Regarding resources for absolute beginners, I haven’t read it myself, but this book [1] takes a similar approach to my site, but since it has full English translations of the text it seems like it could be useful to beginners (however, it looks like you still need to understand basic grammar and vocabulary).

As to pricing, the comma is in the American sense. So that would make it about $10/month.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-into-Japanese-Literature-Cla...