The Anti-Rent Ecosystem — Built for WordPress

Stop renting
your business stack.
Own it. Forever.

One install on WordPress. A growing ecosystem of modules for the tools your business needs. Connected from one shared foundation. Shaped by the community. Pay once and own it permanently.

Not a database. A foundation. Where every tool your business needs finally works together.

You're in. We'll be in touch when Merebase launches.

No spam. No obligation. Just early access when we launch.

The problem

You don't own anything
you depend on.

The tools that were supposed to set you free started locking you in. Every feature became a higher tier. Every integration became a monthly fee. Every renewal email was another reminder that you're not running a business. You're renting one.

The average WordPress agency pays for seven or more SaaS subscriptions. Most of them overlap. Few of them talk to each other. None of them belong to you.

01
Feature ransom. The thing you need is always one tier up. And the tier keeps moving.
02
Data hostage. Switch tools and start over. Your history stays with them.
03
Renewal anxiety. Every year the price goes up or the product gets worse or both.
04
Nothing connects. Seven tools, seven logins, seven data silos, zero harmony.
The solution

A new operating layer
for your business on WordPress.

More than a collection of plugins. More than another tool fighting for space in a crowded market. A complete business ecosystem with a shared foundation underneath everything. Built on WordPress. Owned by you. Running on any hosting, anywhere, without permission from anyone.

Own your stack
Every module you install is permanently yours. Updates keep coming. No renewal. No expiry. No ransom.
Own your business
One shared data layer underneath everything. Your customer data stays yours regardless of which modules you have active.
Own your future
Shape what gets built next. Directors vote on the roadmap. AI ships what you need. You own everything that gets built.
What's possible

Any module your business needs.
Built in hours, not months.

The Merebase foundation changes what's possible. A shared data layer. A consistent module structure. AI-assisted development backed by 40 years of product experience. The result is focused tools that ship faster than anything the industry has seen before.

The kind of modules we can build
SMTP & email delivery  ·  Contact forms  ·  Redirects  ·  CRM  ·  Email marketing  ·  Membership  ·  Booking  ·  Invoicing  ·  Analytics  ·  URL shortener  ·  Customer portal
You decide what ships first
The launch lineup will be shaped by our founding members. Register now and help decide what we build on day one.
TH
Timothy J. Hitchens
PHP Docs Group, 2004
Six-time CTO
7 years at AWS
40 years in tech
"I spent seven years at Amazon Web Services. I saw how the lock in works from the inside. Features designed to create dependency. I'm done with that model."

Every sticky feature, every integration that made leaving feel impossible, every decision that kept customers dependent rather than empowered. That wasn't an accident. That was the plan.

Merebase exists because software should be owned, not rented. Because the foundation of your business should belong to you. And because AI now makes it possible to build focused, connected tools faster than anyone has built software before.

The experience to know what to build. The technology to build it fast. The philosophy to never lock you in.

The manifesto

The web was supposed
to set you free.

"SaaS isn't dying slowly. It's being hollowed out from underneath. But here is the problem nobody is talking about. When SaaS collapses, where does everything go?"

Read the full manifesto
The model

Pay once.
Own it permanently.

Merebase starts from $99. One payment. No subscriptions. No renewals. Updates for life. Founding members who register early get access to the best price before it goes up at launch.

We'll share the full offer, tiers, pricing, and everything included, when we announce the launch date.

Founding members get first access
Register now to lock in the founding price and be the first to see the full membership details when we launch.
Built on Merebase

This page is built on WordPress using Merebase modules. Everything from the email capture to the sending of emails to the form handling runs on the same tools we ship to you. We eat our own dog food. If it doesn't work for us it doesn't ship.