Why Founding Members exist (and why only until July 1)
An honest explanation of why Memchats offers €9.90/mo for life to anyone who subscribes before July 1, and why the date is exactly that.
The deal
The Founding Members program isn't a promo. It's a concrete deal, with squared numbers, and with reasons I owe you if you're going to put down your card.
The offer: anyone who activates a paid subscription before July 1, 2026 gets Plus at $9.90/mo locked-in for life. Not $9.90 the first year. $9.90 as long as you don't cancel, no matter how the public pricing evolves.
Why I'm doing this
Short answer: I need a first wave of paying users to validate that this solves a real problem. Long answer: the founding use case of Memchats isn't something you discover in an onboarding funnel. I need people who'll use it for 6, 12, 24 months. And for them to stay, they need to trust I won't squeeze them with annual price hikes.
Why July 1
Operational math. Real costs (GPU, Claude, infra, my time) are covered with a minimum recurring revenue. I need that revenue before the next product investment phase, planned for Q3 2026. The date isn't arbitrary: it's the prior fiscal quarter close.
No fake countdown timer, no "12 slots left" without verification. There's a date. When it arrives, it's over. Before, it isn't.
What matters
If you cancel and come back, you lose the Founding price. Non-transferable. If you stay, you keep $9.90/mo as long as the plan exists, written in terms. That's trust, not a first-year discount.
If you fit, this is the moment. If not, that's also fine: Plus at public price is still a good deal compared to any real alternative.
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