Free, paid, recurring — and what happens when payment stops
The money side only. How access is priced, the difference between buying once and subscribing, and the thing most people forget to check: what happens on a failed payment.
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What it does
What you decide
Free and paid can sit together
You can open one module to everyone and keep the rest behind payment, so people can see the standard before they buy.
One-off or recurring
Buy once and keep it, or pay monthly for continued access. The choice changes what you owe the member over time.
Access follows the payment
When a subscription ends, access ends with it. Nobody has to keep a list of who should still be let in.
How it works
Setting it up
- Decide what is free and what is paid before you price anything.
- Set the price and whether it recurs.
- Connect the payment account that will receive it.
- Test with your own card, then cancel it and check the access closed.
Worth knowing
Worth knowing
- Recurring access means recurring obligation. Charging monthly for a course you finished making is how refund requests start.
- Cards fail. Some cancellations are people who meant to stay, so decide how you want a failed payment handled.
- Cutting access the moment payment stops is correct and it feels harsh. Say so in your terms before anyone meets it.
Related
Related
Memberships and courses
The whole feature: gating, drip and payment together.
Uploading a course
Getting the material in before you charge for it.
Payments and invoicing
The billing methods behind a recurring charge.
Test your own cancellation
Log in, buy your own membership with a real card, then cancel it and check what a member loses.