The State of PayKickstart in 2026

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on PayKickstart usage.

• PayKickstart growth
• Social media usage on PayKickstart stores
• Contact information on PayKickstart stores
• Top categories for PayKickstart stores
• Top countries for PayKickstart stores
• Number of employees for PayKickstart stores
• Number of products sold for PayKickstart stores
• Top PayKickstart technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by PayKickstart stores
• PayKickstart store top-level domain distribution
• Top PayKickstart stores
• New PayKickstart stores
• Stores switching to PayKickstart from other platforms
• Stores switching from PayKickstart to other platforms

PayKickstart Growth

At present, there are 44,433 live stores running on the PayKickstart platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running PayKickstart.

• PayKickstart stores increased 1.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a PayKickstart store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On PayKickstart Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

• Instagram is used by 22.8% of PayKickstart stores.
• Facebook is used by 15.5% of PayKickstart stores.
• YouTube is used by 9.6% of PayKickstart stores.

Contact Information On PayKickstart Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

• 38% of PayKickstart stores have an email on their website
• 33% of PayKickstart stores provide a phone number on their website

Top Categories For PayKickstart Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on PayKickstart.

• 13.6% of PayKickstart stores sell People & Society products.
• 12.4% of PayKickstart stores sell Business & Industrial products.
• 7.4% of PayKickstart stores sell Health products.

Top Countries For PayKickstart Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using PayKickstart.

• 22.7% of PayKickstart stores are in United States
• 2.6% of PayKickstart stores are in United Kingdom
• 2.1% of PayKickstart stores are in Australia
• 2.1% of PayKickstart stores are in Canada

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For PayKickstart Stores

Here is the breakdown of PayKickstart stores by the number of employees.

• 99.7% of PayKickstart stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.2% of PayKickstart stores have 1 - 9 employees.
• 0.0% of PayKickstart stores have 10 - 24 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For PayKickstart Stores

Here is the breakdown of PayKickstart stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 15.3% of PayKickstart stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 1.0% of PayKickstart stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 0.5% of PayKickstart stores sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Technologies on PayKickstart Stores

We're tracking 251 different technologies that have 180,955 collective installs on PayKickstart stores.

• Authorize.net is used by 99.3% of PayKickstart stores.
• Cloudflare is used by 91.0% of PayKickstart stores.
• Cloudflare CDN is used by 90.9% of PayKickstart stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all PayKickstart stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By PayKickstart Stores

• USPS is used by 0.9% of PayKickstart stores.
• Fedex is used by 0.9% of PayKickstart stores.
• UPS is used by 0.6% of PayKickstart stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all PayKickstart stores.

PayKickstart Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for PayKickstart stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

• 75.9% of PayKickstart stores have a .com domain.
• 3.1% of PayKickstart stores have a .org domain.
• 2.0% of PayKickstart stores have a .net domain.

Top PayKickstart Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by PayKickstart, ordered by store rank.

New PayKickstart Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to PayKickstart From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PayKickstart has taken 560 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to PayKickstart from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from PayKickstart To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, PayKickstart has lost 190 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top PayKickstart stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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