Membership

Join for $25 a year. Get free shipping — and a stake.

One membership ties it all together: free Marketplace shipping, member pricing, and early access — while your dues fund the journalism, the business index, and the deserts we're working to close. A fraction of the big-box memberships, pointed at your own community.

Reader
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  • Full access to news & desks
  • Daily newsletter
  • Follow publishers & figures
  • Find & Switch tools
  • Free Marketplace shipping
  • Member pricing & early access
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Member
Free shipping + a stake in the community's economy.
$25/ year
  • Free 2–5 day Marketplace shipping
  • Member pricing & member-only deals
  • Early access to launches & events
  • Switch & Match concierge
  • Ad-light reading + supporter badge
  • A vote on which deserts we fund
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Patron
Everything in Member — with real community impact.
$99/ year
  • Everything in Member
  • Free next-day shipping
  • Funds a desert grant in your name
  • Patron events & annual report
  • Founding-patron recognition
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Cancel anytime. Free shipping applies to TUEPAC Fulfilled items at launch. Business listings & verification are separate — see Join as a publisher or list a business.

Member benefits

What $25 a year actually gets you

Where your dues go

A membership that builds something

Unlike a big-box membership, your dues don't leave. Every dollar is reinvested in the community's own institutions — and you can see exactly where it goes.

Join for $25 / year
Community journalism40%
Closing opportunity deserts30%
Business index & tools20%
Operations10%

Illustrative allocation. Members vote annually on the desert-fund priorities.

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$25 a year. Free shipping from your first order, member pricing across the Marketplace, and a real stake in the community's economy.

8,400+
Members & growing
$2/mo
Less than a coffee

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