---
title: Set up a membership with tiers
sidebarTitle: Membership with tiers
description: >-
  Offer up to five membership prices, billed monthly, yearly or both, so members
  can choose the level that fits.
audience: luminary
feature: membership-pricing
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-14'
keywords:
  - membership pricing
  - tiers
  - subscription price
  - monthly and yearly
  - pricing levels
  - change price
  - membership plans
url: 'https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/membership-pricing'
---

# Set up a membership with tiers

> Offer up to five membership prices, billed monthly, yearly or both, so members can choose the level that fits.

Give members a choice of fixed prices, such as an accessibility rate, a standard rate and a supporter rate.

Every tier opens the same membership; tiers differ only in price. If you just want monthly and yearly billing, one tier with both is enough.

## When to use this

- You want a small number of clear prices rather than a sliding scale.
- You want to offer a yearly plan with a discount alongside monthly.
- You're moving from another platform that had named tiers.

Prefer a sliding scale? See [Offer a free or pay-what-you-can membership](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/free-or-pay-what-you-can).

**Step 1: Open Pricing**

Go to [Business → Pricing](https://portal.bringsoul.life/settings/pricing), on the Pricing tab.

**Step 2: Switch to tiers**

If you see Pricing Range, click Switch to Tiers under *"Prefer a Detailed Pricing Structure?"*.
Soul creates two tiers from your range to start you off.

**Step 3: Name and price each tier**

On each tier card, enter a name in Name this tier… (for example *Community rate*) and a Base
monthly price. Each tier needs its own price.

**Step 4: Choose billing options**

Under Billing options, turn on Monthly billing, Yearly billing or both. For yearly, tick Add a
discount and enter the Discount (%). The yearly price is twelve months of the base price, minus
your discount. The card shows the result, such as *"$192 billed annually"*.

**Step 5: Add more tiers**

Click Add Price Tier, fill in the card, and click Add Price Tier again. You can have up to 5.
Tiers sort themselves by price.

**Step 6: Save**

Click Save Changes. You'll see *"Pricing updated successfully!"*

## Anatomy of a tier

| Setting               | What it does                                                                                                                                                           |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name this tier…       | The tier's name                                                                                                                                                        |
| Base monthly price    | The monthly price, in USD, above $0                                                                                                                                   |
| Monthly billing       | Members pay every month. Optional Add a discount.                                                                                                                      |
| Yearly billing        | Members pay once a year. Optional Add a discount.                                                                                                                      |
| One-time purchase     | A single payment instead of a subscription. Can't be combined with monthly or yearly. See [Sell a fixed-length program](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/fixed-length-membership). |
| Subscription Duration | Indefinitely (until canceled) or Fixed duration                                                                                                                        |

## Tips

- Three tiers is a sweet spot: a lower rate for access, a standard rate, and a supporter rate that helps others join.
- Explain the tiers somewhere visible. The pricing page shows each tier's name, price and billing, and lists what every plan includes, but not a description, so explain them in your bio (it shows at the top of your pricing page) or an announcement.
- Collect what you need at sign-up with a [pre-subscription form](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/onboarding).
- Welcome every new member with a [welcome email](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/settings/welcome-new-subscribers). Set it up before you launch.
- Turn on the Membership section in [My Portal → Design](https://portal.bringsoul.life/portal) so visitors see the _Join_ card.

**Warning:** 
A new price applies to new subscribers only. Existing members keep the price they joined at and
aren't moved automatically. To change what current members pay, ask them to cancel under Purchases
and re-subscribe, or give them a [promo code](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/promotions). See [Change your
membership price](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/pricing/change-your-membership-price).

## Messages you might see

| Message                                          | Fix                                                      |
| ------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Maximum tiers reached (5)                        | Remove a tier, or switch to a range.                     |
| _"Finish configuring every tier before saving…"_ | Every tier needs a billing option and a price above $0. |
| _"Each tier needs a unique base price…"_         | Two tiers can't share the same price. Change one.        |

## What your members see

Your pricing page at `https://bringsoul.life/portal/<your-handle>/pricing`, titled Join &lt;your portal name&gt;'s space with your bio below it. Each tier shows as a card per billing option: monthly cards say _"Cancel any time"_, yearly cards say _"Save N% on the year"_ (or _"Billed once a year"_ with no discount), and the yearly plan that saves the most is tagged Best value. Below the cards is what membership opens, then a Continue · $X/month button.

From there they create an account or sign in, answer your [pre-subscription form](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/onboarding) if you have one, and pay on the Subscribe page. That's where they can open Have a promo code?. The button reads Subscribe · $X / month (or / year). Send people straight to your pricing page; it's the quickest way to join.

## Related

- [Business introduction](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/overview)
- [Launch a promo code](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/promotions)
- [Offer a free trial](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/free-trial)
- [Show different things to visitors and members](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/portal/visibility)
- [Change your membership price](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/pricing/change-your-membership-price)
