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Course platforms, membership plugins and payment fees, priced on renewal and five-year totals rather than the number on the pricing page. Every figure carries the date it was checked.
I've had a ThriveCart licence since 2017. Then the blackouts started, the pricing page began redirecting to a login screen, and I found the retirement notice for Learn in their own help docs.
9 August 2026 · 14 min readA straight answer from someone who's used WordPress since 2012 — plus LMS plugin prices at renewal, including the vendor that halves your first year and says so out loud.
6 August 2026 · 13 min readThe five steps, with real fee arithmetic at $10k, $50k and $100k of sales — plus the tax and chargeback sections no other guide bothers with.
6 August 2026 · 14 min readPriced on what you pay in year two, not year one — plus the plugin every other 2026 roundup still recommends that no longer exists.
6 August 2026 · 13 min readSeven platforms priced against the same creator — $50,000 of sales a year — and run out to five years, because that is how long you'll actually be paying.