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- One payment for classes and a 7,734-member community
- After
- Membership closed, with free email subscriptions instead
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27 changes from 24 makers · Updated Oct 8, 2026
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- 1. The change
Before · Aug 28, 2026 After · Sep 7, 2026 A paid membership$1 to sign upNomads.com went from paid to $1 to join after a decade.
- 2. Why, in Pieter’s words
What Pieter shared publicly ↗“After a decade, I have made nomads.com free for everyone now! Well almost free, it's $1 to sign up to avoid getting lots of spam”
- 3. A question about this change
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Has the $1 fee kept spam signups down?
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SkillryYihuiPricingSkillry put a price on curation.A free catalog of curated Agent SkillsPro access from $9.99 a monthDiscussed on X Oct 5, 2026
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StartupKitIanPositioningStartupKit went from a starter template to a family of agent productsStarter monorepo and npx initFamily of agent products: Stack, Launch, AdsCaptured Sep 24, 2026
DoneQuoteWes OudshoornNamingDoneQuote went from Offerte.cc to a name that lands without a Dutch explanationDutch Offerte.cc name and heroDoneQuote: from lead to dealCaptured Sep 24, 2026
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- Agent Media From automatic publishing to a preview you control.
- Bannerbear Bannerbear turned an API pitch into a workflow story.
- beehiiv beehiiv’s new pricing: same page, two stories.
- BendMac BendMac made hardware compatibility visible before download.
- Blawgy Blawgy moved its promise from Google rankings to ChatGPT visibility.
- Bot Directory Bot Directory raised its sponsorship price by 50%.
- DoneQuote DoneQuote went from Offerte.cc to a name that lands without a Dutch explanation
- Extrovert Extrovert moved its homepage from nurture comments to outreach.
- HeadshotPro HeadshotPro found another job for the employee photo.
- Inbox Zero Inbox Zero added a meeting notetaker to Plus. The price stayed $35.
- JobBoardSearch JobBoardSearch made a paid placement harder to miss.
- Justin Welsh Justin Welsh put a personal identity before the proof.
- MarsTranslation MarsTranslation put human expertise and AI in the same promise.
- Melies Melies moved its homepage from a filmmaker prompt to a studio suite.
- Nomads.com Nomads.com went from paid to $1 to join after a decade.
- Podscan Podscan made brand monitoring free for verified brands.
- Postiz Postiz changed the proof above its headline.
- Postiz Postiz changed who its homepage speaks to.
- Railo Railo made verified pull requests the headline.
- ScreenshotOne A small banner points to a new use for screenshots.
- Skillry Skillry put a price on curation.
- Small Bets Small Bets stopped selling lifetime membership and made email the new front door.
- Starter Story Starter Story made its database the product, and made it free.
- StartupKit StartupKit went from a starter template to a family of agent products
- Supliful From building brands to making sales.
- TypingMind TypingMind made the same lifetime plans easier to compare and trust.
- VIDEO AI ME VIDEO AI ME turned a simple hero into a proof-led product page.