FatFIRE Math

A membership site template. Free calculators bring people in, and a paid membership where members plan together.

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The FatFIRE Math home page: “Plan for the range, not the average” beside a fan chart of historical outcomes
The FatFIRE Math home page: “Plan for the range, not the average” beside a fan chart of historical outcomes

Make this your business

Your first customer

Here's what a visitor sees when they become a member.

  • The home page: Plan for the range, not the average

    Find the site

    Free calculators, no account needed.

  • A chart of the climb to the Fat FIRE number from every starting year

    Run the numbers

    See how long their target took from every year since 1928.

  • A chart of a portfolio from 1966 to 1996

    Test a bad year

    Replay a retirement that starts in a crash.

  • The membership page: A small group for the decisions behind the numbers

    Join a group

    $399 a year for a private group of 10 people planning Fat FIRE.

Ask Spark for changes

Your template comes with the Spark agent. Ask for changes, and Spark will update your project.

  • Make the calculators for doctors and the group a doctors-only community.

  • Add a calculator for paying off the mortgage early.

  • Make the groups 6 people instead of 10.

  • Offer the membership for $29 a month as well as yearly.

  • Most visitors leave after one calculator. Want me to let them email themselves the result?

  • Should I write a monthly summary of what each group talked about?

What you don't have to pay for

These are usually separate subscriptions that someone has to connect. Spark includes them in one plan.

What you'd pay for separately

  • Website builder and hosting Separately: $39/mo
  • Online calculators Separately: $22/mo
  • A paid community with group chats Separately: $129/mo
  • Admin tools and a database One seat Separately: $24/mo
  • A freelance developer to connect it all 10 hours a month at $30 an hour Separately: $300/mo

Total Separately: $514/mo

With Spark Start for free

Each price is a typical small-business plan, billed monthly. Card fees apply either way.

Common questions

What does it cost?

Nothing to start, and you can publish on Spark's free plan at a spark.site address. Taking payments and using your own domain need a paid plan, from $25 a month. See pricing.

Do I get the original's customers or domain?

No, those stay with the original business, and you choose your own address.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. Ask for changes in plain words.

Who can I ask before starting?

Email support@spark.site and we'll answer.

Start with FatFIRE Math

Here's what happens when you start.

  1. It opens in your account FatFIRE Math appears as a new project in Spark. New to Spark? You make an account first.
  2. Make it yours Ask Spark for your name, your look and your prices.
  3. Connect Stripe and publish Publish and your site goes live at its own address. Taking payments needs a paid plan.