Membership
Every article stays free. BRO+ is for the rest.
Write for the community and ask BRO as much as you like. More member tools are on the way. Cancel in two clicks, any time.
Reader
Free
Everything we publish, free, forever. No paywall on a single article.
- Every article, every section
- Ask BRO — 10 questions a day, no account needed
- Your Ask BRO history saved in this browser, no account needed
- A free account: 20 questions a day and your latest 50 Ask BRO conversations on every device
- Save articles to read later
- The daily email
- Vote in polls and on Bro of the Week
BRO+
$9.99/month
Write for the community and ask BRO as much as you like. More member tools are on the way.
- Write on the community blog
- Unlimited Ask BRO, fair use up to 300 a day (free: 10, or 20 with a free account)
- Longer, deeper Ask BRO answers that remember more of the conversation
- Every Ask BRO conversation saved to your account, continue any of them on any device
- No ads or partner banners, anywhere on the site
- BRO Seniors Circle: members-only chat for ID-verified members 55+
BRO+ Annual
$79/year
Works out at $6.58 a month — 34% off
The same thing, two months cheaper, and you stop thinking about it.
- Everything in BRO+
- Two months free against monthly
- Locked at this price for as long as you stay
Founding Member
$249/year
Works out at $20.75 a month
For the people who back it early. Same access as BRO+ Annual today, at a price that pays for what comes next.
- Everything in BRO+ Annual
- Price locked permanently
Coming soon — not part of BRO+ yet
We plan to add these for members. None of them is live today, and your membership is priced on what is listed above, not on these.
- Every BRO Upgrade track past week one
- Ask BRO that remembers you across separate conversations
- BRO Circle tools — filters, organise your own meetups
- Unlimited saves and collections
- Member badge
- Founding Members list and a direct line to the editor (Founding)
Included: BRO Seniors Circle
A friendly members-only chat for ID-verified members 55 and over. No private messages, nobody selling anything.
Every paid area is for verified adults: after you join, a two-minute ID and age check unlocks your membership. The photos are deleted as soon as they have been checked.
Billed by Stripe. Card details never touch BRO. Cancel any time from your account — you keep access to the end of the period you have paid for.
Why it costs something
It keeps the spammers out
Writing on BRO needs a membership. Nobody buys a subscription to post an SEO link, so the community stays worth reading and a moderator isn't wading through junk.
It pays for the work
Every article is researched and edited. A site funded by nothing becomes a site full of whatever is cheapest to produce, and you can always tell.
It keeps the ads honest
A small number of labelled placements, no third-party tracking, no pop-ups.
The obvious questions
- Is anything behind a paywall?
- No. Every article stays free, forever. BRO+ buys blog writing and unlimited Ask BRO — not the writing we publish.
- What does unlimited Ask BRO mean?
- No daily allowance to count down: BRO+ is capped only by a fair-use ceiling of 300 questions a day, there to stop scripts, not people. Answers are longer and more considered, more of the conversation is remembered, and every conversation is saved to your account.
- How do I cancel?
- Two clicks from your account page. You keep access until the end of the period you have paid for, and we do not email you about coming back.
- What happens to my posts if I stop?
- They stay up under your name. You just cannot write new ones until you rejoin.
- Can I expense it?
- Yes — Stripe emails a proper invoice for every payment, and you can download the lot from the billing portal.
- Do you sell my data?
- No. There is no third-party advertising or tracking on this site at all, members or not.