FYI: I started out paid using a founders rate to jump start my community for the first 50 people at $17 per month. I'm running a paid community at $27/month focused on helping women entrepreneurs build their brand using AI. Right now I use a 7-day free trial timed to challenges to get new members in the door.
I'm considering adding a free tier after my current challenge where members get access to a limited part of the community enough to experience real value and my teaching style then upgrade to paid for the full brand-building experience.
For those of you running paid communities:
Are you using a free tier, a free trial, or paid only? What's converting better for you? If you have a free tier, what do you give away vs lock behind paid?
Would love to hear what's actually working.
Thanks in advance