Support the development and security of a platform connecting New Zealand people, businesses and communities. Receive the approved premium benefits after verified payment and permanent Founding recognition.
Founding Membership checkout is open to eligible verified members. You can choose a plan and register or sign in. No order, charge or subscription is created by selecting a membership.
Limited to 2,500 verified paid Personal Founding Memberships. Selection or free registration never allocates Founding status or reserves a paid place.
Your available premium benefits begin immediately after your payment is successfully verified. Your 18-month Founding Membership period begins when OurLocal NZ reaches 2,500 eligible registered Personal Members, including Free and Paid members, regardless of membership plan. Personal and Business registration milestones are independent: neither starts the other premium period. Each milestone is recorded once and is separate from the paid sales cap.
Personal Founding Membership
NZD $100.00 initial Founding Membership payment
Full access to available premium features
No general platform advertising. You may still see updates and offers from businesses you choose to follow.
Priority access to new features and early releases
Permanent Founding Member badge
Priority customer support while premium entitlement is active
Invitations to exclusive beta tests and community polls
Support for OurLocal NZ platform development and security features
After the initial premium period: NZD $10.00/month, only with your separate explicit subscription consent.
Limited to 250 verified paid Business Founding Memberships combined across Bronze, Silver and Gold. Selection or free registration never allocates Founding status or reserves a paid place.
Your available premium benefits begin immediately after your payment is successfully verified. Your 18-month Founding Membership period begins when OurLocal NZ reaches 250 eligible registered Business Members, including Free and Paid businesses, regardless of membership plan. Personal and Business registration milestones are independent: neither starts the other premium period. Each milestone is recorded once and is separate from the paid sales cap.
Bronze Founding Membership
NZD $449.00 initial Founding Membership payment
No profile advertising
Improved directory visibility
After the initial premium period: NZD $44.90/month, only with your separate explicit subscription consent.
Silver includes Bronze benefits. Gold includes Silver and Bronze benefits. A Business membership is linked to a business you own; registration and listing approval remain separate from payment.
Recognition is permanent. Premium is not free forever.
Your Founding recognition remains, subject to membership eligibility rules. Premium services, including the exemption from general platform advertising, require active premium entitlement. After the initial period an active paid subscription is required for ongoing premium access. This initial Founding Membership purchase never authorises automatic monthly charges.
You may cancel future monthly renewals at any time, effective at the end of the current paid billing period, without limiting statutory rights to an earlier remedy. Access continues through the paid-through date unless a legally required remedy or another applicable entitlement changes it. Refunds apply where required by New Zealand consumer law; no additional voluntary 14-day refund period is offered. Statutory rights are not excluded.
Free accounts remain free forever
Free Personal and Business accounts remain available, supported by advertising, without Founding recognition. Registration is 16+ and does not require payment. Profile privacy protections remain unchanged.
As a thank you for supporting OurLocal from the beginning, Founding Members will have their monthly Premium Membership rate locked in for as long as OurLocal remains under the ownership or control of its original founder. After your initial Premium Membership period, you may choose to continue at your original Founding Member monthly rate.
Your Founding Member monthly rate will never increase while OurLocal remains under its original founder's ownership or control, provided your Premium Membership remains continuously active.
This guarantee applies to your original membership tier. It does not automatically extend to upgrades, additional paid services or optional extras. You are not required to continue paid Premium Membership. Founding recognition remains permanent even if Premium Membership is discontinued, subject to the existing membership eligibility rules.
Original monthly rates: Personal NZD $10.00; Business Bronze NZD $44.90; Silver NZD $89.90; Gold NZD $139.90. This initial-payment checkout creates no subscription or automatic payment mandate; any future subscription requires your explicit consent.
