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Notes on paying for software
Lifetime deals, subscriptions and what software really costs.
After Buying a Lifetime Email Tool: First-Send Checklist
Clean the audience, prove consent, authenticate the domain, test a real send, verify links and one-click unsubscribe, then review results and ongoing costs.
Dropbox, Google One or a lifetime cloud? Storage costs over 3 years
Monthly cloud storage against three lifetime storage deals on GrabLTD, with 3-year costs, break-even months and what each one gives up.
AI writing tools you pay for once: what's live right now
Four AI content tools sold as lifetime deals on GrabLTD, what each one does, and the monthly caps to check before you buy.
What to check before you buy a lifetime deal
A buyer's checklist for lifetime deals: what lifetime covers, plan limits, redeem and refund windows, stacking, support and roadmap promises.
Lifetime deal or subscription? The 3-year math for common tools
Break-even math for five common jobs, comparing GrabLTD lifetime prices with the public list prices of well-known monthly tools over 36 months.
The software subscription audit: find what you pay for and don't use
A 45-minute audit to list every subscription, sort them by cost and use, and decide what to cancel, downgrade or replace with a one-time deal.
GrabLTD is back: what's new on the marketplace
GrabLTD is back with a rebuilt site, plans compared side by side, a free workspace for the software you pay for, switching guides and deal alerts by email.
Niche service businesses you can build with €200 of lifetime tools
Five concrete service businesses you can run on a one-time €200 lifetime-tool stack, with the tools and realistic 12-month revenue for each.
AI tool lifetime deals — what’s worth buying and what’s a sticker price
AI lifetime deals are the most volatile category on any marketplace. Here is how to tell a genuinely useful buy from a sticker price the vendor can’t keep.
Zapier alternatives with lifetime pricing tiers
Zapier bills by task and the cost compounds. Here are the lifetime-priced automation tools worth swapping to, and the volume where staying put wins.
Pricing your SaaS when you have no customers yet
Three anchors for setting your first SaaS price without market data: substitute spend, value created, and the incumbent's number. Plus why the price you can change beats the price that's optimal today.
The vendor checklist I wish I had before my first ten LTD purchases
The ten questions worth answering before you spend a cent on a lifetime deal, from a founder's track record to how you get your data out if the vendor disappears.