PayKickstart Features
Merchandising/Marketing (5)
Storefront Design Tools
Provides standard templates with an easy to use tool set to customize the templates to showcase the stores brand and optimize the users experience
Product Visualization
Ability to display and manage photos, 3D views, videos etc for each product
Promotions and Discounts
Contains features that allow administrators to set up promotions on site, provide time based discounts, and enter coupon codes.
Shopping Cart Abandonment
Provide tools to help convert abandoned carts into sales. Saves items in shopping cart if a users does not complete the purchase. Allows users to continue order process in a future session. Emails users to remind them they have items in their cart.
SEO
Provides tools to drive traffic to pages via organic search
Product Catalog (4)
Content Management
Ability to add/update products, product pricing, product information and other content included on eCommerce site.
Product Configuration
Ability to all users select options to configure the product or select product options. For example, color, size, etc.
Product Search and Filtering
Provides rich user experience to find products on site through site wide search, faceted navigation, product filtering and sorting
Intangible Products
Provides functionality specific to selling intangible products such as: Subscriptions, Trials, Perpetual Licencing, Downloads, Free Trials, etc.
Order Process (8)
Checkout Process
Includes features that optimize user check out experience such as Shopping carts and Single Click Checkout, order summaries, receipts.
Shipping Options
Functionality that allows users to select shipping options based on price and delivery time. May integrate to 3rd Party shipping/fulfillment companies.
Tax Display and Processing
Displays appropriate tax to user based on local laws. Contains functionality to process tax in back end systems. May integrate to 3rd Party tax solutions.
Payment Processing
Supports required payment methods including credit card processing, purchase orders, paypal, etc. Contains appropriate fraud management functionality.
Order Management
Contains tools that enable administrators to manage placed orders to ensure all customer orders are processed correctly and on time.
Returns / Refunds
Functionality to allow users to process returns/refunds either via self service or contacting customer service.
Inventory Management
Displays inventory levels of products in real time. Displays inventory by location if required.
Multi-Channel Fulfillment
Contains distributed order management functionality so that an order can be fulfilled from a warehouse, a store, a vendor drop ship or an in store pick up.
Multi-Channel Support (5)
Omnichannel
Provides seamless approach to the consumer experience through all available shopping channels (Mobile, Social, Web, Point of Sale, catalog). Some times referred to Omni-Channel.
Mobile
Features that enable customers to easily to shop for products using a mobile device.
Customer Service
Provides features that enable customer services teams to interact with customers. Features may include chat and and phone support.
3rd-Party Store Integration
Integrates/Syncs your product catalog to major on line retailers such as Amazon, Ebay, etc. to make it easy to administer selling products via 3rd party channels
B2B
Includes features that that are valuable to B2B transactions. For example partner management, contract pricing, invoicing, product entitlement, contract management etc.
Platform (12)
APIs
System provides well documented API's that can be used to integrate to any 3rd Party or internal system.
Customization
Product provides tools to customize web store front, business process, etc. to meet unique business needs.
Integrations to Add-on Tools
Is easy to integrate to or has pre-packaged integrations to a wide variety of leading add on tools/software.
User Management
Enables customers to update their own user information, settings and preferences.
Reporting / Analytics
Provides standard and ad-hoc reporting ability to meet business requirements
Security
Software provides appropriate tools and certifications to protect against fraud and malicious attacks
Multi-Site Management
Features that enable creation and maintenance of micro sites, sub-sites using the same instance of the software.
Admin Access Rights
Provides ability to control editing rights by product category, geography etc.
Test-to-Product Migration
Functionality that enables administrators to test changes to products, store design, work flows etc in a test environment and schedule the changes to be migrated to the production version of the site
Internationalization
Provides features that enable business transactions throughout the world. Typical features are multi-language, multi-currency and taxation
Cross Browser Support
Enables store or site to provide the same user experience in all browsers and browser versions.
Performance and Reliability
Software performs well and runs with minimal unscheduled downtime
Revenue Optimization (4)
At-Risk Customers
Identify customers that are more likely to cancel their subscriptions
Offer Optimization
Optimize product offerings and packages to increase customer loyalty
Customer Churn
Address customer churn by identifying the causes of cancellations
Revenue Forecasting
Estimate future changes in revenues per product type or customer category
Revenue Recognition (3)
Usage Tracking
Track usage per company, custom time period, or contract
Deferred Revenue
Track payments received for products that haven't be delivered yet
Revenue Accrual
Recognition rules to accrue revenue on a daily or monthly basis
Billing and Payments (3)
Payment Terms
Provide multiple payment terms per customer or contract
Personalized Billing
Different types of billing such as: recurring, one time changes, based on number of seats or usage
Custom Pricing
Manage customer specific pricing as well as coupons, discounts, and gift plans
Billing (4)
Automation
Ability to create and send invoices automatically at predefined or custom frequencies.
