Mark Thompson, co-founder of PayKickstart, shares the company's growth metrics during an interview with Nathan Latka.
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“Our monthly recurring started at 10, around 10,000 last year, and now it's at 50,000.”
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Despite the launch strategy, affiliates drive only 10-15% of PayKickstart's revenue
“Probably around 10 or 15%. It's fairly low.”
Mark ThompsonMay 19, 2019▶ 13:371394 How he used affiliates to go from Zero to $50k in MRR in 16 Months
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Digital Kickstart built an internal buyer email list of over 100,000
“There's a little over a 100,000 people.”
Mark ThompsonMay 19, 2019▶ 13:571394 How he used affiliates to go from Zero to $50k in MRR in 16 Months
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PayKickstart pays affiliates 30% recurring or 50% upfront on $1,000 plans
“Yeah, on the recurring chart, on the recurring, the 99 dollar a month plan, it's 30%. From that initial thousand dollar investment, it's 50%.”
Mark ThompsonMay 19, 2019▶ 15:071394 How he used affiliates to go from Zero to $50k in MRR in 16 Months
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Digital Kickstart's top revenue generator is an Adobe AIR app, not SaaS
“That's our biggest revenue generator, but it's actually not a SAS company. It's actually an Adobe air app.”
Mark ThompsonMay 19, 2019▶ 3:371394 How he used affiliates to go from Zero to $50k in MRR in 16 Months
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PayKickstart: 75% of vendors are on the $99 per month plan
“The majority, about 75% of our vendors are on the 99 dollar a month plan.”
Mark ThompsonMay 19, 2019▶ 4:151394 How he used affiliates to go from Zero to $50k in MRR in 16 Months
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PayKickstart reached its current scale as a fully bootstrapped company
“It's all been bootstrapped.”
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