If you can attend only one live event this year, I recommend the workshop series by PayKickstart.

An event with the potential to transform your business in all areas going forward, uplift your entrepreneurial mindset and have a massive impact on your growth.

You can register for free but don’t take it lightly. Treat it as a premium, luxurious, high-ticket event and pay close attention to what the experts share.

The business arena has completely changed in recent years and this event is the blueprint for the new rules of selling online in 2026 and beyond.

Let me reveal the details.

PayKickstart – New Rules To Selling Online In 2026

Workshop Series

PayKickstart

PayKickstart is a multi-platform for businesses with features like tax and accounting, reporting, security & compliance, subscription management, revenue retention, accepting payments, checkout experience, affiliate management and more.

An established name in the market powering almost 10,000 businesses.

I am a member of the platform as well.

Workshop Series Overview

2026 is going to completely change the way businesses get paid, keep customers and scale.

The workshop series is specifically designed to help business owners master these new rules. It’s bringing you the latest frameworks, systems and hacks that are working right now.

The main promise is this: Attend the event and get an actionable playbook for predictable revenue, more sales and loyal customers.

• When: January 12-19.
• Where: Online
• What: 12 Live Expert Sessions. Plus, downloadable material.
• Who: Business owners, course creators, software, SaaS, coaches, consultants, agencies, physical product sellers, digital product creators, marketing professionals.
• Why: Reason #1: 12 free workshops packed with actionable playbooks. Reason #2: A lineup of experts sharing proven systems, tools and insights for the next generation of online growth. You won’t find these strategies in a course or book. Reason #3: Exclusive bonus by me.
• How Much: Free
• Your host: Mark Thompson. Co-founder and CEO of PayKickstart. A leading name in the online marketing, SaaS and innovation space for over 17 years. He built, launched and scaled multiple software products that have collectively generated tens of millions in revenue.

You’ll discover smarter payment systems, giving customers the flexibility to pay their way and thus, instantly boost conversions and reduce checkout friction.

You’ll get access to the subscription growth blueprint, proven steps to create offers people stay subscribed to, while reducing churn before it drains your recurring revenue.

You’ll get hooked by conversion multipliers, upsells, order bumps and recovery flows that turn the traffic you already have into 20-40% more revenue.

There are retention frameworks, cancellation saver flows, lifecycle communication and loyalty offers that keep customers longer and grow LTV (Lifetime Value), a key metric estimating the total revenue a business expects from a single customer over their entire relationship.

Not to mention the proactive fraud defense systems that will help you to stop chargebacks and disputes before they even hit your merchant account.

Another huge addition is the affiliate growth playbooks that guide you to recruit, motivate and pay partners who can scale your sales without extra ad spend.

Even more importantly, you’ll get presented with the metrics that matter in 2026. What to track, why it matters and how to turn data into smarter growth decisions.

Also included in the series, funnels that scale. Step-by-step journeys that maximise customer value at every stage of the funnel.

Each session comes with a downloadable playbook, frameworks and checklists so you can lead with strategies that you can plug into your business, immediately.

On top of that, your exciting journey does not stop there. Once the workshops are finished, there is a surprise waiting for you.

Stay tuned for the surprise on this page.

All Workshops

Pre-Launch

1. Jan 12, 12 pm ET: The Checkout Revolution – How Payment Flexibility Converts More Customers in 2026, with Sam Bakker, CEO of Communi.
2. Jan 12, 8 pm ET: The Flexible Billing Formula – How to Boost Conversions and Retention by Letting Customers Pay Their Way, with Jon Penberthy, CEO of AdClients.
3. Jan 13, 12 pm ET: The Subscription Growth Blueprint – 5 Steps to Build Predictable Recurring Revenue, with Travis Stephenson, CEO of Chatmatic.
4. Jan 13, 8 pm ET: The Customer Communication Blueprint – How to Keep Customers Engaged, Informed and Coming Back, with Anik Singal, founder of UgenticAI.
5. Jan 14, 12 pm ET: The Conversion Toolbox – Proven Tactics to Turn More Prospects into Paying Customers, with Aaron Krall, founder of SaaS Accelerator.
6. Jan 14, 8 pm ET: The Retention Formula – How to Reduce Churn and Keep Customer Longer, with Sean Donahoe, founder of UnHustled.
7. Jan 15, 12 pm ET: The Affiliate Growth Playbook – How to Recruit, Motivate and Pay Partners Who Scale Your Business, with Gauher Chaudhry, CEO of iPromote Media.
8. Jan 15, 8 pm ET: The Metrics That Matter – How to Use Data to Unlock Growth and Stop Revenue Leaks, with Armand Morrin, CEO of Marketing University.
9. Jan 16, 12 pm ET: Fraud Defense & Chargeback Mastery – How to Protect Your Revenue and Merchant Accounts, with Mark Wagner, founder of Disputifier.
10. Jan 16, 8 pm ET: The Funnel Formula – How to Maximise Customer Value With High-Converting Sales Journeys, with Todd Brown, founder of Todd Brown Marketing.
11. Jan 19, 12 pm ET: The Customer Success System – How to Onboard, Support and Retain Customers at Scale, with Teddy Garcia, head of tech, Abundance360.
12. Jan 19, 8 pm ET: Behind the Launch – Growth Strategies & a Sneak Peek at What’s Coming Jan 20th, with Mark Thompson, founder of PayKickstart.

