Pricing

As of 2026-05-18.

What it costs to be a creator on Makenot.work.

Founder Pricing

While we’re in our founder window, every new creator subscribes at the founder rate: half the eventual sticker price. This is not a promotional discount that expires. It is a structural early-supporter rate, available because you’re showing up before we have real signup data to set a sustainable post-founder price.

The window closes when we reach 1,000 creators or when we exit beta, whichever comes first. Anyone with an active creator membership at the moment the window closes has their founder rate locked in for the life of their account.

Once your founder rate is locked in:

It applies to every tier. If you upgrade or downgrade later, you get the founder rate on the new tier.
It survives cancellation. If you cancel and come back at any point in the future, founder rates are still available to you.

While the window is still open, your founder eligibility depends on having an active subscription when the window closes. If you cancel before the window closes and don’t resubscribe before close-time, you lose founder eligibility. There is no continuity requirement after lock-in; until lock-in, status is determined by who’s active at the moment we close the window.

Founder Rates

Every tier is the complete platform: profile page at /u/username, project and item pages, a per-project forum, Discover listing, memberships, pay-what-you-want, promo codes, RSS, analytics, full data export. The tier picks the file-size envelope, not the feature set.

Tier	Monthly	Annual (10% off)	File-size envelope
Basic	$8/mo	$86/yr	Up to 10MB per file, 50GB total. Fits text, blogs, newsletters, posts.
Small Files	$12/mo	$130/yr	Up to 500MB per file, 250GB total. Fits audio, plugins, binaries, sample packs.
Big Files	$18/mo	$194/yr	Up to 20GB per file, 500GB total. Fits video, games, large software.
Everything	$30/mo	$324/yr	Big Files envelope plus first access to high-cost capabilities as they ship (streaming infrastructure, etc.).

Annual is 10% off the monthly total. Most of that is the Stripe per-transaction fee we don’t pay when we charge once a year instead of twelve times. We pass it back rather than keep it.

See tiers for the full feature breakdown and storage limits.

Standard Rate (post-founder)

The standard rate applies to new signups after the founder window closes. The values below are provisional targets, not committed prices. We deliberately put founder pricing in front of standard pricing because we want real signup data, real tier-mix data, and real support-load data to set the post-founder number rather than guessing. The standard rate may end up lower than the targets below, the same, or higher. If it rises, the change comes with the notice and grandfathering described in Guarantees, and our founders are below it either way.

Tier	Monthly	Annual (10% off)
Basic	$16/mo	$173/yr
Small Files	$24/mo	$259/yr
Big Files	$36/mo	$389/yr
Everything	$60/mo	$648/yr

Payment Processing

Stripe processes all payments on the platform. Their fee, 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction (stripe.com/pricing), is the only deduction on fan transactions. MNW takes 0% on top of that.

The same fee applies once to your monthly tier subscription.

How We Think About Cost

Prices cover three things: what it costs to deliver your tier (infrastructure, payment processing), what it costs to run the platform sustainably (development, operations, reserves), and a small surplus that funds those reserves and comes back to you as earn-back credit (committed by 2027-01-01).

We commit to keeping prices close to actual cost over time. We don’t have investors to pay back or growth targets that require widening that gap.

What Might Change

Prices may fall if our cost structure allows, for example if infrastructure or processing costs come down at our scale. Cost-favorable changes apply retroactively to active subscriptions.

Prices will only rise under the conditions described in Guarantees. If that ever happens, we’ll give at least 90 days notice, explain the reasoning in writing, and grandfather existing subscribers at their current rate for at least 12 months.

Pricing Models for Your Fans

Above is what you pay MNW. Below is how you price what you sell to your fans. These are three independent models. You can use any or all of them per item or per project.

One-Time Purchases

Set a price. Fans pay once and own it forever.

No DRM
Downloadable in original uploaded format
Access never expires
Works even if you leave the platform

Setting Prices

On any item or project:

Edit > Pricing
Choose “Fixed Price”
Enter amount
Save

Pricing Suggestions

Content	Typical Range
Single track	$1 - $2
EP (4-6 tracks)	$5 - $8
Album (10+ tracks)	$8 - $15
Video tutorial	$5 - $25
Course/series	$20 - $100

These are suggestions. Price based on value, not convention.

Purchase Flow

Fan clicks “Buy” (on item page, direct purchase link, or embed)
Checkout shows price + payment methods (no account required)
Payment processes instantly
Fan receives download link via email immediately
Receipt emails to fan
Funds appear in your payment account

No account is required to purchase. See Guest Checkout for how it works and why it improves conversion.

Pay-What-You-Want

You set a minimum (can be $0). Fans choose how much to pay.

Setting Up PWYW

Edit item > Pricing
Choose “Pay What You Want”
Set minimum price (or $0 for free with optional tip)
Optionally set suggested prices

Suggested Prices

Show fans suggested amounts:

Minimum: $0
Suggested: $5, $10, $20

Suggestions anchor expectations without forcing amounts.

When PWYW Works Best

Established audience who values your work
Back catalog / older releases
Supporting a cause (donate above minimum)
Building new audience ($0 minimum gets reach)

When Fixed Price Works Better

New releases with clear value
Premium/exclusive content
When you need predictable revenue

The $0 Minimum Question

Pros:

Maximum reach
Builds audience
Grateful fans tip generously

Cons:

Some people take without paying
Can devalue your work if overused

Consider: $0 minimum for samples/singles, paid minimum for albums/premium.

Membership Tiers

Fans pay monthly for ongoing access to your content. You decide what members get:

Everything you publish
Exclusive member-only content
Early access to releases
Behind-the-scenes content

Per-project membership tiers are separate from Fan+, which is a platform-wide membership.

Creating a Membership Tier

Go to project dashboard > Membership Tiers tab
Click “New Tier”
Set:
- Name: e.g., “Supporter”, “All Access”
- Price: Monthly amount
- Description: What members get
- Access rules: Which content is included

Multiple Tiers

Offer different levels:

Tier	Price	Access
Supporter	$3	Early access, member feed
All Access	$10	Everything + downloads
Superfan	$25	Everything + exclusive content

Fans can upgrade/downgrade anytime.

Member-Only Content

When uploading or editing content:

Set visibility to “Members”
Choose which tier(s) can access
Optionally set a public release date

Content can graduate from member-only to public over time.

Managing Members

Your project dashboard shows:

Active member count
Membership tiers and pricing

Broadcast emails to followers are available from the project dashboard.

Cancellations

Fans cancel through their account and keep access until the end of their billing period.

Compare Platforms

Use the pricing calculator to see exactly what you’d keep at any revenue level, with a side-by-side comparison against Bandcamp, Gumroad, Patreon, and others.