Creators

Mark Thompson

find me @marissathompson.bsky.social • assistant professor @columbiasoc • researching inequality, education, race/ethnicity, & policy • views mine

@m_thompson 1,476 X followersmarissaethompson.com First product launched 9y ago

Total monthly visits
82.8K
Up4.3%MoMOct 2026
ARR
$1MClaimed
≈ $83.3K/mo · Starter Story · 2026-11-06“Bootstrapping To $1M ARR By Building Something I Needed”
Products
1
Since Aug 2017
Latest launch
9y ago
PayKickstart82.8K visits/mo · $1M/yr (claimed)
100% full-depth creator dossier open: complete product portfolio, 12-month combined traffic & MRR curves, shipping cadence, and timeline events.

Traffic & revenue

Portfolio · Last 12 months
Monthly visits
Monthly revenue & equivalents1 / 1 products with revenue evidence
Nov 2026
PayKickstart$83.3K/moSelf-reported eq.

Products

Products and research metrics
ProductVisits · OctActions
PayKickstartRevenue Growth & Affiliate Platform82.8K

Timeline

Launches, marketing, revenue milestones, and pricing/plan/positioning changes across products

  1. Nov 6 · 10d ago

    • PayKickstart disclosed ARR $1MClaimed revenue

      Bootstrapping To $1M ARR By Building Something I Needed · Starter Story

  2. Nov 1 · 15d ago

    • PayKickstart Removed technology: Apache HTTP ServerFeatures

      Apache HTTP Server→—

    • PayKickstart Removed technology: FullStoryFeatures

      FullStory→—

    • PayKickstart Adopted technology: Google Font APIFeatures

      —→Google Font API

    • PayKickstart Removed technology: LaravelFeatures

      Laravel→—

Questions & evidence

What products has Mark Thompson built?
Mark Thompson tracks 1 standalone software products on EarlyLore (1 currently live), led by PayKickstart.
How much website traffic do Mark Thompson's products get?
Across tracked standalone domains with web traffic estimates, Mark Thompson's portfolio reaches 82.8K combined monthly visits in each site's latest observed month. Coverage excludes shared third-party hosts and store listings.

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