Free
$0, forever. "Host, swap, earn. Everything works."
Free is not a trial and not a crippled demo. It is a complete working account: you can enrol channels in the Subscriber Exchange, buy from the Boost catalogue, list channels and book placements in the escrow-protected marketplace, run cross-promotions, use the free AI template library, deposit funds and withdraw earnings. What the paid ladder adds is speed, scale and margin — not permission.
Who it's for
- Anyone starting out, testing the platform, or running one or two channels.
- Channel owners who want to earn from hosting before spending anything.
- Advertisers with occasional, small campaigns.
How to get it
Sign up at onflowads.com/signup. Every new account starts on Free, and an account whose paid membership has expired returns to Free automatically. Your membership card reads "Free tier — everything works. Pick a rung when you're ready."
What Free includes, area by area
Subscriber Exchange
The swap network where channels host each other's ads for credits.
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Enrolled channels | 5 |
| Active ads at once | 2 |
| Base placements per 30-day cycle | 7 |
| Maximum placements per cycle | 7 (credit-bought extras are not available) |
| Credit-earning multiplier | 1.0x |
| Host credit per surviving hosted ad | $0.01 |
| Matching priority | 0 |
| Matching focus | The whole eligible pool |
| Distinct channels one ad reaches per week | 2 |
| Ad review | Best effort |
| Penalty-free grace deletes per cycle | 0 |
Targeting options (country, scheduled starts, day-parting, size bands, genre, lookalike), the competitor blocklist, host veto, priority appeals and the exchange API are not part of Free.
Separately from the ladder, any account — Free included — can pay for one-off per-campaign delivery upgrades (extra placements, higher priority) when submitting an exchange ad. Prices are shown at submission, and refunded in full if the ad is declined.
Boost
The growth storefront. The whole catalogue is open on Free — Boost is a per-order purchase, not a membership feature.
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Standing discount | 0% |
| Maximum order size | $25 |
| Live orders at once | 5 |
| Auto-Boost subscriptions | 1 |
| Status-refresh cooldown | 60 seconds |
Not included: dripfeed and scheduled orders, auto-refill, mass orders, CSV exports, gift orders, the premium-only part of the catalogue, the multi-item bundle discount, priority delivery, developer API keys, included delivery guarantees, webhooks, the Wholesale Desk and the white-label storefront.
Paid Promotions (the marketplace)
Full access to the escrow-protected marketplace, on both sides.
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Marketplace commission | 15% |
| Channel listings | 5 |
| Placements per month | 30 |
| Saved ad templates | 50 |
| Photos per creative | 2 |
| Listing re-verify cooldown | 15 days |
| Placement monitoring cadence | 60 minutes |
| Owner payout speed | After the full run |
| Featured days per month | 0 |
| Catalog rank boost | 0 |
| Spotlight deals | One per channel every 5 days, 1 at a time |
| Dispute resolution | In queue order |
Included regardless of tier: escrow checkout, disputes and reviews.
Not included: video creatives, instant listing auto-verify, synced cart and saved channels, wishlist price-drop alerts, the AI Channel Picker and media plans, channel bundles, weekly recurring rebook, running auctions, proxy bids, Proof Certificates, Verified Delivery Insurance, Retention Escrow, the Performance Passport, the Reach Dedup Advisor and first-look inventory.
Cross-Promotion
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Concurrent campaigns | 2 |
| Campaign initiations per month | 5 |
| Add-on discount | — |
| Boost-credit reward per clean completion | — |
| Free daily-cap overrides per month | — |
| Campaign insurance | Paid add-on only |
| Blitz multi-channel campaigns | — |
Joining someone else's campaign is never capped by tier.
AI
The 12-template free AI library is included. Text generation carries the smallest allowance on the ladder, capped both per day and per month; the tools show your remaining allowance before you generate. AI image generation is not part of Free.
Wallet
| Free | |
|---|---|
| Deposits and in-platform spend | Full |
| Deposit fee on top-ups | 9% |
| Withdrawals | Yes |
| Withdrawal fee | 15% |
| Withdrawal requests per month | 1 |
| Priority payouts | — |
The deposit fee is the platform commission on a wallet top-up. It is added on top of the amount you choose — you are always credited the full amount you type — and the rates above are the current ones, shown in the breakdown at checkout before you pay.
Analytics, support and interface
- Analytics: peak stats. No CSV export.
- Support: community.
- Interface: the standard interface. The premium look starts at Plus.
- Badge: none.
What you'd gain by moving up
The first rung, Lite at $11/month, is aimed squarely at the things Free holds back for people who are actually earning: the withdrawal fee drops from 15% to 12% with 3 requests a month, the marketplace commission drops from 15% to 12%, and the deposit fee drops from 9% to 7.5% on every top-up you make. It also doubles your exchange channels, unlocks country targeting and scheduled starts, opens dripfeed, scheduling, auto-refill, CSV exports and gift orders in Boost, and adds instant listing auto-verify.
See Comparing the tiers for the full side-by-side.
Frequently asked
Is Free time-limited?
No. It has no expiry and no trial clock.
Can I really withdraw money on Free?
Yes — one request per calendar month, at a 15% fee, subject to the same manual review queue every tier passes through. Promotional or earned credit marked non-withdrawable stays in-platform at every tier.
What happens to my stuff if I buy a plan and it later expires?
You return to Free. Nothing is deleted — your channels, listings, campaigns, history and wallet balance all stay. Only limits, fees and features change. See Downgrading and letting a plan lapse.
Does Free get the first-purchase discount?
Your first-ever premium purchase from a Free account gets an automatic 10% first-purchase discount, applied in the checkout without a code. See How billing works.
What is Referral Premium?
An earned status (🌟) granted through the referral programme. It gives the premium look but keeps Free-tier economics — the same fees, limits and allowances listed on this page — and never satisfies a paid-feature gate.
Next: Lite — the first paid rung, and what changes from everything on this page.