---
title: Offer a free trial of your membership
sidebarTitle: Free trial
description: >-
  Let people try your membership for a set number of days, or until a set date,
  before their first payment.
audience: luminary
feature: membership-pricing
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-14'
keywords:
  - free trial
  - trial period
  - try before paying
  - trial days
  - delay first payment
  - trial end date
url: 'https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/free-trial'
---

# Offer a free trial of your membership

> Let people try your membership for a set number of days, or until a set date, before their first payment.

A free trial is a promo code for your membership. Members enter it at checkout and aren't charged until the trial ends.

## When to use this

- People hesitate to pay before they've seen inside.
- You're launching and want a "try it for two weeks" offer.
- You want everyone who joins before your launch date to start paying on that date.

**Step 1: Open Promotions**

Go to [Business → Pricing](https://portal.bringsoul.life/settings/pricing) and open the Promotions tab. Click Create Promotion.

**Step 2: Name the code**

Enter a Code, such as `TRY14`. Codes use uppercase letters, numbers and underscores only.

**Step 3: Apply it to your membership**

Under Applicable Offerings, click Add Offering Type and choose My Portal. Free trials only work on your membership, so don't add other offering types.

**Step 4: Describe it**

Add a Description, for example *14 days free for new members*.

**Step 5: Choose Free trial**

Under Benefit Type, choose Free trial. Then either:

- enter Trial Days (for example `14`), or
- click the calendar button to set a Trial End Date and time instead. Everyone's trial ends on that date. It must be at least three days away.

**Step 6: Add limits (optional)**

Under Additional Rules, tick Expire after specific period to stop new sign-ups using the code after a date, Limit total uses, or Limit uses per user (usually 1).

**Step 7: Create it**

Click Create Promotion. It appears in your list as, for example, *"14 day trial"*, with status Active.

## Tips

- Share the code with the link. Send people to `https://bringsoul.life/portal/<your-handle>/pricing` and tell them: _"On the payment page, click Have a promo code? and enter TRY14."_
- Use a fixed end date for launches. Everyone who joins early starts paying on launch day.
- Make the trial count. Pair it with a [welcome email](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/settings/welcome-new-subscribers) that points new members to the best things to try first.
- Inviting specific people? [Subscriber invites](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/migrate-members) let you set a Billing Starts date for each person instead.

**Warning:** 
Free-trial codes only apply to subscriptions. If your membership is a One-time purchase, the code
is refused at checkout with *"Free trial promotions cannot be applied to one-time purchases"*.

## What your members see

They choose a plan on your pricing page and click Continue. On the Subscribe page they open Have a promo code?, type the code and click Apply. The order then shows the code with _"N days free"_, Due today drops to $0, and the button reads Start N-Day Free Trial. Below it they're told _"Your first charge is after the N-day trial."_ They add a payment method, and their first payment is taken when the trial ends.

## Related

- [Launch a promo code](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/promotions)
- [Set up a membership with tiers](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/membership-pricing)
- [Migrate members from another platform](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/migrate-members)