All experts have been featured on various major publications and media.

PayKickstart 2.0

1. Jan 20, 11 am ET: The New PayKickstart 2.0 – The Smarter Way to Grow, Bill and Scale in 2026
2. Jan 20, 8 pm ET: Stop Paying For Limitations – The Truth About Billing Platforms
3. Jan 22, 8 pm ET: How Top Businesses Scale Faster with PayKickstart – SaaS, Courses, Agencies & Digital Products
4. Jan 23, 12 pm ET: How PayKickstart Pays for Itself – Dozens of Ways to Save and Make More Money
5. Jan 26, 12 pm ET: The Growth Accellerator – Your 2026 Revenue Roadmap
6. Jan 26, 8 pm ET: Final Countdown Live – Last Chance to Join at Launch-Only Pricing

Expected Outcomes:

• See the new 2.0 platform live, end-to-end
• Understand what’s actually new and why it matters
• Learn how to switch without fear or downtime
• Discover how businesses increase revenue immediately
• See real use cases across business models
• Get access to launch-only pricing and bonuses

PayKickstart has already powered thousands of businesses for over a decade and has been rebuilt from the ground up. Now, it meets the demands of modern businesses that want to scale.

You have the chance to lock in a discounted 69% OFF pricing for up to 3 years (it’s your decision, you can choose 1, 2 or 3 years.) There’s an upgrade protection system in place as well.

Plus, you have 90 extra days before the clock starts to run, 90 full days to complete your onboarding process with the platform and start accepting payments.

The Revenue Multiplier (Week #3)

1. Feb 02, 8 pm ET: The Fast-Track Workshop – How To Start Selling and Scaling With PayKickstart in 7 Days with Mark Thompson, founder of PayKickstart
2. Feb 03, 12 pm ET: The Silent List Goldmine – How to Convert More Subscribers and Visitors Without More Traffic with Paul Counts, CEO of InboxGeek
3. Feb 03, 12 pm ET: Unlocking Growth – Sales & Marketing Strategies To Fill Your Funnel and Build Your Brand with Shaun Clark, CEO of GoHighLevel
4. Feb 05, 12 pm ET: How We Built Our Interactive Launch Workbooks In Minutes – and How You Can Too with Dylan Jones, co-founder of ContentBlocks
5. Feb 06, 12 pm ET: The Membership Revenue Engine – How To Build Predictable, Scalable Monthly Income with Justin Burns, CEO of Miestro

Expected Outcomes:

• Learn how to use the upgraded platform in just a week so you can get maximum results with the least effort.
• How to stop leaving revenue on the table. Simple, real-time signals and re-engagement tactics to convert more visitors into leads, regain inactive subscribers and boost conversions without spending more on marketing.
• How top teams build full-funnel experiences, automate follow-ups and create a seamless brand presence that supports long-term revenue growth.
• How to use interactive content. Dynamic, AI-powered experiences that open up new revenue opportunities.
• How to structure your membership for retention, build an engaged community and use AI tools to deliver value that keeps subscribers month after month.

It’s all about onboarding, growth systems and top-of-funnel strategies for predictable sales.

Opening Workshop, Jan 12, 12 pm ET: The Checkout Revolution

It’s all about payment flexibility which converts more customers in 2026. The way costomers pay online has been transformed in the last 5 years. Credit cards are still important but people use them less.

