# Free for a while. Paid when it counts.

> 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.

A trial is a number of free days on a tier. **The reader reads every paid post from the first day**, and the provider takes the first payment when the trial ends.

## By hand, in the admin

1. Open **Settings › Payments** and press the tier.
2. In **Free trial, days**, type the number of free days, up to 365. 0 is no trial.
3. Press **Save**. The list of tiers shows the trial beside the prices.
4. On your site's plans screen, the tier now says how many days are free.

The trial field shows while Stripe or Dodo Payments is connected. Paystack has no trials, so with Paystack the field is not there.

## With your agent

> Add a line under each tier on my /membership page that says how many days it is free.

> Draft a post that tells readers the Studio tier now starts with a free month, with a link to the plans.

The tools it calls: `read_site_page`, `edit_site_page`, `render_page`, `create_post`.

No tool changes a tier, so the trial itself is set by hand in Settings › Payments. A site page reads each tier's trial days from the site, so the words your agent writes there stay true when you change the number.

## Examples

- **A week to try the deep dives.** A markets analyst gives her Pro tier a 7-day trial. **New readers get a week of the full archive** before the first charge.
- **A free month for a launch.** A podcast's companion newsletter sets a 30-day trial for its launch, then sets it back to 0 when the launch is over.

## Questions

### How do I offer a free trial on PixelGlass?

Open the tier in Settings › Payments, type the number of free days in Free trial, days, and save. The plans screen then shows how many days are free.

### How long can a free trial be on PixelGlass?

Up to 365 days, set on each tier. 0 means the tier has no trial.

### Can a reader on a trial read paid posts?

Yes. On PixelGlass, a member on a trial counts as paying, so they read every post for paying members and for their tier while the trial runs.

### Which payment providers support trials on PixelGlass?

Stripe and Dodo Payments. Paystack has no trials, so the trial field does not show while Paystack is connected.

### Where does a member see when the trial ends?

On their account page on your site, which says the tier they are on and the day it is free until.

## See also

- [Sell paid memberships](https://pixelglass.co/guides/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.
- [Choose a payment provider](https://pixelglass.co/guides/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.
- [Comp a member](https://pixelglass.co/guides/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.
- [Paid memberships](https://pixelglass.co/features/memberships): Sell paid memberships in your own currency through Stripe, Paystack or Dodo Payments. Tiers, trials, a paywall on any post, and no platform fee.
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- [Pricing](https://pixelglass.co/pricing): every feature on every plan, 14 days free
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