Why we bill by the week, and why most software does not
Monthly subscriptions are the default in software. For a business that is still finding its rhythm, a monthly commitment is often the wrong size. Here is why we chose weekly billing, and what it changes for you.
Almost every software product bills by the month. It is the default because it is convenient for the vendor: fewer invoices, predictable revenue, and a commitment that is hard to undo. But a monthly subscription makes an assumption that is not always true — that you already know, a month in advance, that the tool will be worth its price.
What a monthly commitment really costs a small seller
If you run a marketplace business with a few hundred listings, your month is unpredictable. A slow month, a supplier that went out of stock, a holiday with no time to check anything. Paying for thirty-one days of a tool you could not properly use in two of them feels like a fine for having a normal life.
Monthly billing also hides the true cost of trying. Before you commit, you have to decide whether the tool is worth thirty days of money. That delay alone is why many people never test a tool at all — and why the ones who do often stay longer than they should, out of inertia.
Why we chose weekly
We bill by the week for three reasons.
- The size fits the trial. A week is long enough to see real results — a few hundred price checks, the first orders routed, the first tracking numbers uploaded — and short enough that a bad fit costs little.
- You stop when it stops being useful. Cancel at the end of any week. No notice period, no call, no negotiation with a retention team.
- Our incentive is to be useful every week, not to keep you locked in. If weekly billing forces us to earn each payment, the product gets better. A lock-in only rewards inaction.
What it changes for you in practice
You pay in small amounts, in advance, in US dollars. The plans start at 12 dollars a week and go up to 999 dollars for large operations. Nothing is billed before your workspace is live, after the onboarding call where we configure your rules with you. If you want monthly or annual invoicing for your accounting, that is available on request — weekly is simply our default.
What we do not do to make it work
Weekly billing is not a trick to make cancelling harder or to charge small amounts that add up unnoticed. Every invoice is itemised, every plan is listed on the pricing page, and a cancellation takes effect at the end of the week you choose. If the numbers do not justify the tool, you should stop — and we would rather you did than kept paying out of habit.
If you want to see what a full week looks like on a live workspace before paying anything, the demo on this site shows exactly that.