# How to start a paid membership for your audience

> A step by step guide to turning followers into monthly supporters: pick tiers, decide what members get, set prices and share your page.

Web page: https://tkvr.me/guides/start-a-paid-membership

Published: 2026-10-11

## Start with the audience you already have

A membership works best when people already watch, read or listen to you for free. You are not looking for new fans. You are giving your biggest fans a way to support you every month.

## Decide what members get

Pick things you can keep doing every month without burning out. On TKVR a tier can unlock:

- [Members-only posts](https://tkvr.me/features/posts) with images, video, audio and voice memos.
- A [community chat](https://tkvr.me/features/community-chat) for members.
- [Direct messages](https://tkvr.me/features/direct-messages) with you.
- [Courses](https://tkvr.me/features/courses) and [livestreams](https://tkvr.me/features/livestreams).

## Keep the tiers simple

Two or three tiers are easy to understand. Higher tiers unlock everything below them, so each step up only has to add something.

A [free tier](https://tkvr.me/features/memberships) is an option too. People join with a sign in and no card, and you can gate posts, the chat and courses at it.

## Set it up

1. [Start free](https://tkvr.me/login?next=/studio/onboarding), pick a handle and add your name, a photo, a cover and your links.
2. Add your tiers with a monthly price in your own currency, and what each one gets.
3. Connect Stripe so supporters pay into your own account.
4. Write a first post, public or for members, so new visitors see what they are joining.
5. Share the link to your page everywhere your audience already follows you.

## Grow it

Public posts and [free follows](https://tkvr.me/features/free-follows) keep people around until they are ready to pay. [Bring a friend](https://tkvr.me/features/referrals) lets members invite people they know with a free month or a discount.

## What it costs

0% on your first 10,000 US dollars, then 3%. Read [how membership fees work](https://tkvr.me/guides/membership-fees).

## Related

- [Paid memberships with monthly tiers](https://tkvr.me/features/memberships)
- [Members-only posts with locked previews](https://tkvr.me/features/posts)
- [How membership fees work on TKVR](https://tkvr.me/guides/membership-fees)

Start free: https://tkvr.me/login?next=/studio/onboarding