Three days to try Essentiel

On the subscriptions page, the monthly Essentiel plan now offers “Try 3 days free”. On yearly, a small line under the button takes you back to monthly. During those three days, you get 30 more web book sections to listen to in my voice, on top of your 20 free ones, and 10 minutes of voice assistant. Your card is asked for at the start, but nothing is charged before the trial ends. It's once per account, for people who've never been subscribed.

The day before your trial ends, I send you an email with the amount that's about to be charged and a button to manage your subscription. Nobody finds out about the charge on their bank statement. And if you cancel during the trial, the reminder doesn't go out, and you keep the trial until the end.

If you listen to all the trial sections before it ends, the message no longer tells you to subscribe, since you already are: it tells you the date when listening becomes unlimited. And if you've canceled, it tells you how long it lasts, with a button to reactivate your subscription in your settings.

When you confirm your email address, I send you a little message. Almost nobody notices it when they arrive: with your account, you get 20 web book sections that I read to you myself, you just tap the little headphones 🎧. The message takes you straight to the web book, and reminds you that every person you refer gives you 30 more.

Every month, at renewal time, there could be about an hour without access, while the payment went through. That's fixed: your subscription keeps going during that time, and it only stops if the payment fails.