You’re renting
Your members, your content and your history live on someone else’s platform, under their rules. If they change pricing or policy, you change with them.
Commons by Clairen Haus
Your community. Your app. Your brand.
Commons is a private community app with your name on it: feed, messages, courses, events and rewards, on your own web address. Move your members off rented platforms and into a home you own.
You own it. No per-member fees, no platform lock‑in.
Done for you $2,497 setup + $149/month hosting and support, or DIY $997.
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Commons in under 30 seconds
If your community still lives in a Facebook group, you don’t own it, you’re renting it. Commons gives you a private community app with your name on it, then hands you the keys.
See the two ways to get itWhy Commons
You built the community. Someone else owns the house.
Their prices, their cut
The platform sets the price and can change it, and some take a cut of what you sell. From their own pricing pages: Skool is $9/mo plus a 10% transaction fee, or $99/mo. Circle starts at $89/mo and Mighty Networks at $79/mo, billed yearly.*
Your brand gets buried
Members log in to the platform’s app, see the platform’s logo, and get nudged toward other communities. Your name ends up as one tab among many.
What’s inside
Everything your members need, in one private app
Your logo, your colors and your name from the first screen. No platform branding, and no other communities to wander off to.
- Private, branded community appYour logo, colors and name, on your own web address. Members sign up, get onboarded and build a profile.
- Feed, posts and commentsMembers post, comment and like, and earn rewards for joining in.
- Direct messagesPrivate member-to-member messages. You choose when members unlock them.
- CoursesCourses, modules and lessons with progress tracking, inside the same app.
- EventsCreate events with your meeting links. Members see them on the calendar and RSVP.
- Member directoryMembers can find each other and connect.
- Levels, coins, badges and a leaderboardRewards that give members a reason to come back and take part.
- Admin toolsManage members, award coins and badges, and keep the space the way you want it.
- Demo mode for privacyOne switch hides member names, photos and contact details, so you can screen-share your community safely.
- On their home screenMembers add it to their phone’s home screen in one tap. It opens full screen with your icon, like an app, with no App Store needed.
Pricing
Two ways to get Commons
Have it built and run for you, or take the code and set it up yourself. No cut of what you sell either way.
Done for you
Commons, built and handed over
We build it in your brand, set it up, test it and keep it running.
$2,497one-time setup+ $149/month hosting + support
- Your logo, colors and name throughout the app
- Set up on your own web address and email sender
- Your first admin account, ready on day one
- Tested before your members see it
- Hosting, updates and support covered by the $149/month
Book a call
A short call to talk through your community and your members.
DIY
The Commons code, yours to set up
For founders with a technical teammate who want to run it themselves.
$997one time
- The full Commons app code
- Brand it with your own name, logo and colors
- Host it on your own accounts; hosting fees go to those providers
- No setup help or ongoing support
Email us about DIY
Or write to hello@clairenhaus.com.
How done-for-you works
From call to open doors
Book a call
We talk through your community, your members and what you want them to feel when they log in.
We build it in your brand
Your logo, colors, web address, email sender and first admin account, set up and tested.
You open the doors
You invite your members to a home you own. Hosting, updates and support are handled.
Questions
Good to know
Do I need to be technical?
Not with done-for-you. We set it up, connect your web address and email, and hand you the admin login. Day to day you post, invite and manage members from the admin tools. DIY is for people comfortable setting up and hosting a web app themselves.
Can I move my members over from Skool, Circle or Facebook?
Yes. You invite your existing members to your new address. With done-for-you we plan the move together on the call so nobody gets lost.
Who owns the community and the data?
You do. It runs under your web address and your accounts. Your members are your members.
What does the $149/month cover?
Hosting, updates and support for your done-for-you community. There’s no cut of what you sell.
Is there a monthly fee with DIY?
Not to Clairen Haus. DIY is a one-time $997 for the code. You pay your own hosting providers directly, and setup and support aren’t included.
Can my members use it on their phones?
Yes. It’s built mobile-first, and members can add it to their home screen so it opens full screen with your icon, like an app. No App Store needed.
Ready to own your community?
Book a call and we’ll show you what yours would look like.
* Competitor prices as listed on their own pricing pages, read Oct 17, 2026: skool.com/pricing (Hobby $9/mo with 10% transaction fee; Pro $99/mo), circle.so/pricing (Professional $89/mo, billed annually), mightynetworks.com/pricing (Launch Plan $79/mo, billed annually). Prices change; check their pages.