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docs: substitute founder-cohort cap via cohort.cap_display Decided 1,000 creators / 12 months / exit-beta whichever first, matching migration 116 and existing public copy. Update assumptions.toml [cohort]: cap_count 500 -> 1000, add cap_display = "1,000" (display string for substitution; docengine has no thousands-separator filter). Substitute literal "1,000 creators" via {{ cohort.cap_display }} in guide/tiers.md and about/pricing.md. Closes one drift point and the corresponding open decision in _private/docs/mnw/server-internal/business/pricing.md §7. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Author: Max Johnson <me@maxj.phd> · 2026-06-01 05:13 UTC
Commit: 558abbd0099843497a361fde0908689697455a4e
Parent: 8cec188
2 files changed, +2 insertions, -2 deletions
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ What it costs to be a creator on Makenot.work.
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11 11 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.
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13 - **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.
13 + **The window closes when we reach {{ cohort.cap_display }} 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.
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15 15 Once your founder rate is locked in:
16 16 - It applies to every tier. If you upgrade or downgrade later, you get the founder rate on the new tier.
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ We are running a founder window. **Every creator who joins right now pays half t
13 13 | **Big Files** | **${{ tiers.founding.big_files }}/mo** | $194/yr | ${{ tiers.standard.big_files }}/mo |
14 14 | **Everything** | **${{ tiers.founding.everything }}/mo** | $324/yr | ${{ tiers.standard.everything }}/mo |
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16 - The window closes when we reach 1,000 creators or when we exit beta, whichever comes first. After that, new signups pay the sticker price.
16 + The window closes when we reach {{ cohort.cap_display }} creators or when we exit beta, whichever comes first. After that, new signups pay the sticker price.
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18 18 **Why we're doing this:** Makenot.work is a one-person operation today, profitable from day one and operating without venture capital. We would rather set a sustainable post-founder price from real signup data than guess at a number we can't easily change later. The sticker prices above are our current upper-bound targets; the founder cohort gets a permanent discount in exchange for taking the chance with us before we have those numbers. If the post-founder price ends up lower, our founders stay below it.
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