Pricing — 02 · Three doors

Three doors. Pick one, or take your time.

One indie maker. No funding, no metrics theatre. The free tier stays generous because the value is the export, not the lock-in. Pay only if you want the tool to outlast its first year.

Free

Already running

0

forever

  • Unlimited saves
  • Export to Markdown, Obsidian, Logseq, Notion
  • Up to 2 simultaneous destinations
  • Collections with 1-level nesting
  • YouTube transcripts and highlights
  • Streak, Daily Pick, Inbox Zero
Install on Chrome

No account · No card · No catch

Pro

For the long-term reader

4.99

per month, billed monthly

or €49.99 billed yearly — save ~€10

  • Everything in Free
  • One license, up to 5 devices
  • AI auto-tag (Gemini Nano + Groq cloud fallback)
  • AI auto-summary (concise bullets, in page body)
  • Unlimited simultaneous destinations
  • Collections nested up to 5 levels deep
  • Multi-database Notion routing per collection
  • + 3 more on the way

All prices in EUR · Includes VAT for EU consumers · Stripe receipts emailed instantly

§ I Why Pro exists at all.

Shelf is built by one person on nights and weekends. The free tier covers everything most readers need — unlimited saves, exports to your tools of choice, the daily reading loop. It is generous because the export-anywhere model means your library is portable; charging a wall to leave would betray that.

Pro pays for the things that take real engineering time on top of the core save flow: the AI cascade that runs Gemini Nano on-device with a cloud fallback, the smart-rules engine that auto-routes saves to collections, the bulk library tools, the deeper Notion routing. None of these are hostage features. The Free tier is not deliberately crippled to push the upgrade.

The maths is unromantic: a couple of paying readers per week funds a slow, sustainable hand on the codebase. Two thousand free readers and two hundred paying ones is a working business for one indie maker — and that is the only business this project is trying to be.

What you get · matrix

Side by side, plainly.

Free

Pro

Founder

Unlimited saves
Markdown / Obsidian / Logseq export
Notion export
Active devices per license
up to 5
up to 10
Multiple destinations per save
up to 2
unlimited
unlimited
Collections with nesting
1 level
5 levels
5 levels
YouTube transcripts & highlights
Streak, Daily Pick, Inbox Zero
AI auto-tag (Gemini Nano + Groq)
AI auto-summary
Smart Rules (auto-tag, auto-collect)
Multi-database Notion routing
Library backup (ZIP + JSON)
Bulk operations
Future Pro features
while subscribed
forever

Questions before paying

Plainly answered.

How many devices can I use Shelf Pro on?

Up to 5 devices on Pro Monthly or Yearly, and up to 10 on Founder Lifetime. A device is one Chrome install where you paste your license key. If a device sits unused for 60 days, its seat is released automatically.

What counts as a device?

One Chrome install on one machine. Chrome on your laptop and Chrome on your desktop count as two. Reinstalling Chrome on the same machine can register as a new device, in which case the older entry will roll off after 60 days, or you can free it yourself from the manage page.

I bought Pro but it stopped working on my old laptop. What happened?

You probably reached the device limit and the oldest seat dropped you. Visit www.shelf-extension.com/manage, enter the email tied to the license, and you will see every active device. Revoke the one you no longer use, then paste your license key on the laptop again.

Can I switch from Monthly to Yearly later?

Yes — open your Stripe customer portal (the link is also in every receipt email) and switch plans. Stripe prorates the remainder of your current cycle automatically.

How do I cancel my subscription?

Open the Stripe customer portal, enter the email you used at checkout, and Stripe will send a sign-in link. From there you can cancel in one click, change your payment method, or download invoices. The same link is included in every purchase email under "Manage your subscription". No password to remember, no account to create on our side.

What happens to my Pro features if I cancel?

You keep Pro through the end of the period you paid for, then revert to Free. The Free tier handles your library indefinitely — saves, exports, the daily loop — none of that requires Pro.

Is Founder Lifetime really forever, or just until v2?

Forever. There is no v2 plan that resets the deal. All future Pro features land on Founder licenses at no additional cost. The cap (200 supporters) exists so the maker can promise this honestly, not to invent scarcity.

Can I get a refund?

For subscriptions: within 14 days of purchase if you have not actively used the Pro features. For Founder Lifetime: within 14 days if the license key has not been activated on any device. After activation, refunds are case-by-case — email and we will talk.

Who handles billing, taxes, invoices?

Stripe processes the payment and the receipts. The invoice is issued by Shelf (the maker, as a registered Italian sole proprietor with P.IVA) — Italian VAT applies for EU consumers. Footer below has the legal details.

What if I lose my license key?

Visit /recover, enter the email you bought with, and we re-issue the key. The license is signed against your Stripe customer record, so as long as the purchase exists, the key can be re-emitted.

Chrome says this extension is not trusted by Enhanced Safe Browsing. Should I worry?

No. Enhanced Safe Browsing only marks an extension trusted after it has been on the Web Store long enough to build a track record. Shelf is new, so it has not earned that status yet — every new extension starts here regardless of how it behaves, and nothing was flagged. It clears on its own with time and continued policy compliance; there is no appeal or way to speed it up. What you can verify today instead of taking it on trust: the privacy policy lists every network call Shelf makes — free readers send nothing, Pro makes one signed license check a week — and the permission list Chrome shows on the store page is exactly what the extension can touch.

“The cost of a shelf is patience.
The cost of Pro is four euros ninety-nine.”

— Notes for a slow product, 2026

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