How the Window Is Measured
- 30 calendar days, not business days. Weekends and holidays are inside it.
- Day 0 is the date of the first paid Founder purchase made by anyone, not your own purchase date.
- It does not restart, reset or extend because new purchases arrive.
Buying later in the window means waiting less, not more.
What Counts Toward the 100
A purchase counts when an FPT account was created before checkout, an FPT Scale evaluation was bought at Founder pricing using the code FOUNDER, payment was successfully captured, and that payment has not since been refunded or charged back. Each purchase counts once whatever the account size.
Waitlist entries, abandoned checkouts, declined payments, refunded purchases and charged-back purchases do not count. The homepage phrase "Launching at 100 Waitlists" is this same milestone.
If the Window Is Extended
FPT may extend the window once, by up to 30 additional calendar days; no second extension is permitted, so 60 calendar days is the outer bound. You are told by email to the address on your FPT account and in the prelaunch dashboard. An extension does not change your Founder price, account size, evaluation rules or dashboard access, and causes no extra charge. Reaching 100 paid Founder purchases during an extension still triggers the launch.
If FPT cancels the launch, or the final extended window passes without activation, a full refund is mandatory — see Canceling, Refunds and Payment Problems.
Activation
On the announced date the "Coming soon" labels come off the trading surfaces and your evaluation rules begin. There is no five-day activation allowance and no comparable grace period; activation is subject only to ordinary technical availability. On a monthly plan, activation starts your prepaid first month and the second charge lands 30 days later.
The discretionary refund window closes when you place your first simulated trade, not at activation — see Canceling, Refunds and Payment Problems.
The trigger, the extension and the non-launch refund are stated in full in Founder Purchase and Launch Terms.