How to find an affordable sales funnel without breaking the bank
For months – in fact years – I felt caught between two uncomfortable choices when it came to sales funnels. On one side, there were the expensive, heavyweight platforms that everyone seemed to rave about — the kind with dazzling features, endless templates, and monthly price tags that made me wince. On the other side, there was the free funnel builder I had been using and recommending for a while.
At the start, that free option felt good enough. After all, when you’re building an online business — especially if you’re working from home and managing costs carefully — “free” feels like a gift. I told myself it didn’t matter that the tool was basic. I could still use someone else’s free funnel, and that was what counted, right?
But over time, the cracks started to show and I realised I had to pay for something to build my own funnel.
What seemed like small limitations in the beginning slowly became major frustrations. I couldn’t tweak things the way I wanted. I couldn’t really tailor the funnel to fit my vision or the message I wanted to communicate. It was functional, but no matter how much I tried to make it my own, the end result always looked too generic, too boxed‑in.
Worst of all, the free funnel owner added items I didn’t like (crypto-currencies) and I didn’t want to promote them by default.
Another owner, kept changing the funnel and it was too hard to keep up with everything.
That Led to the Tricky Part: Finding an Affordable Funnel Builder
In my mind, the only alternative was to bite the bullet and subscribe to one of the “big beast” funnel platforms. You know the ones — heavily advertised, recommended by gurus, and priced at $97, $197, or more per month. I thought that if I wanted a funnel that truly reflected my business, this was the price I would eventually have to pay.
But something held me back. Spending that much every month just didn’t sit right, especially for features I knew I’d never use. I wanted flexibility, not a financial ball and chain eating into my profits.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, something unexpected happened. A fellow marketer showed me another option I hadn’t considered before. It wasn’t the free tool I had outgrown, and it wasn’t the expensive, overwhelming platform I’d been dreading. Instead, it was a simpler, cleaner solution that gave me the freedom to design things the way I imagined — and at a fraction of the cost.
It felt like a lightbulb moment.
Within minutes of trying it out, I realized this was the “sweet spot” I’d been missing all along. No more awkward compromises, no more limitations, and no more feeling resentful about paying for software I didn’t really need. Just a straightforward, affordable tool that let me build funnels that actually worked for me and my goals.
Looking back now, I can see how easy it is to fall into “either/or” thinking in business. We tell ourselves the only options are to make do with the bare minimum — or to overspend on the top‑shelf platforms everyone else seems to use. But often, the real solution sits quietly in the middle, waiting for us to discover it.
Two weeks in, I feel lighter. More in control. More aligned with the way I want to run my business. And more confident to recommend this tool to others.
So this reflection is a simple one: if you’re feeling squeezed between “free but limiting” and “expensive but overwhelming,” just know that there are better options. Sometimes it takes a little patience — or someone kind enough to point you in the right direction — but that happy middle ground really does exist.
Cheers to finding simpler, smarter solutions — and to reclaiming both our freedom and our peace of mind in business.
If you’re ready to look at an affordable sales funnel to build your side hustle, please click here. (The first one I developed with HBA.)
