Founding Businesses
Be the first business in your city.
Frequency is a real-world community, built city by city. Founding businesses get the lowest fee on the platform, a locked rate, and a permanent place at the start.
Free to reserve.No card · Founder rate locked · 25 spots per city
The offer
Lower fees, a locked rate, a permanent badge.
The founder deal for the businesses who help build the market.
A 3% marketplace fee
The lowest take rate on the platform, 3 percent, bought down from the standard 5 to 8 percent. Locked and grandfathered, so it stays yours.
$39 a month, locked
The founding business rate, locked for life. When the round closes, business membership resets to standard pricing.
25 spots per city
Each city holds 25 founding businesses. Small on purpose, so being first in your city means something.
The ask
Hold your city spot.
If you run a business and want in early where you operate, this is the moment to hold your spot. Reserve now, free, no card. Your founder rate and the bought-down fee are locked when founding checkout opens.
Questions
The honest answers.
- When does it charge?
- Right now you're reserving your founding business spot, no charge yet. Founding businesses are charged first when checkout opens, at the locked founder rate.
- What is the fee buydown?
- A Founding Business locks the lowest marketplace take rate on the platform, 3 percent, instead of the standard 5 to 8 percent. That rate is grandfathered, so it stays yours.
- Do I need a card to reserve?
- No. Reserving is free and takes no card. A card is optional, and even if you add one, it is only charged when founding checkout opens.
- Is my spot guaranteed?
- Each city holds a limited number of founding businesses. Reserve early to hold your city spot before the cap fills.
Fine print
A founding business membership is a locked founder rate and a bought-down marketplace fee, a membership, not an investment or security. Reserving now is free, no card, no charge. When founding checkout opens, your founder rate is locked in. If we don't launch the founding cohort in your city, every reservation is released with nothing owed.