Someone lands on your payment page. They like what they see. But paying monthly for a Discord server they have never been inside? Most people bounce.
Free trials fix this. Give them a window to experience your community. Let the content do the selling.
What Changed
You can now set a free trial on any recurring membership tier. 7 days. 14 days. 30 days. Whatever fits your community.
Your payment page shows the trial duration and the button changes to Start Free Trial. Subscribers get full access immediately. If they cancel before the trial ends, they are never charged. Stripe handles all of it automatically.
No coupon codes. No manual tracking. No complicated setup.
Set It Up in 30 Seconds
- Run
/setupand open Edit Pricing - Select a tier and click Edit Details
- Enter trial length (e.g. 7 days)
- Done. Your payment page updates instantly
Creating a new tier? The trial field is right there in the creation flow.
Why This Works
Netflix does free trials. Spotify does free trials. YouTube Premium does free trials. The psychology is simple. Once someone is inside and getting value, cancelling feels like losing something they already have.
For Discord communities this is even more powerful. Subscribers who spend a week in your channels, reading your content, talking to your members do not want to leave. The community sells itself. You just need to get them through the door.
Lower the barrier. Let your community do the work.
Ready to add free trials? Run /setup in your Discord server.
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