Membership
Listening is free forever. Membership is what happens next.
Every episode plays without an account, and a free forever account costs nothing either — it just ties the listening to you instead of to a browser. Paying is for the dashboard: your speaker profile, your feeds, and getting paid for the work. Listening figures are not in there yet — they are on Roadmap & Labs rather than promised here.
Free forever, no card · Or a 7-day trial on a paid plan, card up front, bills on day 8
Six tiers
Find the membership that fits you
Every show is free to browse and free to play, with or without an account. Membership is what you get after that — a token multiplier that grows with the tier, the perks vault, and the tools that let the women making the work get paid.
Free Forever
1× tokensFree
no expiry
- Listen to every public episode, with or without an account
- No card, no clock — it does not expire and does not downgrade
- Browse the directory, events and awards; paid features stay locked
Weekly
1.5× tokens$9.99
per week
- Full app access
- Earn tokens while you listen
- A rotating perk selection, once the vault opens
- 25% recurring referral commission
Monthly
2× tokens$33.33
per month
- Everything in Weekly
- Workshop access
- A wider perk selection, once the vault opens
Quarterly
2.5× tokens$77.77
per quarter
- Everything in Monthly
- Event access
- The full perk rotation, once the vault opens
Annual
3× tokensBest value
$222
per year
- Everything in Quarterly
- Creator profile and Speaker Profile Page
- The full perks vault, once it opens
- Awards Library: open and upcoming awards, when it lands
Creator Pro
5× tokensProfessional
$1,111
per year
- Everything in Annual
- Listener analytics and a Verified Creator badge, when they land
- FUND-HER: a curated directory of startup programmes and credits
- Priority support, and the full Awards Library archive when it lands
Prices in USD. Upgrade or downgrade at any time — the change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle.
Access model · what each path unlocks
Six bundles, eleven features
What you tick at signup decides which of these exist for you. Tick more than one and you get the union — the most permissive answer wins on every row, and nothing you tick takes anything away.
| Feature | ListenerPaid listener — not the free tier | SupporterAuthor · Sponsor · Donor | Creator LiteDigital Creator | CreatorIndividual Podcaster | NetworkPodcast Network Owner | FullIndustry Pro · Producer · PR · Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Manage multiple feeds | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup |
| Speaker Profile | Not in this bundle | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup |
| SHEQ Shop | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup |
| Events | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Awards | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Grants | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Host-read ads | Not in this bundle | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Podcast Industry Directory | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup | Unlocked at signup |
| News / Calendar | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Not in this bundle | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
| Rewards, tokens & perks | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available | Coming soon— in this bundle, not yet available |
- unlocked at signup
- not in this bundle
- in this bundle, not yet built
Shop, Events, Directory and News are unlocked for every bundle because these rows describe the managing side of each — buying, RSVPing, being listed. Looking at any of them is free to anyone, with or without an account.
Rows marked coming soon are part of the bundle and are not built yet — your plan includes them when they arrive, and nothing here bills you for them in the meantime. Labs says where each one has got to.
Before you decide
The things people ask first
- Do I need an account to listen?
- No. Every show and every episode on SHEQONOMI plays without one, on the web and in the apps. Nothing on this site is behind a wall, and we do not ask who you are to let you listen.
- Is the free account just a trial with a nicer name?
- No — they are two separate things, and the free forever account is the one with no clock on it. It never expires, never asks for a card and never downgrades. The 7-day trial is a separate thing: it runs on a paid plan you have chosen, takes a card, and bills on day 8 unless you cancel.
- Is there a trial as well?
- Yes, on the paid plans. You pick a tier, we take your card, and you get 7 days before anything is charged. On day 8 it bills that tier's normal price unless you cancel first, and you can cancel any time from your account. If you want something free with no card at all, that is the Free Forever account — a different thing, and it never expires.
- What decides which features I get?
- Who you say you are at signup, not what you pay. The six bundles — Listener, Supporter, Creator Lite, Creator, Network and Full — each unlock a different set. Tick more than one and you get the union of them, so nothing you tick takes anything away.
- What are tokens, and how do I earn them?
- Tokens are earned by listening to podcasts on SHEQONOMI. Every tier carries a multiplier — 1× on Free Forever up to 5× on Creator Pro — so the same hour of listening earns faster the higher the tier.
- Can I switch between tiers?
- Yes, up or down, at any time. The change takes effect at the start of your next billing cycle rather than cutting you off mid-period.
- What does Creator Pro include that Annual doesn't?
- Priority support, the Awards Library when it lands, and FUND-HER — a curated directory of startup programmes and credits from AWS, Google Cloud, Stripe and others. Those programmes are open to any eligible founder; what the membership adds is the list, kept current, in one place. Listener analytics and a Verified Creator badge are both still being built — Roadmap & Labs carries the stage rather than a date.
- I make a podcast. Is this a different signup?
- Same signup. It asks who you are, and the rest of it changes to match — that is where you connect your feeds, and where payouts get switched on. Listening figures are not part of it — there is no such page yet, and Roadmap & Labs is where it is tracked. You can be more than one thing at once, and saying so never costs you access.
Listen · Learn · Earn
It costs nothing to find out.
A free forever account has no card, no clock and no expiry. The paid plans give you 7 days to look around before you are charged — that one takes a card, and bills on day 8unless you cancel.