Account types

At present we are planning the following kinds of account types:

Free account
Cost: $0

You can sign up for a free Growstuff account, and use most of the features on the site. There will be some Paid features which are not available to you.

Paid account
Cost: $25/year (sliding scale)

We will offer a sliding scale, with a minimum set at $15, and no maximum specified. $25 is recommended and will be the default amount.

A paid account will give you access to the Paid features, which you can't use with a free account.

Seed account
Cost: $150 and up (sliding scale, with rewards -- see Seed funding)

A fixed number of "Seed" accounts will be available on launch. When they're sold, they're sold.

A seed account gives you access to Paid features just like a paid account, but it's permanent and you don't have to renew.

Community Garden account
Cost: $0

A number of free accounts will be available for community gardens. Community gardens will need to pass a qualification process to be eligible. For instance, we may require that they already have an account on Growstuff, and demonstrate that they are actively using it and have a community connected to it.

A community garden account has all the benefits of a paid account (i.e. access to Paid features) but you don't have to pay for it and it never expires.