Free Builder is the earn-your-way-in route into ETC. No cash targets, no chasing payouts — just a genuine commitment and a real way to earn full membership for life by bringing the men and women you already know to a community worth belonging to.
Free Builder rewards men and women who bring real, lasting members to a community they believe in. Here is exactly how you earn your place — and exactly what happens if you don't reach the target.
Apply for Free Builder and place a £25 refundable deposit — a signal that you're serious, not a fee. The £25 is returned in full the moment you reach your target.
From day one you have the complete Builder toolkit — every creator and organiser tool, free, for a full 60 days. Build your groups, courses, listings and events face-to-face and online, exactly as a paying Builder would.
Bring 10 active members within those 60 days and your membership becomes free for life. Your deposit is returned, and you're promoted to Founding Builder — a founding number and badge, earned by building rather than bought.
Don't reach 10 in time? No closure, no penalty beyond the deposit. You simply continue on standard membership from £4/month and carry on — everything you built stays with you. No hard cut-off, no lost work.
Free Builder is not a stripped-back trial. For your 60 days you hold the full Builder toolkit, the same tools a paying Builder uses to grow a community.
Free Builder is meant to be the simplest, fairest way into ETC. Here's the honest detail behind the offer.
Yes. The £25 deposit is a commitment signal, not a charge. When you reach your target of 10 active members, the £25 is returned in full. It's the only money in the whole arrangement.
A real man or woman who joins ETC through you and actually uses the community — not a name on a list. We're looking for lasting members, the men and women you'd genuinely want alongside you.
Nothing dramatic. There's no cliff and no lock-out. You simply move to standard membership from £4/month and keep everything you built. The only cost is the deposit.
No. Free Builder has no cash bonuses and no payouts. The reward is free membership for life and Founding Builder status — earned by building real community, not by chasing money.
Neither. Founding memberships are never an investment — there are no shares, equity or financial return. ETC is a Private Members Association, and this is simply an earned route to belonging.
When you hit your target you're promoted to Founding Builder — a founding number and badge that mark you as one of the men and women who helped build the community from the start. Earned, never bought.
Free Builder opens to founding applicants first. Register your interest and we'll let you know the moment it's live — or back the build now to become a numbered founding member. Prefer to join today? Standard membership is from £4/month.