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Really love the design of the website.

Couple nitpicks: In the FAQs: "How is processed the payment?" should probably be "How is the payment processed?".

"Registration closes on Friday, April 28th at 12 midnight PT." at the top of the pricing section. What happens now that the registration is past that date?

All 3 of the FAQs have to deal with pricing. To be honest, I would like to know more about the actual service. How are group scheduled, what platform is used to do the meetings, what if no one joins a group, is there a refund policy, how many members are there, etc...?

At the end of the day, I have paid 10$ for much sillier things, so not a terrible idea. Good luck!

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Clicking on "Welcome Offer 50 €/year Limited only until Friday, 28th April" takes you to a payment page asking for 60 €/year, which is illegal in most of the world.

How would it be illegal to have an outdated price with a big date of validity attached? Or are you pointing out there should be a year?

Not trying to defend anything here, but that simply sounds unlikely and my example would be supermarket flyers with certain offers that are very often still around here, I don't think just because it's digital it must be destroyed the moment the offer ceases to exist in ANY jurisdiction.

The fact that the offer is still prominently displayed falls under "bait advertising". The fact that the offer's time limit is written in smaller text falls under "dark design patterns". All EU member states have adopted or must adopt laws which ban unfair commercial practises https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/unfair-treat...

I'd expect there to be similar laws in the UK and in some US states (California, at the very least).

I am also curious about the logistics of the club. It seems to be this: https://circle.so

Yes, we are using Circle as a platform and we are paying 99$ each month. We have only 30 spots available, so it will basically cover the cost of the platform itself (if we get all the spots filled).

If you have organised a community, you know it's not only the cost of the platform, it takes time to coordinate, moderate and basically build a community.

Definitely! I personally welcome more paid communities as a de facto spam/abuse/troll/commitment filter.

I'm interested both as a participant and as... let's call it what a positive mental-health online community looks like post FB/IG/TikTok.

edit/ more actionable feedback: while I am interested, there's a misalignment between "lightweight commitment for me to check this community out" and "pay $50 to peek into something I'm not sure is right _for me_". For example, the cost of many communities is "create an account" and that seems like a high bar for most people in itself.

You can try our service for one month and decide if it's right for you. If you're not satisfied, we offer refunds. You can find more information about this in the FAQ section on the payment page. We want everyone in our community to be happy, as this is a side project aimed at creating a fun experience.

Thanks for your feedback, really appreciated. Definitely, the texts in the website have been the hardest part of the launch.

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