# Community Memberships

## 🔁 Creating a Membership

1. Click on **Digital Offers** on the left sidebar.
2. Select **"Membership"** as an offer type.

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Before creating a paid digital offer, you must connect a Stripe account to your platform.
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{% content-ref url="../integrations/stripe-integration" %}
[stripe-integration](https://help.intellectra.io/manual/integrations/stripe-integration)
{% endcontent-ref %}

3. **Title Your Membership Offer:**

* Enter a title for your membership offer.

4. **Choose a Pricing Model for Your Membership:**

   * **One-Time Payment:** Enter a one-time price. (minimum $0.50).
   * **Recurring Payment:** Set up a recurring payment schedule. (minimum $0.50).
   * **Free:** Select "Free" to make the membership available at no cost.

5. **Define Community Permissions:**

   * Select which Hub group(s) purchasers of this offer will gain access to.

6. **Upload a Thumbnail:**

   * Add a thumbnail image that will be displayed on the checkout page.

7. **Upload a Cover (Optional):**
   * Enhance the aesthetics of the checkout page by uploading a cover image that provides additional information about the offer.

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8. **Customize the Confirmation Email (Optional):**

* Customize the email that users will receive.

9. **Set the Purchase Destination (Optional):**

   * Customize the URL users are redirected to after purchase.
   * By default, users are automatically logged into the platform after completing the purchase. Toggle "Redirect users to a custom link" to send them to a specific URL, such as a thank-you page.

10. **Enable Customer Resell Rights (Optional):**
    * Toggle "Enable customers to resell this offer for a commission" to allow an affiliate program for this offer.
    * Set the resell commission and provide a description for the affiliate program

To learn more about Customer Resell Rights:

{% content-ref url="../customer-resell-rights-affiliates" %}
[customer-resell-rights-affiliates](https://help.intellectra.io/manual/customer-resell-rights-affiliates)
{% endcontent-ref %}

11. **Add Custom Code (Optional):**

* Insert custom code on the checkout page, such as a Facebook pixel for conversion tracking or live chat integration.

12. Click "**Save** to" create your membership offer.
13. Click "**View offer page"** to preview your community offer page.

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Optionally, when creating or editing your membership offer, you can display a customizable landing page before the checkout process. To do this, click 'Landing Page' at the top of the page to customize and enable it.
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**Before selling, it's crucial to test the checkout process.**

Create a $0.50 test offer and use it to complete a purchase **using a separate email** to ensure confirmation emails and fund deposits into your Stripe account are functioning correctly.
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Stripe may require additional verifications through your Stripe dashboard. If you encounter an error while attempting to create a paid digital offer, please access your Stripe dashboard and complete any necessary verification steps.
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## 🔓 Updating Buyers Permissions

To modify the community permissions for buyers who have already made a purchase, follow these steps:

*Example: Giving access to a new Hub group, **Weight Training**, for users who purchased access to the Yoga **Hub Group**:*

1. Click on **Digital Offers** on the left sidebar.
2. Click on the **Weight Training membership** offer.
3. Add **Yoga** Hub Group to Community Permissions.
4. Click **Save**.

Now, all users who purchase access **to the Weight Training Hub Group** will have access to **Yoga Hub Group**.