British Web Design's founding members are the customers who hold one of a limited number of places at the founding price, and each keeps that price for as long as they stay. The places are counted live from real subscriptions. When the last place is taken, the price for new customers goes up and founding members stay exactly where they are.
How founding places work
While founding places are on sale, the Business plan is offered at a founding price to a set number of customers. Each founding member keeps that price for as long as their subscription runs, including after the price for new customers has gone up. A cancelled subscription keeps its place until it actually ends.
The founding price is a price for a set number of customers, not an introductory rate. It does not rise after a few months, and British Web Design's pages promise founding members that price for as long as they stay.
How the places are counted
The number of places left is not a marketing figure typed in by hand. British Web Design counts it from its own database: the customers with a subscription on the founding price that is paying, overdue on a payment, or in a free trial with a card added. Each customer counts once, however many websites they have. A free trial without a card is not a subscription, so it never takes a place. British Web Design's own accounts, staff and test accounts are left out.
The count is refreshed within a minute of a subscription starting or ending, and every British Web Design page that quotes the offer reads the same number: the pricing page, the plan cards, the counter on the home page, the checkout and the facts box on this article.
When the places have gone
When the last founding place is taken, British Web Design's pricing moves on by itself:
- The plan at the higher price goes on sale for new customers, and the founding price comes off sale.
- Founding members are not moved. They stay on the founding price for as long as they stay.
- A free trial without a card moves to the new price. A free trial with a card already added holds its place, and pays the founding price when the trial ends.
- The founding wording comes off every British Web Design page, and the place figures in this article's facts box disappear.
The switch is checked whenever a subscription changes, before each checkout, and every five minutes in case a notice from Stripe goes missing.
Questions
How many British Web Design founding places are left?
The live count of British Web Design founding places is in the facts box at the top of this article and on the British Web Design pricing page. It is counted from real subscriptions, not set by hand. When the facts box shows no places, the founding offer has ended.
Do British Web Design founding members keep their price?
Yes. A British Web Design founding member keeps the founding price for as long as their subscription runs, even after the price for new customers has gone up. The higher price applies to new customers only.
What does British Web Design ask of founding members?
British Web Design asks each founding member for an honest quote it can show on its website and, if they are happy to, a short case study. A quote only appears if the customer has given it, and a case study is only published once the customer has approved it.
Does a British Web Design free trial take a founding place?
A British Web Design free trial without a card does not take a founding place, because it is not a subscription. A trial with a card added does hold a place, and becomes a paying subscription at the founding price when the trial ends.