Consolidation
Consolidate invoices so customers can make one payment for multiple bills.
Adjustments
Adjust invoices to handle exceptions and correct errors.
Blacklisting
Allows users to temporarily or permanently block potential fraudsters.
Dunning (3)
Collections
Assists users in collecting payments for unpaid invoices.
Dispute Management
Manages disputes regarding billing and payments.
Escalation
Define escalation processes to suspend service for unpaid invoices.
Performance (3)
Packages
Track the financial performance of various types of packages.
Discounts
Identify the impact of special pricing and discounts on revenue.
Plan Changes
Monitor plan changes such as upgrades and downgrades, or cancellations.
Link Options (3)
Custom Links
Allows affiliates to create custom links for products.
Referral Link Generator
Provides an affiliate link generator.
Smart Link
Supports the creation of smartlinks that redirect users to relevant offers based on predefined conditions such as device type, geolocation, etc.
Tracking Options (3)
Email Updates
As reported in 10 PayKickstart reviews. Provides both merchants and affiliates with email updates on campaign performance.
Affiliate Tracking
Provides merchants with data and analysis on the performance of campaigns and specific affiliations. 10 reviewers of PayKickstart have provided feedback on this feature.
Cookieless Tracking
Allows for tracking without the use of cookies.
Reporting (3)
Dimensions
Reports revenue based on various dimensions, such as subscription segments, geographies, or discounts
Deferred Revenue
Tracks revenue for goods or services that have yet to be collected
Revenue Recognition
Accurately determines and reports the accounting period when revenues are recognized
Order Management (4)
Opportunities
Manage open opportunities for new or existing customers.
Order History
Track all open and closed orders by customer, or by product and plan.
Upsell & Cross-sell
Identify opportunities to upsell and cross sell based on product usage.
Renewals
Plans can be renewed automatically or manually, when changes are required.
Products & Plans (4)
Packages
Track the financial performance of various types of packages.
Multi-part Deals
Create deals that combine multiple products and plans, with differrent pricing
Plan Changes
Monitor plan changes such as upgrades and downgrades, or cancellations.
Bundles
Ability to group standard plans and products to create bundles
Pricing (3)
Standard Price
Assign standard monthly and yearly prices to products, plans, and packages
Discounts
Define standard and custom discounts that can be applied to one or more products and plans
Optimization
Analyze pricing data to identify opportunities to improve prices.
Revenue Management (4)
Automation
Ability to create and send invoices automatically at predefined or custom frequencies.
Consolidation
Consolidate invoices so customers can make one payment for multiple bills.
Adjustments
Adjust invoices to handle exceptions and correct errors.
Billing Types
Provide the option to combine recurring, one-time, and usage based billing
Integration (3)
Payments
Integrate with payment processing software and payment gateways.
Accounting
Integrate with financial management systems such as accounting and ERP.
CRM & Sales
Integrate with software that manages customers, sales, and marekting.
Affiliate Management (3)
Affiliate Network
Provides advertisers with access to a network of affiliates.
Commissions and Payouts
Supports multiple compensation models, such as pay-per-click, pay-per-sale, pay-per-lead, etc.
Customization
Includes features for customizing campaign assets.
Headless Commerce (5)
Decoupling
Ability to disconnect the front office from the back office of an e-commerce platform
REST APIs
Provide APIs that allow for interaction with RESTful web services
Data Orchestration
Capture and manage data from multiple sources and syncronize it with the front end and back end
Customization
Allows developers to customize the platform using multiple programming languages
Extensibility
Include prebuilt integrations with multiple systems such as ERP and CRM
Generative AI (2)
AI Text Generation
Allows users to generate text based on a text prompt.
AI Text Summarization
Condenses long documents or text into a brief summary.
Agentic AI - Subscription Management (5)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Platforms (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Subscription Billing (4)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Agentic AI - Affiliate Marketing (6)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
Adaptive Learning
Improves performance based on feedback and experience
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
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Technology Glossary Features
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The checkout process how a customer goes through to finalize a purchase when shopping online. Learn the checkout process and best practices to follow.
Intangible products refer to company offerings that are not physical in nature. Learn more about intangible products, what falls into the category, and how to sell products that can’t be touched.