Customers expect instant checkouts, local payment options, Apple and Google Pay, Klarna, Venmo, mobile wallets and even “buy now” or “pay later”.

The right payment methods can add trust, boost conversions, increase order value and make the checkout experience friction-free.

Take advantage of this workshop to maximise your revenue without leaving money on the table.

Secrets revealed:

• End-of-trial reminders to prevent surprise cancellations
• Renewal notices that build trust
• Credit card expiration alerts to reduce failed rebills
• SCA (Strong Customer Authentication) prompts for compliance
• Abandoned cart emails to win back lost sales
• and so much more.

With Sam Bakker, CEO of Communi.

Highlights

Mark analysed the latest strategies and tactics that the majority of companies utilise to help their customers go through the checkout process fast and without friction.

He discussed Klarna, Venmo, Buy Now Pay Later, FastLane (by PayPal), AppSwitch (a new product by PayPal), and many more 1-click and other experiences.

He explained that people in various countries use alternative payment methods, beyond the traditional, such as credit cards, Google Pay or Apple Pay.

For example, in the Netherlands, they use a service called iDEAL (a system that lets you pay through your local bank). In Brazil, they use Pix (an instant payment system, created by the Central Bank).

He shared his insights about the checkout experience by analysing strategies that reduce extra efforts and thinking for the customer at the critical moment of buying a product.

He shared examples for various industries and different checkout options.

He also discussed how companies are helping customers go through the checkout process in the least possible time. He showed examples of various pricing page options and how to apply them to any business.

Then, we watched an interview with Sam Bakker, who had some health issues and could not make it live online.

Sam shared his journey with his company and how they decided to make a change, a pivot and started charging subscriptions instead of lifetime offers.

It was a risky decision for them, as many existing customers were negative, but with careful analysis of the feedback, they were able to make the transition as smooth as possible. They acquired new customers who switched from competing companies and they did not lose many of their current ones.

Sam is also a customer of PayKickstart and explained the reasons for switching over to that platform.

Exciting interview, straight to the point, full of valuable insights for any business in any industry.

Then, we had a Q&A session. Mark answered various questions with one being more interesting that the others (for me) and it was about the checkout experience and payment options for high-risk industries, like MLM (multi-level marketing), credit repair and similar.

Workshop #3, Jan 13, 12 pm ET: The Subscription Growth Blueprint

Just broadcasted. Coming soon with the highlights.

Highlights

Today’s workshop went on fire. Travis was in a roll and kept the momentum going from the first minute up until the very end of the meeting.

Today’s session was all about recurring revenue, subscriptions and memberships.

One of the most exciting but also demanding business models.

No easy tricks and hacks.

Only solid strategies, tactics and methods that are tested millions of times in various industries for many different kinds of products.

Travis shared a very powerful framework that goes beyond the traditional free-trial entry points for the majority of companies offering software, training, services and memberships.

It’s a different approach to recurring revenue. More predictable, way less risky than classical subscription models.

In a nutshell, it’s a system that helps you make customers ask for your subscription, on their own.

Travis discussed the subscription hamster wheel, which is the traditional model. A constant, expensive battle to acquire prospects who are conditioned to cancel.

High ad spend to get the game rolling, free trial signups, low conversions and finally, high churn rates.

Agree 100%. Many businesses suffer right now from this model, although they offer first-class products and services.

He says it’s like asking someone for a marriage on the first date. This is a core problem, you can’t ask someone to commit to monthly payments when they don’t even know if your solution works for them yet.

Things have changed; customer skepticism is at its peak.

Travis’s framework provides a new way and changes the classic cold ask with a logical next step.

He shared his 5-step blueprint for that matter:

1. The “0 to 1” transformation
2. Engineer the “Special” Moment
3. Choose your recurring engine
4. The irresistible graduate offer
5. Scale with the flywheel effect

He then shared a plethora of examples in many industries, both from his companies and clients. All the examples make so much sense and I believe it’s a system that more and more brands will adopt in this space.

One of the most interesting workshops I’ve attended recently.

Can’t wait to test the framework in my business and I mean, right now. I don’t have a recurring offer but I’m always open to new models. Alternatively, I may apply one of the principles or steps of the framework to my current business model.

I’m already working on it and will report on my progress as well, on this page 🙂

Plus, this is huge, if you want me to apply Travis’ framework to your business, all you have to do is express your interest in the VIP experience.

