PayKickstart pricing
How PayKickstart charges
PayKickstart 2.0 dropped its old plan tiers. There is now one flat, revenue-based price with every feature unlocked on every plan. What you pay scales with your monthly revenue.
From $79 / month
- The $79 tier covers up to $3,000 in monthly revenue; the price steps up by your revenue from there
- Revenue past your plan's cap is billed at 5.27% overage
- Above $1M a month, pricing is custom
- Every feature on every plan: checkout, subscriptions, affiliate center, dunning, retention and reporting
- 14-day free trial, cancel anytime, plus a free onboarding call
Prefer not to subscribe? The Launch plan charges 6% of revenue and nothing monthly. Payment-gateway fees are separate: bring your own gateway, or use Connect from 2.3% + $0.20.
Is it worth the money?
What works
- The built-in affiliate center is the standout: sale and lead tracking, first and second-tier commissions, instant or delayed payouts, and a marketplace PayKickstart says is 100,000 affiliates strong, all next to the cart instead of in a separate tool.
- The checkout ships the levers that raise order value, order bumps, true one-click upsells, coupons, exit-intent offers and cart recovery, plus a library of 50-plus templates and embeddable widgets.
- Subscription depth goes past a plain cart: dunning by email, SMS, voicemail and in-app message, smart retries, cancellation-saver flows and a self-serve billing portal that keep recurring revenue from leaking.
- You keep your own gateway. Connect Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree or Easy Pay Direct, or apply for Connect, its in-house processor from 2.3% plus $0.20, rather than being locked to one.
What to watch
- It takes real setup time. Reviewers describe a learning curve, one calling it plainly a bear to configure, and reporting is named as a weak spot. It is not a cart you get live in ten minutes.
- There is no page or funnel builder and no same-URL split testing, so you bring your own pages and cannot A/B a whole checkout under one link, which is what a media buyer on cold traffic leans on.
- Pricing is now revenue-based and less transparent: the $79 headline only covers up to $3,000 a month in revenue, then it scales with your sales, so model your real cost at your volume before committing.
- It is not the merchant of record, so refunds, tax and affiliate payouts stay your job, and buyer-side disputes get bounced back to the vendor, which is why its buyer-facing Trustpilot score runs low while seller reviews run high.
Frequently asked questions
How much does PayKickstart cost?
PayKickstart 2.0 uses flat, revenue-based pricing: every feature is on every plan, and the price scales with your monthly revenue. It starts at $79 a month for up to $3,000 in monthly revenue, moving up from there, with custom pricing above $1M a month. Revenue past your plan's cap is billed at 5.27%.
Does PayKickstart have a free trial?
Yes, a 14-day free trial with no card required to start, plus a free onboarding call. If you would rather not commit to a subscription, its Launch plan charges 6% of revenue and nothing monthly. Note that subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least three days before renewal, and platform fees are generally non-refundable.
Are there fees on top of the plan?
Yes. PayKickstart is not a payment processor, so you pay your own gateway fees on your sales. You can connect Stripe, PayPal, Authorize.net, Braintree or Easy Pay Direct, or use Connect, its in-house processor from 2.3% + $0.20. SMS and ringless voicemail usage is billed on top where you use it.
What we read
From PayKickstart
- https://paykickstart.com
- https://paykickstart.com/affiliate-management/
- https://paykickstart.com/checkout-experience/
- https://paykickstart.com/revenue-retention/
Other sources
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