LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

backend/app/routers/billing.py

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def my_plan(ctx: Ctx = Depends(get_ctx)):
 @router.post("/checkout")
 def checkout(ctx: Ctx = Depends(get_ctx)):
     if not settings.billing_enabled:
-        raise HTTPException(409, {"code": "billing_disabled", "message": "Notestack is free during early access."})
+        raise HTTPException(409, {"code": "billing_disabled", "message": "Checkout is not available yet."})
     raise HTTPException(501, "Checkout provider not wired yet")
 
 

docs/DESIGN.md

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Every factual statement Notestack generates must trace back to the writer's own
 | Email | Resend, behind a provider interface (mirrors blog2video `EmailService`) |
 | Auth | Google sign-in + email 6-digit code signup + password login, JWT access/refresh with `token_version` revocation (mirrors blog2video) |
 | LLM | Provider agnostic through DSPy + LiteLLM. Default Z.ai GLM-5.3 (fast tier GLM-5.3-Flash) via its OpenAI compatible endpoint. Retrieval is agentic search over a file system corpus, not embeddings (see 3.2). Any LiteLLM model string works by env var. |
-| Billing | Three tiers defined in code (`app/services/plans.py`). `BILLING_ENABLED=false` for now: everyone gets the top tier limits free, checkout returns 409, pricing page shows "Free during early access". |
+| Billing | Three tiers defined in code (`app/services/plans.py`). `BILLING_ENABLED=false` for now: everyone gets the top tier limits free, checkout returns 409, checkout is not wired up yet. |
 | Blog | Typed `blogPosts.ts` content array, `/blogs` and `/blogs/:slug`, same shape as blog2video |
 
 ## 3. Architecture

frontend/src/components/PricingTiers.tsx

@@ -105,12 +105,6 @@ export default function PricingTiers() {
   return (
     <div className="pricing">
       <div className="pricing-top">
-        {!billingEnabled && (
-          <p className="pricing-note">
-            <span className="badge">Early access</span>
-            <span className="muted">Every plan is free while we are in early access. No card needed.</span>
-          </p>
-        )}
         <div className="cycle-toggle" role="radiogroup" aria-label="Billing cycle">
           <button type="button" role="radio" aria-checked={cycle === "monthly"} className={cycle === "monthly" ? "on" : ""} onClick={() => setCycle("monthly")}>
             Monthly

frontend/src/pages/MissionControl.tsx

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default function MissionControl() {
           <p className="eyebrow">Mission Control</p>
           <h1>Good to see you, {(user?.name ?? user?.email ?? "").split(/[ @]/)[0]}</h1>
         </div>
-        {plan && <span className="badge">{plan.name} plan · early access</span>}
+        {plan && <span className="badge">{plan.name} plan</span>}
       </header>
       {error && <p className="error-text">{error}</p>}
 

frontend/src/pages/Settings.tsx

@@ -172,8 +172,7 @@ export default function Settings() {
         <div className="stack">
           <Section title="Plan and usage">
             <p>
-              <strong>{s.plan.name}</strong>{" "}
-              <span className="badge">{s.billing_enabled ? "active" : "free during early access"}</span>
+              <strong>{s.plan.name}</strong> plan
             </p>
             <Meter label="Audio overviews" used={u.used.audio_minutes} limit={u.limits.audio_minutes} unit="min" />
             <Meter label="Video renders" used={u.used.video_minutes} limit={u.limits.video_minutes} unit="min" />

frontend/src/styles/showcase.css

@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
   align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-between;
+  justify-content: center;
   gap: 12px;
   margin-bottom: 20px;
 }

renderer/src/compositions/LandingDemo.tsx

@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ function Outro() {
         <h1 style={{ margin: 0, fontFamily: theme.display, fontSize: 120, color: theme.white, opacity: s, textShadow: `0 0 40px ${BLUE}` }}>Notestack</h1>
         <p style={{ margin: 0, fontFamily: theme.body, fontSize: 40, color: "rgba(255,255,255,0.8)", opacity: cta }}>Your knowledge, in orbit.</p>
         <p style={{ margin: 0, padding: "18px 40px", borderRadius: 999, background: BLUE, color: theme.white, fontFamily: theme.body, fontWeight: 600, fontSize: 32, opacity: cta, boxShadow: `0 0 40px ${BLUE}` }}>
-          Free during early access
+          Start free at notestack.ai
         </p>
       </AbsoluteFill>
       <Flare at={20} duration={34} y={42} />