Paid memberships
Readers who pay.
Money that's yours.
PixelGlass paid memberships turn readers into paying members. Create tiers with monthly and yearly prices, put a paywall on any post, and get paid straight into your own Stripe, Paystack or Dodo Payments account. PixelGlass takes 0% of it.
14 days free. Every feature on every plan.
Tiers
Price it
the way you think.
A tier has a name, a description, a price a month, a price a year or both, a free trial and the benefits a reader gets. Price in the currency your provider takes, from dollars and euros to won and naira.
- Free trials of up to a year (Stripe and Dodo Payments)
- Take a tier off sale, and its members keep it
- Comp a reader on any tier on sale, for good or until a date
The paywall
Choose who reads
every post.
Each post says who can read it: everyone, members, paying members or chosen tiers. Everyone else sees the title, the cover and the excerpt, then a clear way in. The paywall is drawn by PixelGlass, so it works in every theme.
- Subscribe for readers, Upgrade for free members
- The Markdown copy and the feeds are gated too
- Readers come back to the post they started on
Payments
Three providers.
Most of the world.
Connect Stripe in one click, Paystack for Africa, or Dodo Payments as the merchant of record where the others don't reach. Payments go to your own account, with no application fee.
Paystack
Members
Readers manage
their own plan.
A member's account page shows their plan, its price and when it renews. They open the provider's billing portal to change their card, or cancel at the end of the paid period, without writing to you.
- Trials, renewals, late payments and comps shown plainly
- Paying and comped members marked on your roster
- A notification each time a membership starts or ends
- Paid memberships
0% platform fee
You pay PixelGlass a monthly plan from $9. Your readers' payments are yours, less your provider's own fees.
- Paid memberships
139 currencies
Prices are kept in each currency's own smallest unit, so won and yen have no cents and dinars have three decimals.
- Paid memberships
Switch without losing anyone
Disconnect a provider and new sales stop, but current members keep paying until they leave.
Questions about paid memberships
- Does PixelGlass take a cut of my membership revenue?
- No. PixelGlass takes no platform fee on reader payments, on any provider. You pay a fixed monthly plan, from $9, and keep what readers pay you, less your payment provider's own fees.
- Which payment providers does PixelGlass support?
- Stripe (connected in one click through Stripe Connect), Paystack (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa) and Dodo Payments, a merchant of record that handles tax for the countries Stripe and Paystack do not serve, including Korea.
- Can I offer a free trial on a paid membership?
- Yes, on Stripe and Dodo Payments. Set the trial days on the tier, from 0 to 365, and the plans readers choose from show how many days are free. Paystack has no trials.
- Can I put a paywall on some posts and not others?
- Yes. Every post has its own Who can read setting: Public, Members only, Paid members only or Specific tiers. A locked post still shows its title, cover and excerpt.
- Can members cancel by themselves?
- Yes. On their account page, a member opens Manage billing to use the provider's billing portal, or presses Cancel membership. The plan ends at the end of the paid period.
- Can I give someone a free membership?
- Yes. On the member's page, comp them on any tier on sale, with no end date or until a day you choose. They read everything the tier opens, and the roster shows them as comped.
Works well with
Every feature →-
Newsletters Every post, in every inbox. Send every post as a newsletter: many lists, two email designs, opens and clicks, links you can fix after sending. From $9 a month. Read about newsletters →
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Circles A private room for your people. Circles are private groups of members with posts only they can read: founding members, cohorts, clients. Add people by hand or sync them from your app. Read about circles →
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Community Readers who stay, and talk back. Give readers a member account with no password, a conversation under every post, and badges that honour your supporters. Moderated by your team. Read about members and comments →
How to use it
Every guide →- Getting started Choose a plan Seven plans, every feature on each. They differ in newsletter emails a month and storage, and the emails you do not send roll over for 12 months.
- Paid memberships Sell paid memberships Connect Stripe, Paystack or Dodo Payments, make tiers with monthly and yearly prices, and lock posts for the readers who pay. No platform fee.
- Paid memberships Put a post behind a paywall Lock any post for members, for paying members or for chosen tiers. Readers outside see the title and the excerpt. Do it in the editor or ask your agent.
- Paid memberships Choose a payment provider Stripe, Paystack or Dodo Payments: which one fits where you and your readers are, what each asks of you, and why PixelGlass takes no fee on any.
- Paid memberships Offer a free trial Give new paying members free days before the first payment. Set the trial on a tier, from 1 to 365 days, on Stripe or Dodo Payments.
- Paid memberships Comp a member Comp a reader on any tier, for good or until a day you choose: a guest writer, a partner, a press pass. They read what the tier opens and pay nothing.
Every feature on every plan
Start your publication
today.
Plans from $9 a month. No platform fee on what your readers pay.
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