Plainly, and without surprise.

What you may support

• · Monthly Patron — $9 per month, renews on the same date each month until you cancel.
• · Yearly Patron — $72 per year, renews on the same date each year until you cancel.
• · Founding Patron — $180 once, lifetime access, no renewals.

Prices are in US dollars and are exclusive of any applicable local sales tax or VAT, which Stripe may add at checkout.

How renewals work

Monthly and Yearly Patron subscriptions renew automatically on the same calendar date as the initial payment, using the payment method on file, at the then-current price. If a price ever changes, we will send a plain note to your account email at least seven days before it takes effect and you may cancel before that renewal.

Cancelling any time

You may cancel from your Account page in a single tap. When you cancel:

• · Your access continues quietly until the end of the period you have already paid for.
• · Nothing further is charged.
• · Your writing stays with you — nothing is deleted unless you ask.

You can resubscribe at any time and pick up where you left off.

Refunds — the promise

Within 14 days of a charge, for any reason at all — including "I changed my mind" — write to us and we will refund it in full. No forms, no interview.

• · Monthly Patron: full refund of the most recent monthly charge if requested within 14 days.
• · Yearly Patron: full refund of the most recent yearly charge if requested within 14 days. After 14 days, we will pro-rate a refund of the unused months on request.
• · Founding Patron (one-time): full refund within 14 days. After 14 days, this one-time payment is generally non-refundable, because you keep lifetime access — but if it isn't right for you, write to us anyway; a small sanctuary can afford to be humane.

EU / UK consumers keep every statutory right, including the 14-day right of withdrawal for digital services. Nothing here takes that away.

How to request a refund

Write to hello.thepath@gmail.com from the email on your account, with the subject "Refund". We answer within a few days, and once approved, Stripe returns the money to the original card within about 5–10 business days.

Failed payments

If a renewal charge fails, Stripe will retry a small number of times over a few days and email you. If it does not go through, your patron access pauses gently and you can update the card on your Account page. Nothing is deleted; you simply return to the free path until the payment is restored.

Chargebacks

If something feels wrong, please write to us first — we can almost always resolve it faster than a bank dispute. A chargeback may result in the account being paused while it is investigated, but we do not hold it against you if it was a genuine mistake.

Gifts & transfers

Patron access is tied to the account that paid for it and cannot currently be transferred to another person. If you paid for the wrong account, write to us within 14 days and we will refund and re-set it up on the right one.

Questions

Write to us at hello.thepath@gmail.com or from your Account page. A quiet response, from a real person.