Use membership pricing for a Community
In Tapmy, Community is the product and membership is a recurring billing model for it. Use recurring pricing when members get continuing value, and tell buyers the price, renewal and cancellation terms before they pay.
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What do I settle before pricing a membership?
- What ongoing result do members get, and how often?
- Is access free, one-time or recurring? You do not need a separate Membership product.
- What are your member limits? Free 50, Pro 100, Max unlimited per Site, and the owner is not counted.
- For paid access, are renewal, cancellation and refund terms written down?
How do I set up recurring Community pricing?
- State the recurring promise. Name the discussions, resources, events, feedback or accountability members get. Do not sell access with no plan to deliver.
- Use the billing intervals you can see. Offer only what the product shows. Do not advertise annual billing, trials, coupons, pause or proration until you have tested them.
- Price for the work. Count moderation, content, events and support. Tapmy takes 3% of your sales on Pro and 1% on Max. Stripe processing fees are separate, and taxes, refunds and disputes can also change what reaches your bank.
- Explain the lifecycle. Tell buyers when access starts, when billing repeats, how to cancel, when access ends and how refunds work.
- Test the whole path. Run checkout, access, renewal, cancellation, failed payment and removal with a test process you trust.
- Watch your limits. Posts and events are 50 a month on Free, 500 on Pro and unlimited on Max. Free has one channel, and Pro and Max have unlimited channels.
For plan details, see Pricing.
What does a good setup look like?
- The product is called Community, and recurring billing is described as how people join it.
- Buyers see price, cadence, what is included, renewal and cancellation before paying.
- Member access follows the payment or subscription state.
What if buyers are confused or limits bite?
- A buyer expected one payment. Make the cadence and renewal clearer before checkout.
- You are over a lower plan's cap. Existing members stay after a downgrade, but new members are blocked until you are under it.
- A renewal fails. Do not promise retry timing or a grace period until you have confirmed how it works.
- Someone searches for "Membership". Point them here instead of creating a second product type.
What should I record?
Keep the Community offer, your plan, the price and cadence shown, your cancellation wording, the member limit, subscription or payment references, access state and the dates you ran lifecycle tests.
What next?
Define the recurring promise, build onboarding and check access controls before you invite paying members. If a problem remains, contact Tapmy Support with the Community URL, your plan, the member email with part hidden, the order or subscription reference, the time and time zone, and expected versus actual access. Never share private Community content, passwords, codes, full card details or secret keys.
