diff --git a/server/routers/user/getUser.ts b/server/routers/user/getUser.ts
index c2e43e16e..9ff52fd2d 100644
--- a/server/routers/user/getUser.ts
+++ b/server/routers/user/getUser.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ async function queryUser(userId: string) {
             serverAdmin: users.serverAdmin,
             idpName: idp.name,
             idpId: users.idpId,
-            locale: users.locale
+            locale: users.locale,
+            dateCreated: users.dateCreated
         })
         .from(users)
         .leftJoin(idp, eq(users.idpId, idp.idpId))
diff --git a/src/components/DomainPicker.tsx b/src/components/DomainPicker.tsx
index e1ec1062e..ac8493d6e 100644
--- a/src/components/DomainPicker.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DomainPicker.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { usePaidStatus } from "@/hooks/usePaidStatus";
 import { TierFeature, tierMatrix } from "@server/lib/billing/tierMatrix";
 import { toUnicode } from "punycode";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useUserContext } from "@app/hooks/useUserContext";
 
 type AvailableOption = {
     domainNamespaceId: string;
@@ -97,10 +98,16 @@ export default function DomainPicker({
     warnOnProvidedDomain = false
 }: DomainPickerProps) {
     const { env } = useEnvContext();
+    const { user } = useUserContext();
     const api = createApiClient({ env });
     const t = useTranslations();
     const { hasSaasSubscription } = usePaidStatus();
 
+    const requiresPaywall =
+        build === "saas" &&
+        !hasSaasSubscription(tierMatrix[TierFeature.DomainNamespaces]) &&
+        new Date(user.dateCreated) > new Date("2026-04-13");
+
     const { data = [], isLoading: loadingDomains } = useQuery(
         orgQueries.domains({ orgId })
     );
@@ -656,6 +663,7 @@ export default function DomainPicker({
                                                         })
                                                     }
                                                     className="mx-2 rounded-md"
+                                                    disabled={requiresPaywall}
                                                 >
                                                     <div className="flex items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 rounded-lg bg-primary/10 mr-3">
                                                         <Zap className="h-4 w-4 text-primary" />
@@ -696,11 +704,7 @@ export default function DomainPicker({
                 </div>
             </div>
 
-            {build === "saas" &&
-                !hasSaasSubscription(
-                    tierMatrix[TierFeature.DomainNamespaces]
-                ) &&
-                !hideFreeDomain && (
+            {requiresPaywall && !hideFreeDomain && (
                     <Card className="mt-3 border-black-500/30 bg-linear-to-br from-black-500/10 via-background to-background overflow-hidden">
                         <CardContent className="py-3 px-4">
                             <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 text-sm text-muted-foreground">