From my own experience, it's way more effective to have good old physical class with a native teacher (who also speaks good english and is a good teacher!). Yes it's hard to find a good teacher but it's worth it.
Close the computer, turn off your phone, go to class and you can learn and if you go for group class $50/month will do it.
Then spend the remainder of that $50 the months after that on hellotalk or italki sessions with a native speakers. You can find highly rated japanese speakers (including professional teachers) for $10-$25 an hour and it's one on one training. That's what I would do if I wasn't taking in person classes.
> $50/month to use a website for learning Japanese especially when you are English speaker sounds like a ripoff.
In hindsight I'm inclined to agree. Someone here suggested to drop it down to $20/month or less.
Even then, once the lessons are fleshed out and the interactive features are complete, charging a subscription will be seen as rent-seeking. Better to charge a lifetime membership at, say, $150 and do mass advertising with a free trial.
They're always fun and was my first stopping point to eliminate the freeze. I'd check them out!
There's also the random poster around international district, but italki has been great for finding conversation at 10-15/hr.
There's also the Japanese Center around the same part of downtown, but I always missed their signup period.
Learning Japanese in Seattle is a cinch!