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title: How subscription and billing work on Your Book Nest
Metadescription: How billing works in Your Book Nest - a genuinely usable free tier, one flat yearly price to lift the limits, no per-seat fees, cancel from Settings.
Display description: The free tier is a real tier - full features for a small library. Upgrading lifts the limits for one flat yearly price, with the whole team included.
author: Dan Edwards
author_role: Founder
author_url: https://danedwardsdeveloper.com
author_linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-edwards-developer
published: 2026-07-04
---

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# How subscription and billing work on Your Book Nest

By **[Dan Edwards](https://yourbooknest.com/contact)**, Founder.

Your Book Nest is free to run for a small library and stays one flat yearly price when you outgrow the limits. There are no per-seat fees, no add-on modules and no quote to request - the price on the pricing page is the whole bill.

## What does the free tier include?

Everything the product does, within limits sized for a small library: 50 patrons, 100 items and 10,000 loan records. Labels, patron sign-ins, the full team - none of it is paywalled. The usage section in Settings shows where you stand against each limit.

## What does upgrading add?

Room. The paid plan raises the limits to 500 patrons, 5,000 items and unlimited loan records. The features are the same on both tiers - you upgrade when your collection or membership outgrows the free limits, not to unlock functionality.

## How does payment work?

The owner upgrades from Settings, paying by card through Stripe's secure checkout for a year at a time. After that, the subscription section in Settings manages everything - update the card, view the renewal date, or cancel.

## What happens if I cancel?

The paid limits run to the end of the year you have paid for, then the library returns to the free tier. Nothing is deleted: every item, patron and loan record stays, and daily lending carries on. If you are over the free limits at that point, existing records keep working - you just can't add beyond the limits until you upgrade again.

## What happens if a renewal payment fails?

A grace period of 7 days keeps the paid limits in place while the card is sorted out - update it from the subscription section in Settings. If the payment still hasn't gone through after that, the library returns to the free tier, again with nothing deleted.

## Who on the team deals with billing?

Only the owner. Team members see that the subscription is handled by the owner, and card details and renewal dates stay private to them.

## How Your Book Nest handles subscription and billing

The free tier carries a small library indefinitely at 50 patrons, 100 items and 10,000 loan records. One flat yearly payment lifts the limits, managed by the owner from Settings via Stripe. Cancelling or a failed payment returns the library to the free tier with all data intact.

## Q&A

**Q: Is the free tier a trial?**
A: No. It is a permanent tier with every feature included, limited by collection size rather than time or functionality.

**Q: What happens to my data if I stop paying?**
A: Nothing is deleted. The library returns to the free tier and lending carries on; you only lose the ability to add beyond the free limits.

**Q: Are there per-seat or per-volunteer fees?**
A: No. The whole team is included on every plan, and the flat yearly price is the entire cost.