Memberships

Turn casual listeners into a paying tribe — exclusive posts, private channels, and recurring revenue, all in one place.

Your memberships area is where you build the inner circle. It's a recurring revenue channel and a private clubhouse rolled into one — fans pay for a tier (or join a free one), unlock posts and collections you've made just for them, and chat with you directly inside their own channels.

Everything in this section lives under Memberships in your dashboard.

What you can do here

Create as many membership tiers as you want — paid, free, or pay-what-you-want.
Post images, video, and audio that only your members can see.
Group related posts into collections so members can binge a series, an EP, or a behind-the-scenes arc.
Manage every member — see who joined, when, what they're paying, and their full membership history.
Run a real-time chat with public channels, tier-locked channels, and direct messages.

One destination for fans

Your memberships work hand-in-hand with the rest of TribeNest. A new member can land on a smart link, a website page, or directly on a tier's checkout — they all flow into the same membership.

How it fits together

Membership tiers

Define the offers — pricing, perks, welcome message, and which smart link new members land on.

Posts

Drop image, video, and audio posts gated to one or more tiers, with collection support.

Collections

Bundle related posts into a series your members can scroll through in order.

Members

See every supporter, their tier, status, lifetime history, and location at a glance.

Messages

Run live channels — public, tier-only, or one-to-one — with pinning, typing indicators, and unread counts.

Free vs paid supporters

You don't need to charge to use memberships. A free tier is a great way to grow your list — fans sign up with their email, get welcomed into a public channel, and you can promote them to a paid tier later when you launch something special.

Paid tiers run on recurring billing through your connected payment account. Members can pay monthly or yearly, and you can also offer a pay-what-you-want option with a minimum amount you're comfortable with.

A typical setup

If you're starting from zero, this is the order most artists work in:

Create your tiers — usually a free tier, a low-cost monthly, and a higher annual or "VIP" tier.
Add benefits to each tier so fans know what they're getting (early demos, monthly livestreams, signed merch, whatever fits).
Write a welcome message for each paid tier so new members get a warm hello the moment they join.
Post a few things — a welcome video, a behind-the-scenes photo, a stripped-down audio demo. Restrict each to the right tier.
Open a chat channel so the conversation can start.

From there, you keep posting, your tribe grows, and your members page becomes your home for everything that matters.

Tips before you launch

A few things that save artists a lot of headaches when they're rolling out memberships for the first time:

Don't ship empty. Have at least one welcome post (and ideally a small collection) ready before you tell fans about your membership. Empty tiers feel awkward; full ones feel valuable.
Be specific about benefits. "Behind-the-scenes content" is vague. "One unreleased demo a month, plus a livestream Q&A" is something fans can picture themselves getting.
Set a welcome message. It's the first thing a new paid member receives. Make it warm, link to your first post, and tell them where to chat.
Open one chat channel. Even if it's just one public channel to start, having somewhere live for fans to talk makes the membership feel alive from day one.

Where to go next

New to TribeNest? Start with the getting-started guide.
Want fans to discover your tiers from outside? Pair them with smart links.
Ready to email your members? Head to emails.
Already selling? See how store, events, courses, and coaching live alongside memberships.
Manage your wider audience and contacts in operations.