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Community

Community turns your PayRequest Page into a simple private members area. Paying members log in to the same Page they used to join, see a welcome page, browse organized content, and keep access while their membership remains active. Your public Community URL is payrequest.me/<your-handle>/community.
Community is built into your existing PayRequest Page. It automatically reuses its banner, avatar, theme, profile information, and navigation instead of creating a separately styled website.

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What You Can Build

Welcome page

Introduce new members with formatted text and an optional YouTube or Vimeo video.

Content sections

Organize posts into topics such as Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Tutorials, or Tips & tricks.

Members-only posts

Publish protected articles with text, images, links, and supported video embeds.

Automatic access

Unlock content after successful membership payment and lock it when membership access ends.

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Set Up Your Community

1

Open Community

Go to Community in the dashboard. This feature is available on Premium and higher plans.
2

Configure the membership plan

Create or connect the membership customers buy. Its name, description, image, price, interval, and benefits form the public Community offer.
3

Write the welcome page

Add a welcome heading, formatted introduction, instructions, and optionally a YouTube or Vimeo URL.
4

Create sections

Add sections to keep a growing content library easy to browse. You can edit, reorder, or remove sections without deleting their posts.
5

Publish the Community

Turn on Published and save. Customer login stays enabled automatically while the Community is published.
6

Preview the member experience

Use Preview community or open your public Community URL.

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Add Content

Community content uses the existing Posts editor:
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Create a post

Open Posts and start a new post.
2

Protect the content

Set Access to Members only.
3

Choose a Community section

Assign the post to a section. Leave it unassigned if it should appear without a category.
4

Publish

Active and trial members can now open the complete post. Other visitors see the membership offer or a login action.
Deleting a section does not delete its posts. Those posts become uncategorized and remain available according to their publication and access settings.

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Visitor and Member Experience

Before joining, visitors see the membership product inside the Community tab. The plan explains the price and benefits without introducing a second Community name or duplicate Membership tab. After payment, PayRequest activates the subscription, lets the member log in using a magic link, and unlocks the welcome page, sections, and protected posts. Access is checked again whenever protected content is opened. Direct product links keep Page navigation visible, including Community, so visitors understand what their membership unlocks.

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Login, Cancellation, and Downloads

  • Customer login cannot be hidden while Community is published.
  • Active and trial memberships unlock protected content.
  • Cancellation keeps access until the subscription actually ends.
  • When access expires, members-only content is locked automatically.
  • Logged-in customers can use My downloads for digital products they previously purchased.
Digital product purchases do not automatically grant Community access. Community access comes from the connected membership subscription; downloads come from paid digital-product orders.

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Community or Telegram?

PayRequest Community is a hosted content area inside your PayRequest Page. The optional Telegram integration grants timed access to an external Telegram group or channel. You can use either feature independently or combine them as separate membership benefits.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Community provides a welcome page plus sections that organize your posts. This creates a simple mini-site structure without requiring a separate website builder.
Yes. It reuses the same banner, avatar, theme, profile, and navigation as your normal PayRequest Page.
No. They may see a title or short introduction, but complete protected content requires an active or trial membership.
Not from that purchase alone. The customer can log in to retrieve the e-book under My downloads, but Community requires the connected membership subscription.
Access normally continues through the paid period and ends when the subscription becomes inactive.

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Next Steps

Memberships

Configure pricing, billing, benefits, and access rules.

Posts

Create and organize protected content.

Digital Products

Sell files customers retrieve from their download library.

Customer Portal

Learn what logged-in customers can manage.