I Paid $919 a Month to Run My Membership. Then I Built Something Better.
From: Mark Hunter, Founder — Build Pro Sites & Mark of Approval
Written: May 2026
If you’re running a membership site — or trying to build one — this is the letter I wish someone had written to me three years ago.
In 2023 I was paying $297/mo for Kajabi. $99/mo for ConvertKit. $99/mo for a community tool. $149/mo for landing page software. $79/mo for analytics. That’s $723/mo before I touched a single transaction fee.
Then one month my revenue spiked. Kajabi took 2% of everything above my threshold. ConvertKit bumped me to a higher plan automatically. I ended the month paying $919 for infrastructure that I didn’t own, on a platform that could change its terms whenever it liked.
That was the month I started building BPS.
Not because I hated the tools. Some of them were genuinely good. But I was renting a house I couldn’t modify, paying a landlord who set the rules, on a lease I couldn’t walk away from without losing everything I’d built.
I wanted to own the platform the same way you own a WordPress site. No revenue share. No feature gates at a higher tier. No algorithm deciding whose content gets seen. No ‘sorry, that feature’s being deprecated’ emails.
Eighteen months later, BPS launched publicly. 2,400 creators have switched in the time since. Most of them tell me the same thing: they wished they’d moved earlier.
I’m not going to tell you BPS is for everyone. If you want a completely managed, no-setup solution and you’re happy paying SaaS prices forever, there are platforms built for that. Use them.
But if you’ve ever looked at your monthly stack, done the maths, and thought there has to be a better way — then you’re exactly who I built this for.
Read what it includes below. If it makes sense, start a 14-day free trial. No credit card. No calls. No pressure.
— Mark
“I was paying $919/mo across five tools. I moved to BPS, cancelled everything else, and my content is actually better than it was before.”
Sandra K.
Course creator, Sydney
“The letter describes exactly what I was going through. I moved within a week of reading it. Best decision I made for the business this year.”
Priya M.
Nutritionist, Singapore
“I was sceptical — another platform promising the earth. Then I looked at the numbers. The no-transaction-fee alone covers the cost at my level.”
Marcus T.
Business coach, Edinburgh
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P.S. The $919/mo figure isn’t hypothetical. That was my actual bill. I’ve shown the breakdown to dozens of BPS members who had similar numbers. If your current stack is under $200/mo, BPS may not be the right move yet. But if you’re scaling and watching your infrastructure bill climb with your revenue — that’s exactly the moment to switch.