# Founders' Lifetime Deal — Indie tier for the first 100

🚀 **AstroWay API is launching with a memento for the first 100 developers.** $299 one-time — and your Indie tier (50,000 credits/mo) works **forever**, no recurring charges, no upgrades, no price hikes. Standard Indie is $5/mo — breakeven in 5 years, infinite ROI from there on.

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## What's included

- **50,000 credits/mo for life** — same as the standard Indie tier ($5/mo), but one time and forever
- **Locked-in price** — even if we move to $7/mo, $10/mo, $15/mo three years from now, your price is already paid
- **3 API keys** per account (live + sandbox)
- **Email support 48h**, same as standard Indie
- **Overage $5 / 10,000 credits**, same as standard Indie (protected by `spend_cap_usd_monthly`)
- 🌟 **Founders' badge** on the dashboard — a public marker that you were among the first
- 📞 **Direct line to the team** — priority email channel at [founders@astroway.info](mailto:founders@astroway.info) + monthly video call for the founder-100 cohort (feedback / feature requests / input on future pricing). We'll launch a private Slack channel once the founder cohort reaches 25+.
- 🔒 **Captured at v2.7.0** — even breaking changes in v3+ keep your access to v1 API for at least 24 months

## How the math works

Standard Indie over 5 years:

| Period | Standard Indie ($5/mo) | Founders' ($299 once) | Savings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $60 | $299 | -$239 |
| Year 2 | $120 | $299 | -$179 |
| Year 3 | $180 | $299 | -$119 |
| Year 4 | $240 | $299 | -$59 |
| **Year 5** | **$300** | **$299** | **+$1 breakeven** |
| Year 6 | $360 | $299 | **+$61** |
| Year 7 | $420 | $299 | +$121 |
| Year 10 | $600 | $299 | **+$301** |

If you plan to be in the astrology / numerology / Tarot space for at least 5 years, the Founders' Deal pays off. After 5 years — pure profit.

**If 50K credits/mo aren't enough**: you can stack standard add-on packs (Esoteric $9, Vedic $19, Reports $99) on top of your Founders' Indie key. Founders' protects your baseline pricing, it doesn't block upgrades.

## Why we're doing this

It's not "AppSumo for the sake of AppSumo" — it's a deliberate strategy for our launch:

1. **Cash injection** for customer acquisition: $30K in a week → reinvested in marketing for Year 1 traction.
2. **Validation signal**: 100 paying customers = signal that astrology API is a real market beyond hobbyist demand.
3. **Brand evangelists**: founders get a rare status (numbered 1/100, 2/100, etc.) — more likely to tweet about us, recommend, give product feedback.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Is this really lifetime?

Yes. As long as AstroWay exists, your key works. If AstroWay shuts down (low chance, but possible) we provide a source-data export and 12 months of read-only access to Swiss Ephemeris via our dump.

### Can I resell?

No. The Founders' Deal is bound to your AstroWay account in our main ecosystem. Trying to transfer = key deactivated. We don't enforce this aggressively, but hard rule: one human = one Founders' Deal.

### What if my business grows and I need Pro / Business?

Subscribe to Pro / Business **on top of** your Founders' Indie on a separate key. Founders' protects your baseline — Indie 50K forever — it doesn't block upgrades for higher-volume scenarios.

### What if I want a refund a week later?

7-day money-back guarantee — no questions, full refund. After 7 days — refund is reviewed case-by-case (e.g. if we broke the API for a week, we'll return 100% for that month of downtime).

### What if I subscribe and AstroWay shuts down?

GitHub repos go public domain (GPLv3 fallback license is prepared), API specs (OpenAPI 3.1) are already public. In a worst case, you can either host your own fork or switch to a competitor with minimal code changes (our contract is identical to DivineAPI / AstrologyAPI on 80% of endpoints).

## Who we are

[About AstroWay →](/en/about/) · 3 years building an astrology engine for our own consumer products. Third astrology product built on the same Swiss Ephemeris WASM. Live code: [github.com/astroway](https://github.com/astroway).

[Get Founders' Deal — $299 one-time →](https://astroway.info/checkout/?add-to-cart=30618)

## Contacts

- Team: [hello@astroway.info](mailto:hello@astroway.info) — reply within 24h

Technical questions → [hello@astroway.info](mailto:hello@astroway.info), legal/DPA → [legal@astroway.info](mailto:legal@astroway.info), security → [security@astroway.info](mailto:security@astroway.info).