Memberships and tiers

Offer paid membership tiers to give your most loyal members exclusive benefits. This is a great way to generate recurring revenue.

Set Up Paid Membership

You can turn on paid membership at any time — you don't have to do it when you first create your community. If you skipped it during setup, here's where to change that:

1. Open your host dashboard and go to the Overview tab. If paid membership isn't enabled yet, you'll see an "Enable paid membership" banner near the top. The same option is also available under the Settings tab. Click it to open the setup wizard. (You need to be the community Owner or an Admin to see this.)
2. Set your pricing. Give the tier a name (for example "Member," "Gold," or "Supporter") and set a monthly price, an annual price, or both.
3. Define member benefits. List what members get — for example access to exclusive events, priority registration, ticket discounts, or a private discussion feed.
4. Add registration questions (optional). Ask members anything you want them to answer when they subscribe.
5. Connect Stripe. This is required so you can collect payments. Connect a Stripe account (or finish Stripe setup if you started it earlier) and make sure payouts are enabled.
6. Announce it (optional). The wizard can send an email to your existing followers letting them know membership is now open.

Enabling membership permanently turns on membership features for your host profile, so the wizard asks you to confirm before finishing.

Edit Your Tier Later

Once membership is on, manage the tier anytime from the Settings tab under the Paid membership section. You can rename the tier and change its benefits whenever you like. Prices lock once your first member subscribes, so set those carefully.

Add Perks to Each Tier

Describe the benefits. For example:

• Access to exclusive events
• Priority registration
• Discount on all tickets
• Private chat channel
• Direct messaging with you

Be specific about what members receive.

Gate Tickets to Membership Tiers

When you create a new event, you can require membership to buy tickets. Choose which tier has access to which ticket type. This limits sales to your paying members.

Members Subscribe Anytime

Members choose a tier and subscribe monthly or annually. Billing renews automatically each month or year. They can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime.

Manage Your Members

From your dashboard's People tab, see who's subscribed, which tier they chose, and when their subscription renews. If you set up membership questions, click on any member to view their answers. Send member-exclusive broadcasts. Remove anyone who violates community guidelines.

If you enabled Require approval, the People tab shows a Pending filter where you can review applicants, see their answers, and approve or decline them.

Track External Members (Pro)

If you collect payments outside of Eventship — like cash, bank transfers, or through another platform — you can still track those members as paid.

In your People tab, click the pencil icon next to any subscriber's type to mark them as a paid member. Click it again to revert them to a subscriber. This requires an Eventship Pro subscription and a paid membership tier.

You can also bulk-import paid members via CSV by adding a member column with "yes" for each paid row.

External members get full paid-tier access: member-only events, discussion feeds, and broadcasts.

Free Plan Includes Tiers

Even on Eventship's free plan, you can create membership tiers. Pro plan gets priority support and richer member data in exports. Upgrade anytime.

Payment

Eventship handles all billing. We take a small payment processing fee. Members see clear pricing before they subscribe.