Sell access to your Discord. Keep 95.5%.
A Discord invite link is just a URL. Put it behind a Stripe payment wall. Buyers pay once, get the link by email, and join. The whole setup takes under 60 seconds — no bots, no role management, no monthly software.
Start selling accessWorks with any Discord invite link. No bot required.
Why you don't need a bot
The standard advice for paid Discord communities is Whop, Memberful, or a custom bot that verifies payment and auto-assigns roles. That setup takes hours, requires ongoing maintenance, and has a monthly cost.
But a Discord invite link is just a URL. Put that URL behind a payment wall. Buyers pay, get the invite link delivered to their inbox instantly, and join your server. No infrastructure to maintain. No ongoing software bill.
This works for most paid communities — especially those priced under $200 and run by one person. If you need per-member role management at scale, a bot is worth it. For everyone else, this is simpler and cheaper.
Gate your community without infrastructure
Keep free-riders out. Paying members get the invite link — delivered on screen immediately and by email as backup. No bots, no webhooks.
One-time pricing that converts
Sell lifetime access with a permanent invite. One-time pricing converts better than monthly subscriptions for most communities.
Works for Slack too
Paste any invite URL — Discord or Slack. The workflow is identical. Buyers pay, get the link, join.
Create your Discord invite link
Right-click the channel you want new members to land in, click Invite People, then Edit invite link. Set expiration to Never and max uses to No limit. Copy the link (discord.gg/yourcode). Keep it out of public posts — this is what buyers receive.
Build your paywall on unseal.link
Paste the Discord invite URL, write a short description of what members get, and set your price. Your paywall is live immediately. Enable payouts when ready — we create your payment account in 2 minutes, no Stripe account needed upfront.
Share your paywall link
Post your unseal.link paywall URL everywhere you promote your community — Twitter, newsletters, YouTube descriptions, bio links. It works anywhere a URL works.
Members pay and join
Stripe handles payment. The invite link appears on screen immediately after payment and arrives in their inbox within 30 seconds. They click it, join, done. No buyer account required.
Keep 95.5%
We take a 4.5% platform fee. Stripe fees apply separately. No monthly plans, no hidden cuts.
One-time vs. recurring: why one-time often wins
Most Discord monetization guides default to subscriptions. For many communities, one-time pricing is actually better.
Recurring subscriptions have churn. Every month some percentage of members cancel — which means you're constantly replacing them just to stay flat. One-time pricing creates a different dynamic: members feel ownership rather than tenancy. They're more engaged, they stay longer, and the community compounds instead of churning.
Lifetime access also converts better at the point of sale. "Pay $49 once" beats "pay $12/month" for communities that aren't delivering fresh structured content on a strict weekly schedule.
The exception: if your community delivers weekly signals, live calls, or curated research — content that has an obvious time value — subscriptions make sense. For general interest, niche professional, or coaching communities, one-time wins.
What to charge
Pricing depends on community type and how actively you engage:
- Hobby and interest communities: $5–$15 one-time
- Niche professional communities: $15–$49
- Trading signals, investment research, or deal flow: $49–$199
- Coaching plus community bundles: $99–$499
The single biggest lever: how actively do you show up? A community where you post daily and answer questions commands meaningfully higher prices than one that runs itself. Your participation is the product.
Protecting your invite link
You can't fully prevent link sharing — Discord invite links aren't single-use by default. What actually works:
Price as a deterrent. Someone who paid $79 is unlikely to hand that link to a friend. Price your community at a level where sharing feels costly.
Rotate periodically. Generate a new invite link, update your unseal.link product, and the old link stops working. Any shared copies are instantly dead. This is the lowest-effort protection and works for most communities.
Batch-limit for high-value communities. For communities priced at $100+, limit invite link uses to batches of 20–30. When a batch fills, generate a new one. Natural scarcity, no bot infrastructure.
Frequently asked
Can I handle recurring membership without a bot?
For annual or per-cohort renewals: generate a new invite link, update your paywall, and members who want to continue repurchase. This works well for annual pricing. For strict monthly subscriptions with automatic renewal, a bot like Whop is better suited.
Can I sell different tiers at different prices?
Yes. Create separate invite links per tier, then create one unseal.link product per tier with its own price. Each tier gets its own paywall URL. Share different links with different audiences.
What if I want to remove a member?
Remove them from the server. unseal.link handles payment; Discord handles membership. They're separate — revoking access in Discord doesn't trigger a refund automatically.
Is selling paid community access against Discord's terms?
Selling community access is permitted. Discord restricts selling in-game items and misrepresentation. Paid invite communities are widely used and explicitly within Discord's terms.
Does this work for Slack?
Exactly the same workflow. Paste a Slack workspace invite URL into unseal.link and it works identically.
What if someone shares the invite link with others?
Rotate your invite link periodically — generate a new one, update your unseal.link, and the old link stops working. For higher-priced communities, limit invite batches to 20–30 uses, then rotate.
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