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No. Pitch credits reset at the start of each billing cycle. Whatever you have not used by the end of the period expires. If you are approaching renewal with credits remaining, the move is to use them before the cycle closes rather than lose them. If you run out mid-month before renewal, add-on pitches are available from your dashboard at $9.99 per pitch on Professional, $8.99 on Agency, and $7.99 on Authority. The one exception is credits returned from ghost outcomes: when a creator does not respond within the 72-hour window and your bond is voided, the corresponding credit is returned to your account within 24 hours and does not count against your monthly allocation.

Yes. Cancel any time from your account settings. There is no cancellation fee and no lock-in period. Your plan stays active and your remaining credits remain usable until the end of the current billing period. When that period ends, access lapses and unused credits expire. Partial billing periods are not refunded. If you cancel two weeks into a monthly cycle, you retain full access for the remaining two weeks. Nothing is prorated back.

Any pitches already inside an active 72-hour window continue through the full protocol without interruption. The Capital Bond on each of those pitches remains in place and settlements process normally regardless of your subscription status at the time of cancellation. An accept still unlocks contact, a decline still closes cleanly, and a ghost still returns the bond. Cancelling your plan stops you from submitting new pitches once access lapses at the end of your billing period. It does not touch anything already in motion.

No. Aethynex earns from the Capital Bond and subscription fees. Nothing else. Once a creator accepts and contact is unlocked, the deal is between you and the creator directly. Terms, deliverables, payment structure, and timeline are negotiated without Aethynex in the room. We have no visibility into what gets agreed and no claim on the resulting revenue. A $50,000 campaign initiated through Aethynex cost $12.99 to reach the creator. We earned from that introduction and nothing that came after it.

Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately and are prorated: you pay the difference for the remaining days in your current billing period and your credit allocation updates right away. Downgrades take effect at the next renewal date. Until then, you keep your current plan's features and credit allocation in full. If you are carrying unused credits when the downgrade takes effect at renewal, those credits expire with the old plan. They do not transfer to the new tier.

There is no free trial on subscriptions. The Bridge tier exists for exactly this reason. Send a single pitch for $12.99 with no subscription required and run the full protocol against a real creator. You get a guaranteed response within 72 hours or your bond returns in full. It is a real transaction with real stakes, which tells you more than a simulated trial would. If the protocol works the way this page describes, you will have direct evidence of it within three days and no ongoing commitment either way.