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How free-first products stay funded — ad-supported economics, getting and keeping AdSense approval on a real content site, where the upgrade line goes on a free tier, and the economics of a portfolio of free tools.

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  1. Where the upgrade line goes: keep the free tier useful and gate on scale rather than core value

    Field notes · Jun 1, 2026

    Pricing a free tier: where the upgrade line goes

    How to decide where the free-to-paid line goes: keeping the free tier genuinely useful, gating on scale rather than core value, and a real example of an export-based upgrade line.

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