Workshop #5, Jan 14, 12 pm ET: The Conversion Toolbox

Just broadcasted. Coming soon with the highlights.

Highlights

A new guest speaker today, Aaron Krall. He was on fire. A glorious presentation specifically created for SaaS owners and aspiring founders.

It was all about proven strategies and tactics to turn more prospects into paying customers.

Main problems solved by Aaron’s method:

• Rapidly rising costs to acquire customers (CAC)
• Slow 6-12 month payback periods for ad spend
• High churn rates
• Complex products with tons of features
• Increased competition
• Profit margins
• Spending years building something that is ultimately so complex that is extremely hard to sell
• Raising money from VCs (Venture Capitalists)
• Paying too much to acquire uncommitted users (This happens due to the rise of free trials)
• Non being profitable for months
• Needing 1000s of dollars as a runway
• Supporitng 1000s of non-paying users (chatting, infrastructure costs, emotional sanity)
• and much more

Aaron promiised to share a proven, high-velocity acquisition channel.

He explanied that the main problem for SaaS businesses is the cost of acquiring a new customer (CAC).

He uses a strategy that flips customer acquisition costs down to zero, segments exisiting features of the product to create irresistible front-end offers and a funnel structure that generates 1.8x to 2x ROAS (Return On Ad Spend) from cold traffic in 60 days.

A low-risk paid ads strategy that covers ad spend costs from day one. Plus, it works without slow and unpredictable marketing channels like SEO, content, video, social media, salesy cold emails and messages etc.

Aaron insists that the traditional front-end acquisition model is broken. Free trials take too long to convert (if they ever will), the average conversion rate is 15%, and most importantly, founders of SaaS need to excel at development, marketing, sales, nurturing, relationship building, churn retention and upselling, among other things.

Most SaaS companies experience the “Launch Spiral”. #1 Launch, #2 Get Users, #3 Hit a Wall, #4 Start Building Again and repeat the cycle until you abandon.

Aaron’s method is called “The Lifetime Ladder”.

He analysed the core mechanism of the method but did not have much time to go really deep, absolutely logical and expected.

He also shared a list of criteria to determine if a SaaS product is a good fit for this particular method, tactics to turn your offer into something way more irresistible, examples of successful SaaS companies, a quick walkthrough of a product he co-founded with a client (the ad, the landing page the checkout page, funnel and profit levers).

A huge session, packed with so much value.

Can’t wait to test the method with clients as in my business, I do not provide software.

Workshop #9, Jan 16, 12 pm ET: Fraud Defense & Chargeback Mastery

Just broadcasted. Coming soon with the highlights.

Highlights

A huge, very important topic for any business. Fraud and chargebacks exist and we better be prepared than deal with this kind of problem when it happens.

Mark and Mark discussed the checkout experience and systems laying out what we must have in place before acceptung payments.

They highlghted how critical policy visibility is and when banks side with the cardholder.

They analysed 3D secure and when it makes sense.

They discussed behavioural tracking vs. hard rules, friendly fraud and when it’s broken communication (not fraud), billing descriptors as a defense tool, proactive communication, the benefits of fraud prevention, what works in fraud defense, what to fix first and so much more.

Takeaways:

• Disputes will happen, have a system in place
• Communicate proactively
• Hidden or vague policies lose disputes automatically.
• 3D Secure (3DS) is a tool, not a cure-all
• No single tool solves fraud
• Monitor behaviour, not just payments

Workshop #13, Jan 20, 11 am ET: Meet PayKickstart 2.0

Just broadcasted. Coming soon with the highlights.

Highlights

Mark revealed a bunch of updates, upgrades, new features and systems that have been added to the platform recently.

New features are being added at this moment and will continue to roll out for a few months more.

It’s a transitional period for the platform and Mark showed up fired up, excited and anxious as well.

He discussed retargeting and how important it is to any business. Retargeting happens when we target people who already expressed interest in our business. These are warm leads, not cold traffic and they are converting way better.Mark mentioned 2-3X higher, I believe is way more.

He gave plenty of actionable advice here. Here are a few examples: Bought the base product? Remind them of the upsell. Are they on a trial? Remind them before it ends.

Now, retargeting helps before the sale but the biggest leaks happen after.

Next topic: Subscription management. Getting paid once is good, getting paid repeatedly changes everything. That’s a major factor driving business growth. Having a recurring revenue system.

