Finances
Membership pays for servers, moderators, and development. No ads, no venture capital, no selling your data. Here’s where the money comes from and where it goes, month by month.
“Budget” is the monthly range from our founding plan. Actual figures go up once each month closes.
September 2026
Launch month. Membership isn’t open yet, so revenue is $0.
| Line | Budget | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue (memberships) | — | $0 |
| App hosting and database | $40–80 | Not published yet |
| Audio and image storage (Cloudflare R2) | $10–30 | Not published yet |
| Transactional email (Postmark) | $10–20 | Not published yet |
| Domain, DNS, and SSL | ~$2 | Not published yet |
| Error tracking and monitoring | $0–26 | Not published yet |
| Legal and accounting (registered agent, filings, bookkeeping, insurance) | $100–200 | Not published yet |
| Moderation | $0 (founder covers it) | Not published yet |
| Founder pay | $0 | Not published yet |
| Balance | — | Not published yet |
Card payments (when membership opens) also cost the processor’s fee, about 2.9% plus 30¢ each. That will be shown as its own line.