How to Set up and Share a Private Membership

This article will take you through;

1. What is a private membership?
2. How to set up a private membership
3. Sharing a link to a private membership
4. Killing a shared link to stop sign-ups
5. Next steps and additional support

What is a Private Membership?

A ‘Private Membership’ is a membership that you hide from the 'Member App' and 'Website Portal'. However, you may still sell the membership manually through the dashboard or by sharing a direct link to the membership. 

'Private Memberships' are useful for many reasons, maybe you want to set up a discounted membership or offer special terms for a specific group of people, or maybe you just want to restrict the sign-ups to a target audience of your choice. 

How to set up a private membership

To set up a private membership, follow these steps;

1. Navigate to the 'Manage' icon on the left sidebar and click 'Services'
2. Click ‘Add’ to create a new membership or click into an existing membership that you wish to make private.
3. Click the 'Details' tab to set up or update your membership details 
4. On the 'Details' tab, scroll down and click the ‘Advanced’ button
5. Toggle on the ‘Private’ option 
6. Click the 'Plan' tab to set up or update your payment plan
7. Click 'Save' 

Sharing a link to a private membership

You can sell your membership through the dashboard, but there may be times when you want to send a client a direct link to a private membership so they can complete the purchase themselves, to do that, follow these steps; 

1. Go to 'Manage' on your Glofox dashboard
2. Select 'Services'
3. Go to the specific membership plan you want to share
4. Click on the 'Plans' tab 
5. Select the  icon and the URL to this membership will be copied to your clipboard
6. Now you can paste the URL into an email or private message, social network, or wherever you went to send the membership to 

Killing a shared link to stop sign-ups

There is no limit on how many people can purchase private membership through the link shared from your dashboard. However, you may want to give this offer end date or stop sign-ups after a certain number of sign-ups is reached. The best way to do this is to use a service like Rebrandly to kill or re-direct links after they have been sent out. 

1. Sign up to Rebrandly
2. Paste in the membership link you want to shorten and eventually kill
3. Share your new Rebrandly link with whoever you like
4. When you are ready to end sign-ups to this membership, sign in to Rebrandly and click the link you want to end
5. Click the 'trash can' icon and 'DELETE' to delete access to this link

Next steps and additional support

To find out more about 'Memberships' read the articles below; 

• Setting up Single vs. Recurring Memberships
• Setting up a Consecutive Membership
• Setting up a Credit Pack
• Setting up a Restricted Services Membership

For additional support, reach out to support@glofox.com, and we will be happy to assist you.