Reader account
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Free account placeholder.
Pricing placeholder
Start with clear audiobook purchases before adding complex memberships.
Sapphyre Dominion should begin with transparent per-title audiobook purchases, free creator accounts, and royalty split reporting before adding subscriptions, memberships, credits, or downloads.
Placeholder pricingCreator-friendly modelLast updated: May 2026
Audiobooks
Per title
Direct purchase-first model.
Creator accounts
$0
Authors, narrators, publishers.
Membership
Planned
Future option, not first launch.
Prototype
Free reader account
$0
Basic reader access for browsing the marketplace, previewing titles, saving favorites, and using the mock library flow.
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Browse audiobook catalog
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Preview public book pages
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Create reader profile later
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Save library items after purchase later
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Access support and account settings
Core modelRecommended first
Direct audiobook purchases
Per title
Readers buy individual audiobooks while creator royalty lines are calculated from each eligible sale.
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Buy individual audiobooks
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Stream from personal library
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Progress and bookmarks
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Transparent creator pool preview
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Refund and royalty hold workflow later
Future option
Membership
Planned
A future membership or subscription option could add credits, perks, discovery benefits, or creator-friendly listening pools.
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Possible monthly credits
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Possible member discounts
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Possible listening perks
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Possible creator pool allocation
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Needs financial testing first
Creator pricing
Creator accounts should be free to start.
The strongest early positioning is to remove barriers for authors, narrators, and publishers while the platform earns from sales, referrals, or optional future tools.
Authors
Author accounts should be free to create so writers can build profiles, manage titles, and participate in royalty splits without upfront platform fees.
Narrators
Narrator accounts should be free to create so voice talent can showcase samples, claim credits, and join royalty-share or paid narration projects later.
Publishers
Publisher accounts should be free to start, with catalog management, referral tracking, split approvals, and payout reporting built into the workflow.
Rights holders
Rights holders may need verified participation in royalty agreements before they can receive payout lines or approve split changes.
Platform economics
Pricing has to protect creators and keep the platform alive.
75% mock baseline
Most mock direct sales use a 75% creator pool before splitting between authors, narrators, publishers, rights holders, and other participants.
Higher creator pool
Mock author and publisher referral rules can raise the creator pool when a creator drives the sale.
Variable
The platform share must cover hosting, storage, streaming, payment fees, support, development, taxes, refunds, fraud, and operations.
Not finalized
Any membership or subscription model needs careful testing so creators are not underpaid compared to direct purchases.
Launch simple: free accounts, paid audiobooks, transparent royalty reporting.
The safest version one pricing model is direct audiobook sales. Each purchase has a clear price, a clear order record, a clear refund window, and a clear set of royalty payout lines. That makes it easier to test the marketplace before adding memberships, subscriptions, download bundles, or premium creator tools.