholes Option-pricing model requires the input of highly subjective assumptions, which determine the fair value of stock-based awards. These assumptions include:
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Expected volatility - As we have a short trading history for our common stock, we estimate volatility for option grants by evaluating the average historical volatility of peer group companies for the period immediately preceding the option grant.
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Risk-free interest rate - The risk-free interest rate was based on the United States Treasury zero-coupon issues with remaining terms similar to the expected term of the options.
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Dividend yield - We used an expected dividend yield of zero. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not plan to pay cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future.
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Expected term - We elected to use the simplified method to compute the expected term. We have a limited history of exercise activity and our stock options meet the criteria of “plain-vanilla” options as defined by the SEC. The simplified method calculates the expected term by taking the average of the vesting term and the original contractual term of the awards.
Business combination
We record tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations under the acquisition method of accounting. We use best estimates and assumptions, including but not limited to, future expected cash flows, expected asset lives, and discount rates, to assign a fair value to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations as of the acquisition date. These estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. We allocate any excess purchase price over the fair value of the tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed to goodwill. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed may be recorded, with the corresponding offset to goodwill.
Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to our consolidated statements of operations.
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Recent accounting pronouncements
A discussion of recent accounting pronouncements is included in Note 2 to our included audited consolidated financial statements.