---
title: Members-only recommendations
sidebarTitle: Members-only
description: >-
  Keep some of your recommendations as a perk for subscribers, and know exactly
  what everyone else sees.
audience: luminary
feature: recommendations
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-13'
keywords:
  - private recommendation
  - subscribers only
  - members only resources
  - member perk
  - hide recommendation
url: >-
  https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/recommendations/members-only-recommendations
---

# Members-only recommendations

> Keep some of your recommendations as a perk for subscribers, and know exactly what everyone else sees.

You'll end up with some recommendations open to everyone and some saved for people who subscribe to your portal.

## When to use this

- You have a few go-to resources you'd like to give members as a thank-you.
- You recommend a practitioner or retreat you only share with clients you know.
- You want visitors to see that there's more inside when they subscribe.

## Make a recommendation Private

**Step 1: Open your list**

Go to [Audience → Recommendations](https://portal.bringsoul.life/recommendations).

**Step 2: Switch its visibility**

On the recommendation's card, open the menu and click Make Private. You'll see *"Visibility
updated successfully"* and the card's label changes to Private.

For a new recommendation, turn the switch at the top of the Add Recommendation window off, so it reads Private: _"Recommendation only for subscribers."_

To open one up again, choose Make Public.

## Who sees what

| Viewer                           | Public recommendation            | Private recommendation                                                                |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Visitor, not signed in           | Card, full note and working link | The card and your note, but not the full link: it's cut back to the website's address |
| Signed in, not subscribed to you | Card, full note and working link | Same as a visitor                                                                     |
| Active subscriber to your portal | Card, full note and working link | Card, full note and working link                                                      |

So a Private recommendation works as a teaser: people can see what you recommend and why, and subscribing gets them there.

## Hide them from non-subscribers completely

If you'd rather visitors didn't see your recommendations at all, set the whole section to Subscribers Only:

**Step 1: Open the portal editor**

Go to [My Portal → Design](https://portal.bringsoul.life/portal) and open the Sections tab.

**Step 2: Change the section's visibility**

Under Recommendations, choose Subscribers Only. It saves automatically.

This applies to every recommendation, public or private.

## Tips

- Say it in the note, but keep secrets out of it. A Private recommendation's description is still visible to everyone who sees the card, so hint at the perk (_"Subscribers get the link to my favourite retreat host"_) and never put a discount code or private contact details there.
- Check the member view with Preview As in the portal editor before you announce anything.
- Membership pricing is set under Business. See [Membership pricing](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/membership-pricing).

## Related

- [Show them on your portal](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/recommendations/show-recommendations-on-your-portal): 
Turn on and place the section.

- [Visitors vs. members](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/portal/visibility): 
How visibility works across your portal.

- [Edit, share and remove](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/recommendations/manage-and-share): 
All the actions on a recommendation.

- [Recommendations introduction](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/audience/recommendations): 
What recommendations are for.