Shopping cart & affiliate management for online vendors.
4.7/5 (124 reviews)PayKickstart is an online shopping cart and affiliate management platform with built-in conversion enhancing features like one-click upsells for credit card/paypal, order bumps, custom checkout pages/widgets/embed forms, coupon management, auto-complete shipping fields, subscription saver sequences, and more.
With native mobile apps for iOS and Android, PayKickstart gives users the flexibility to monitor their business and receive alerts on the move.
Pros
- GDPR compliant
- Built in VAT processing (important for EU customers and vendors)
- One-click upsells
- Lot's of checkout templates both hosted and embeddable
- Multilingual checkout and email notifications
- Automated retries for failed payments
- API / IPN
- Excellent support
- Friendly people
- Actual implementation of most feature requests
Cons
It's a work in progress, so there are always things users would wish were already in the software. For me, I would like to see the VAT on the invoices (they're already working on that). I would like to see an option for duplicating funnels and campaigns. And more branding options for the affiliate signup. Now what are supposed to be 'my' affiliates become a PK affiliate and may choose to promote my offers (as well as other companies' offers). I would like to see this more brandable.
But no showstoppers here.
Super beneficial for my website also customer service is very helpful.
Pros
Super easy to navigate and works well for my website.
Cons
We have had a couple issues with recurring memberships duplicating an order for the next month.
Overall our company has been very pleased with PayKickStart and will recommend it over the other major platforms that are comparable...
Pros
I like how easy it is to navigate and set up to use as a vendor, and as an affiliate, the platform works flawlessly as well. It is a great platform that just keeps getting better. It is easier to use than JVZoo, Warrior Plus, or Clickbank...
It is also cheaper for you as a vendor, you only pay a monthly fee to list your products, and you can save a lot of money if you are selling a lot of products online. The affiliates that work with us also like the platform as they can easily see where they stand in regards to their promotions and commission.
Cons
So far there is nothing not to like, and this is after using the platform since it's inception. It has only gotten better, and the developers are on top of making constant improvements to it all the time.
Pros
Price point beats most competitor platforms.
Offers many options to override settings on an affiliate and product basis - This is very important for my business.
Custom affiliate link creation feature - also important to my business.
Easy to use sales funnel builder with a robust array of settings.
Customizable checkout pages - easy to use builder with pro templates.
Constant improvement on existing features, most importantly the Reports feature.
Cons
Some of the user flows on certain features can be a little confusing, but not a show stopper. They offer a decent knowledge base and support is solid.
Support is outstanding. Integration with your custom solution is easy with their API. Ability to use Zapier also very easy. Always adding features.
Pros
The ease of use when integrating with our SAAS was fantastic. We got an all-in-one solution for payment processing, member management, affiliate/vendor relations, and sales funnel structure. The API was very easy. Reporting is exactly what we needed.
Cons
Had some trouble with integration of a different 3rd-party system, but customer support was diligent in fixing it. Prefer a proactive alert system for paying affiliates, but reports show what's outstanding so its not that much of a problem.
Basic Plan: $29/month, Professional Plan: $99/month, Premium Plan: $149/month
Below are some frequently asked questions for PayKickstart.
PayKickstart offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$29,00/month
Pricing model: Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Basic Plan: $29/month, Professional Plan: $99/month, Premium Plan: $149/month
PayKickstart offers the following features:
PayKickstart has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business
PayKickstart supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Traditional), Danish, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
PayKickstart has the following pricing plans:
Subscription
PayKickstart supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone, iPad
PayKickstart integrates with the following applications:
AWeber, ActiveCampaign, Authorize.net, GetResponse, GoToWebinar, Infusionsoft, Mailchimp, Sendlane, aMember Pro, iContact
PayKickstart offers the following support options:
FAQs, Knowledge Base, Online Support, Video Tutorials
I started out with Kartra (I love those guys), but they couldn't handle VAT properly. I see this a lot with American software developers. They generally don't understand how the EU works. Then switched to PayKickstart and helped them get this VAT thing right. Which they did. And fast.
I love that they listen to their customers and actually implement the suggestions. I know there's always more ideas and requests than the development team can handle, but they make good progress.
So I'm glad I switched and I look forward to all the improvements that are on the roadmap.
If you want to set up elaborate funnels and upsell sequences, it's a lot of work. Also to get it right in PK. But, once you find your way in the UI and understand how things work, you get faster and faster at it.
Did I say the support is excellent? If not, I'll say it again: their support is excellent :-)