Paid community on Whop
Sell membership access, give members a place to talk, and include lessons in the same offer.
How this could work for your business
Whop lets you sell a membership that connects payment, conversation and learning. Product access determines which apps a member can enter, so your offer can include a discussion space and courses in the same membership.
The value comes from the membership you design: who it is for, what happens each week and what members receive. Decide which material is free to preview and which requires payment, then make the first visit easy to understand. A tier only needs to exist if its access or service is meaningfully different.
How the business runs
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What you’ll need to decide
Who is the membership for, what recurring value do members receive, what is the price and billing period, are there different tiers, and what should a new member do first?
See the setup workflow
Define the recurring value
Write who the membership serves and what members get regularly. Describe the discussion, teaching or support you can actually deliver.
Set pricing and tiers
Choose billing periods and distinguish tiers by real access or service. Avoid creating multiple plans with identical unclear benefits.
Map products to app access
Decide which chat, forums and courses each product unlocks. Keep any free preview separate from the paid spaces.
Prepare the opening content
Add the lessons and discussion material members need on day one. Make the recommended first activity obvious.
Write the community operating rules
Set the expected discussion behavior, response cadence and moderation responsibility. These are operating choices rather than automatic guarantees from an app.
Draft member onboarding
Tell new members where to start, what happens next and how to get help. Review any automated messages you choose to enable.
Test access across membership states
Check the free visitor, paying member and ended-membership experiences. Verify the intended courses and discussion spaces, rather than only testing checkout.
Official documentation for this setup
- Flexible products and pricing Source checked 2026-09-29
- Chat and forums Source checked 2026-09-29
- Courses Source checked 2026-09-29
An illustrative setup, not an existing merchant or a configured Whop account. Turn on JavaScript to customize the demo and prepare your setup prompt.