How Subscriby Works
End-to-end walkthrough of the Subscriby flow — creator setup, subscriber signup, automated member management, and the money path.
By the end of this page you'll understand how a Subscriby-powered membership goes from empty project to paying, automated community — and who does what along the way.
Subscribers never see Subscriby as a brand. They see your bot, your channel, your plans. Subscriby is the plumbing.
The flow at a glance
1. Creator sets up
Project, plans, payment methods, and a connected connector. One-time afternoon of work.
2. Subscriber discovers
Bot deep-link or portal page, picks a plan, enters payment.
3. Subscriby grants access
Webhook confirms payment, subscription row is created, bot issues single-use invite links.
4. Subscriber joins
Taps each button in the bot — lands in the places the plan grants.
5. Subscriby keeps running
Renewals, expiry kicks, unauthorised-join cleanup, dashboard sync — all automatic from here.
Creator-side setup (one time)
Register as a creator
Register with an email address and a password, or press Continue with … to start from an account on a connected platform and link it on the way in. See Creating an account.
Activate a creator plan
Pick Free, Starter, or Growth and add a payment method on file. Even the Free plan requires a card because per-transaction fees apply. Paid plans start with a 7-day free trial, charged nothing until it ends — though sales during it stay on the Free tier's 10% rate. See Activate your subscription.
Create a project
Name, handle (for the portal URL), banner, and description. See Creating a project.
Install and connect a connector
Install the connector for the platform your community lives on from the project's Connectors page, then connect it: the connector walks you through creating its bot on the platform and pasting the credential. Do this before defining resources — the places a connector gates can only be linked once it is connected.
Define resources
With your connector connected, link the places you want to monetize directly — or start with a Manual Perk (PDF, Notion link, perk text) for anything off-platform. See Resources.
Enable payment methods
Pick from Stripe, PayPal, Skrill, CoinPayments, Paystack, Razorpay, CeyPay and Access Codes, plus any native payment your connector brings. See Payment methods.
Build subscription plans
Pricing tier plus billing cycle plus trial rules plus the resources each plan unlocks. See Subscription plans.
Share your bot or portal URL
Post it on social media, existing channels, or via direct deep-links. See Sharing your project.
Typically one afternoon. After that, subscribers can start joining on their own.
Subscriber-side flow (recurring)
Discover the project
Subscriber opens your bot link on their platform or visits your portal page (my.subscriby.net/your-handle).
Pick a plan
On the bot — welcome message, terms acceptance, interactive plan list. On the portal — sign in with a connected platform, Google or an email magic link, plan cards, Subscribe Now button.
Pick a payment method
Only methods you've enabled are shown. The portal lists web-based providers; the bot additionally shows any native payment the connector brings.
Pay the provider
Card details (Stripe, PayPal, etc.), in-app purchase (a connector's native payment), or crypto send (CoinPayments, CeyPay) — whichever flow the chosen provider uses.
Access is provisioned
On confirmation, a Subscriby webhook receives the event, creates the subscription row, and instructs the connector to issue personal access to every place the plan unlocks.
Subscriber joins
The bot sends the member their access, one button per place. The subscriber taps each one and the connector admits them.
From the subscriber's perspective — few taps, one payment, under a minute. Behind the scenes Subscriby is orchestrating webhooks, access issuing, membership grants, and audit logging.
The ongoing lifecycle
The money path
Subscribers pay your provider
Funds go directly into your Stripe / PayPal / Razorpay / … account. Subscriby never holds your revenue.
Provider payouts
Each provider has its own payout schedule. Stripe ≈ 2–7 days, PayPal usually faster, crypto providers settle near-instantly (but one-way — no automatic refund path).
You pay Subscriby
The transaction fee is either deducted at charge time (Stripe — Direct Charge model) or accumulated and invoiced monthly (every other provider). Creator-plan subscription is billed separately by Subscriby through Stripe.
What's automated vs what's on you
Platform connection upkeep
Keeps each connector's link to its platform registered so the bot hears every event in real time.
Access issuing
Issues personal access per subscriber per place, in whatever form the platform uses.
Unauthorised-member sweep
Detects members who snuck in without a subscription and removes them on a periodic sweep.
Clean re-invites
Lifts a previous removal cleanly before re-admitting a subscriber so the platform does not refuse them.
Provider catalogue sync
Keeps payment-provider product / price catalogues in sync when you change plans.
Subscriber notifications
Trial-ending reminders, renewal-failure notices, and more — delivered through the bot.
Activity timeline
Tracks every lifecycle event per subscription for audit and support.
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