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We also continue to see increased activity in our App Market with app
purchases in the quarter up 51% year over year. These strong trends
demonstrate the tremendous value the new products and services we
introduced earlier in 2016 present to small businesses and highlight our ability
to build and offer businesses increasing functionality.
Our gross margin on a non-GAAP basis was 85% of revenue in Q4 compared
to 84% last year and was 87% of collections, compared to 85% in Q4 last
year. For the full year 2016, non-GAAP gross margin was 85% of revenue and
87% of collections, compared to 83% and 85%, respectively. We continue
to deliver strong gross margins by leveraging our relationships with third-
party providers to effectively manage our hosting costs and scale benefits.
Our non-GAAP gross margin remains consistent with the long-term target we
shared at our analyst day in Q2'16.
R&D expense in the quarter on a non-GAAP basis increased to $24.0 million
compared to $18.9 million in Q4 last year due to higher headcount to further
enhance our platform with new products and vertical solutions. R&D expense
fell to 25% of collections in Q4 compared to 28% of collections in Q4 last year
as we continue to generate incremental leverage on our technology
investments on a year over year basis. R&D fell to 26% of collections in
2016 from 28% in 2015, and we continue to track very well against our long-
term target of 18-20%.
Non-GAAP S&M expense during the quarter was $38.8 million, or 40% of
collections, compared to $29.4 million, or 44% of collections, last year. By
continuing to optimize our nnel and geographic mix, we are able to
continue growing our marketing investment year over year and remain within
our TROI (Time to Return on Investment) range of 7-9 months. Our ability to
increase our global marketing efforts while remaining within our TROI
target range is a significant achievement and a testament to the
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Non-GAAP Gross Margin as a % Collections
85%
2015
30%
2014
56%
2014
28%
87%
2016
2015
Non-GAAP R&D as a
% Collections
48%
26%
2015
2016
85%
44%
Q4'15
Non-GAAP S&M as a
% Collections
2016
28%
Q4'15
44%
Q4'15
87%
Q4'16
25%
Q4'16
40%
Q4'16
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