Your people, behind your door.
Members pay monthly or yearly into your own Stripe and get in. The posts and the directory sit behind the members’ sign-in, and only paying members can post on the board.
It starts from“A paid membership community where people join on a monthly or yearly plan, members-only posts behind the sign-in, a members’ board where paying members post and reply, a member directory they can choose to join, a button in my admin to hide any post, and an email to me when someone joins.”
Free to plan · no signup
What comes working in a paid membership community?
The door, the room, and the list.
A community needs a way in, a reason to stay and someone keeping the peace. The first version has all three, under your community’s name.
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Monthly or yearly plans
Two plans at the prices you set, billed by your own Stripe. When a membership ends, posting ends with it, without you lifting a finger.
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Posts behind the sign-in
Your guides, links and announcements sit behind the members’ sign-in. A visitor sees the join page, not the posts.
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A members’ board
Members start a thread and reply to each other. Posts are saved and listed newest first, and posting checks for an active membership every time.
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A directory members opt into
Members add a short profile if they want to be found, then search by what people do or where they are. Only members can browse it.
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Hide what doesn’t belong
One button in your Admin hides a post that breaks your rules, and the same button brings it back.
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Sign-in that just works
Login links by email, password reset, and an account page for every member.
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An email when someone joins
You hear about every new member, and your Admin lists who joined this month and whose membership is still active.
What a member sees, and what you see.
A visitor sees what’s inside and the two plans. You get the member count, new joins and every post you hid, in your Admin.
How does a paid community make money?
Renewals beat launches.
A community lives on renewals. A member who pays every month is worth more than a launch that sells once, and a yearly plan pays you for the whole year up front.
What keeps people paying is what they can’t get outside: the posts you write, the people in the directory, the threads on the board. Keep those behind the door and leave the join page open for anyone to read.
- A yearly planMoney up front, and fewer members drifting off each month.
- The directoryMembers stay for each other, not only for you.
- Your own StripeRenewals land in your account, and our fee is 1% or less.
What should a new community put behind the door first?
Start small, post weekly.
Start with one thing members get every week, like a guide, a link to a recording or a question thread, plus the directory. A small community with a steady rhythm keeps more members than a big library nobody opens.
No live chat or video calls, it doesn’t email every member at once, and members can’t cancel inside the app (you cancel from Stripe).
Paid communities,
answered.
Can a visitor read the members-only posts?No
Can members talk to each other in real time?No, it’s a board
How does a member cancel?You cancel in Stripe
Can I send all my members an update?Not by email
Close to yours? Start from one of these.
Open the door, keep the members.
Pick your plans, write the first post, and plan it free. You see the full price before you spend a dollar.
Free to plan · no signup