Plans

Pricing

Monetization hooks for the MVP: Featured listings for shops, Member alerts for owners. Figures below are labeled estimates (~$79/mo Featured, ~$790/yr annual, ~$7/mo Member) — set real amounts in Stripe Price IDs.

For shops

Founding Featured

Featured listing

Soft launch — limited early shops. Founding Featured pins get the same placement perks while inventory is still open.

~$79/mo

or ~$790/yr (est. ~2 months free)

What Featured includes: top-of-category placement, Featured badge, homepage spotlight priority, and a short monthly visibility note (where you showed up that month). Featured = paid placement, not a Guide endorsement.

✓Top of category placement
✓Featured / Founding badge on card & detail
✓Priority in homepage spotlight
✓Path from free claim → paid feature

Or claim first →Why Founding Featured? →

For owners

Member alerts

~$7/mo

✓Event reminders (PCA OCR + OC C&C)
✓Featured shop deals
✓PPI / capacity notes when available
✓Cheap volume tier for owners

For multi-shop operators

Multi-location Featured (OC + LA / SD)

Already span the corridor? Bundle Featured across two or more locations — e.g. Costa Mesa + El Segundo, or OC + SD — so both pins share badge language, category priority, and one monthly visibility note. Owners searching either region still see you as paid placement (not an endorsement).

Rough savings: ~15–20% off vs two separate monthly Featured seats (~$79 × 2). Example ballpark: ~$126–$134/mo for two locations instead of ~$158 — exact quote on request. No new Stripe SKU yet; we lock inventory via claim note or email.

✓One Founding / Featured treatment across OC + LA (or OC + SD)
✓Shared monthly visibility note covering both pins
✓Checkout SKU coming later — ask now to reserve soft-launch seats

Custom

Est. ~15–20% off two seats

Ask about multi-location Or email to lock inventory →

Basic claim / verified listing is free (or optional low tier later). Sponsor homepage slots are out of MVP checkout but noted in the concept one-pager. After Featured goes live, you get a welcome pack and a short monthly visibility note — what Featured includes is placement, not a mechanical endorsement.

Soft launch: Founding Featured · Refer a shop for a founding credit mock.

Secure checkout via Stripe · Sessions at /api/checkout/featured (monthly or billing=annual) and /api/checkout/member.