What's the catch?

There is no catch.

You can download the Hub software free and use all the free resources. The only "catch" is we ask some simple anonymous demographic information. The free parts of the Hub are advertiser supported but tastefully and never more than two ads on a page.

Since I use the Hub you have my personal promise
there will be no 'loud' flashing, annoying advertising.
Philip Hodgetts CEO

You never have to buy a thing. If you do want the convenience of purchasing just the resources you need, instead of packaged content, and having a one-stop shop with your very own credit account it's a simple one-time step to open an account (should take less than a minute) and then you can buy any resource, at any time, simply and painlessly.

You don't need an account to browse the catalog - in fact there's a lot of free content in the catalog you can download and integrate compliments of the content providers. Start building your own knowledge library without spending a penny!

We're negotiating to get all the free plug-ins in the resources section through the Hub so you can download them and have the Hub install them in the right place for you. All free.

Opening an Account

If you open an account you have the security and convenience of not sending your credit card details repeatedly across the Internet. Send the details once on a secure connection to our secure server and never worry about it again. You can check your purchases anytime - right in the Hub - and at the end of the month you'll get an email statement confirming your purchases. Unless there's a problem - and since you can check details constantly in the Hub and your account is locked to your copy of the Hub there won't be - a week later your card is debited for that month's purchases.

The first time you want to make a purchase you'll be taken to a secure sign up page (without leaving the Hub) where you'll enter your credit card details.

We'll have you confirm a $1 charge to verify your card (but hey, you get $2 worth of credit in the store straight off - where else can you double your money like that?).

A minute later you get an email with your account number to copy and paste into your individual copy of the Hub and you're done. Buy by confirming the purchase. Nothing more.

The best of what's free… …and everything else you need.