Charge for the community you already run
Your group is on WhatsApp, Discord or Telegram and it stays there. This is the paywall, the payment and the member list in front of it.
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In short
What is Tribearn for paid communities?
Tribearn is a paid community platform. You sell monthly or yearly access to the WhatsApp, Telegram or Discord group you already run, gate content to members, and get paid by UPI. New members see your group invite the moment they join, and the group itself stays where it is. Sold as a membership tier instead, access renews by UPI AutoPay and the invite is emailed. The Free plan is ₹0 a month and takes 10% of each sale; Starter (₹499 a month), Growth (₹1,499) and Scale (₹3,999) lower that to 5%, 3% and nothing.
| Plan | Price per month | Commission on sales |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ₹0 | 10% |
| Starter | ₹499 | 5% |
| Growth | ₹1,499 | 3% |
| Scale | ₹3,999 | None |
Free forever plan
Not a trial. Nothing switched off later.
Payouts to your bank
Real checkout, real settlements.
One link to share
Ready to post wherever you already are.
What you can sell
A paywall for your group, not another place to move it to
The hard part of a paid community is never the chat. It is collecting ₹399 from four hundred people every month, knowing who has actually paid, and getting the join link to them without doing it by hand. Your group stays where it is; this handles the rest.
Paid access to your group
Free or paid, monthly or yearly — your call.
- Monthly and yearly pricing
- Or run it free and grow the list
- Cap free sign-ups
- Paid at checkout by UPI or card
Joining handled for you
They pay, they get the link. You do nothing.
- Welcome note on joining
- Your invite link delivered with it
- Works with WhatsApp, Discord, Telegram
- No manual adding, one by one
Bundled into memberships
Community access as a reason to buy the bigger plan.
- Members auto-added on purchase
- Community as a plan perk
- Tiered access
- One subscription, several things
Members-only content
The things only the community gets.
- Community-only courses and products
- Members-only events and AMAs
- Gated stories and resources
- Public, member, or invite-only
Events for members
The calls and sessions that make it worth paying for.
- Member-only AMAs and calls
- Paid or free registration
- Capacity and registration lists
- Calendar files and reminders
A member list you can see
Who is in, who paid, and how they got there.
- Directory of members
- Joined free, bought, or via a plan
- Search and filter in seconds
- No spreadsheet to maintain
One link that sells the seat and hands over the key
Your community page takes the payment, records the member, and shows the welcome note with your invite link — all before you have read the notification.
In detail
How paid access and joining actually work
Paid access
The payment in front of the door
A paid community fails on collection, not on content. Four hundred members at ₹399 is four hundred reminders a month if you are doing it by hand — which is why most paid groups quietly become free ones.
- Monthly or yearly
- Set a price on either cycle, or both. Each payment covers that period — for automatic renewal, sell the group as a membership tier.
- Free is an option
- Run it free to build the list first and switch to paid later — the join flow is the same either way.
- Cap free sign-ups
- Set a seat limit on a free community and joining closes when it is reached. For a capped paid room, run it as a course cohort, which stops selling when full.
- You can see who paid
- Every member, how they joined and when, in one list — rather than cross-referencing a chat against a bank statement.
Joining
Handing over the invite link without being there
Once someone has paid they expect to be in immediately, and at 2am you are asleep. A welcome note carrying your invite link appears the moment they join, so the gap between paying and being inside is nothing.
- Welcome note on joining
- Write it once. Every new member sees it on screen the moment they join or pay.
- Your invite link inside it
- The welcome carries a link and button you choose — your WhatsApp invite, Discord invite, wherever the group is.
- Platform-agnostic
- The community itself stays where your people already are. Nothing has to be migrated anywhere.
- Three ways in, one list
- Joined free, bought access, or added automatically by a membership plan — all land in the same member directory.
Memberships
Community access as part of something bigger
A community on its own is one product. Attached to a membership it becomes the reason people pick the higher tier — and members bought that way are added without you touching anything.
- Bundled into a plan
- Give a membership tier community access and buyers are added automatically on purchase.
- Tiering that means something
- A basic tier without the community and a premium tier with it is a difference people understand instantly.
- Renews as a membership
- A membership tier renews by UPI AutoPay or card, and its group invite is emailed on payment — the recurring version of a paid group.
- Access follows the plan
- If the plan is revoked, their community membership ends with it.
Pricing
Paid community platform pricing in India
Start on the free plan and move up only when the maths says you should. Every plan lowers the commission on what you sell, so the cheapest option changes as you grow.
Free
Testing the waters
₹0/mo
10% commission
Starter
Your first ₹1 lakh
₹499/mo
5% commission
Growth
Going full-time
₹1,499/mo
3% commission
Scale
Teams and agencies
₹3,999/mo
No commission
Why paid communities run on it
Getting started
How to set up your community page
- 1
Create your page
Set up your community page in minutes — no technical skills needed.
- 2
Set a price
Free, or monthly and yearly at whatever you decide.
- 3
Add your invite link
Write the welcome note that hands over access.
- 4
Share one link
People join and pay themselves, and you get the money.
Who it’s for
For every kind of online community
Before you start
Paid community FAQs
Do I have to move my community off WhatsApp or Discord?
No, and you should not want to. Your group stays exactly where your people already are. This sits in front of it — it takes the payment, records the member and shows your invite link in the welcome note. Moving a working group to a new app is how communities die.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. The Free plan is ₹0 a month for as long as you want it — not a trial. It takes 10% of what you actually collect, so a free community costs you nothing at all. Paid plans start at ₹499 a month and cut that to 5%, 3%, or nothing.
Can members pay by UPI?
Yes. Members pay at checkout by UPI, card or netbanking, and the money settles into your bank account. There is no separate payment tool to sign up for.
Are people added to my Discord or WhatsApp automatically?
Not directly — we do not yet assign Discord roles or add numbers to a WhatsApp group for you. What happens is that a member who pays immediately sees your welcome note with your invite link in it, so they let themselves in without you being involved. Automatic role granting and removal is designed but not built; ask us where it has got to before you count on it.
What happens when someone stops paying?
A community payment covers the month or year they paid for, and nothing is removed automatically — not from your member list and not from the group. If you want access to follow payment, sell the group as a membership tier: it renews by UPI AutoPay, and their community membership ends if the plan is revoked. Removing someone from the group itself is a manual step either way, for the same reason as the answer above.
Can I cap how many people join?
For a free community, yes: set a seat limit and joining closes once it is reached. A cap on paid joins is not enforced yet — for a small paid room, run it as a course cohort, which stops selling when every seat is taken.
Can community access be part of a membership plan?
Yes, and it is usually the better structure. Attach community access to a membership tier and anyone who buys that tier is added to the community automatically, which gives people a concrete reason to pick the higher plan.
Can I keep some content and events for community members only?
Yes. Courses, events, digital and shop products, services, packages and stories can each be public, members-only, community-only or invite-only — so an open announcement and a community-only AMA can live on the same page. There is no feed of posts inside Tribearn; the conversation stays in your group.
More for your business
Wherever your community lives
The same paywall, with the joining details that differ per platform.
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Put a paywall in front of the group you already run, and stop collecting by hand.
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