Not all businesses deal with it successfully, though. It’s where most billing systems start to break. Most business owners take subscriptions as billing, but it’s a relationship. It has to do with expectations, timing and flexibility. It’s more than just charging a card.

He explained how the new platform has been built around the full subscription lifecycle (from the first signup to upgrades, renewals and retention).

He helped us understand how customers feel when they purchase a product that comes with a recurring billing system. These are not just recurring charges for them, they are recurring decisions.

He analysed failed payments, expired cards, quiet cancellations, bank declines, authentication issues and more.

He mentioned that growht does not die form lack of sales but from leaks, many times invisible which you can’t spot before it’s too late.

If you have a subsctiption-based business, don’t assume that revenue is stable. To have stability, you need a recovery system in place.

He highlighted that the new platform trates retention as a system, not a reaction because waiting is expensive.

The platform has pre-dunning, prepaid cards and authorisations to reduce failed payments before they happen. Also, there’s a smart retry algorithm running in the background for failed payments, retrying them at various times throughout the day to reveal the best options for vendors. This is huge and you don’t do it manually, it is being done automatically.

He discussed multi-touch communication, in-app notifications, payment recovery alerts and shared some statistics. The platform has already helped vendors recover 13M in revenue that would have been lost without these automated systems.

He walked us through the custom billing portal, where customers can manage their own billing and thus, it reduces frustration, you get less support tickets and churn drops.

Those small moments of control make a big difference over time.

Next topic, retention. It’s starts by understanding your customers. It’s not about trapping them. It’s about where your business can improve. Retention is a system, not a feature.

They have a cancellation saver sequence saving around 25% of customer who wanted to leave. You can’t save everyone but 25% saves, I will take it. There are automated surveys, pre-cancellation notifications and much more.

Next topic, affiliate management. There are brand-new affiliate request pages designed for transparency, a dashboard to upload marketing materials for your partners, to create real-time leaderboards and motivate them and to create partner contracts, detailed analytics, a completely revamped marketplace where vendors and affiliates connect),  and a new PayKickstart Wallet.

Next topic, fraud and chargeback protection. The real cost? Dispute fees, nto returned processing fees, additional dispute fees to fight new policies), lost revenue, internal time and labour, reputation damage and stress. Not to mention, higher processing rates from card brands, reserve holds and delayed payouts, account monitoring or termination, etc.

The platforms offers a protection system built into the revenue system. It protects before disputes happen, you have time to act before chargebacks are filled, there are automated risk signals and controls and you have visibility through the entire lifecycke. Behavioural signals, risk-scoring, flexible controls based on risk tolerance and more.

Huge improvements, to say the least. All the tools a business needs to scale with confidence in one platform.

Get Access To All Workshops

Every workshop is available at the time is being broadcasted. If you miss a workshop, it’s gone forever. 

By subscribing at any time, you will be asked if you want access to all the workshops, the replay vault. 

There are various options to choose from, all very affordable and you get your peace of mind. 

Stay Tuned!

It’s a page that I will keep on updating daily from now on, so stay tuned for more information.

VIP Experience

1. Daily Q&A sessions here with the live chat for all workshop registrants. You can ask any question regarding the event and your business. Even when I’m not here online, you can ask a question with your email and I’ll get back to you immediately when I read it.
2. I’m organising a behind-the-scenes VIP experience for a small number of  business owners. It’s all about applying strategies and tactics taught in the workshop series to your business with me as your personal consultant. There are certain criteria based on the “7 IDEALS” principles. Contact me asap to send you a questionnaire.
3. Get access to an extra workshop, hosted by me, all about creating an automation and expansion machine that propels your business forward, based on the “7 IDEALS” methodology.

Sign up for the Workshop Series through this page and get access to my bonuses.

Webinar: Brand Evolution Playbook

Feb 08, 2026, 6 pm GMT+2

Launch-Only Pricing

PayKickstart 2.0 has officially launched.The platform has been rebuilt from the ground up. It’s not just a feature update but a complete reset to meet the demands of modern businesses. 

This is your last opportunity to lock in PayKickstart 2.0 at the lowest pricing it will ever be offered.

You can save up to 69% for 3 years. 

If you join the platform through WMS, you are eligible for a full-scale campaign as a bonus treat. A campaign that will make you sales. Schedule an appointment today for the details.