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In some cases, you might want to give someone free access to your membership program. Since Memberful doesn’t allow $0 plans (the minimum price is $1), there are other ways to provide free access to one or more membership plans for members, friends, or staff. In this help article, we’ll cover the ways you can give free access, including free account registration, recurring 100% coupons, free trials, subscriptions added from the Memberful dashboard, and the all access pass.

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Allow free account registration

Free registration allows your members to sign up without any cost or obligation for a paid subscription. This group of free members can be targeted in our WordPress integration, member website and newsletter, as well as our email newsletter integrations. Learn more about free registration.

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Offer ongoing free access to a plan

Go to Revenue → Coupons in your Memberful dashboard. Create a recurring coupon with a 100% discount. The coupon can be applied at checkout by the member or from the Memberful dashboard by staff.
Give plan for free

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Give time-limited free access to a plan

If you’d like to offer free access to members for a limited period, you can offer them a free trial or add a subscription to their account through the Memberful dashboard.

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Offer a free trial to all members of a plan

When you edit a plan’s price, use the TRIAL setting to select a free-trial option and enter the trial length. For setup guidance, see Configure trials. Keep in mind that we don’t support free trials on plans that renew on a specific day of the month.
Free trial setting
Free trials apply to new members only. Current members and those already on a trial won’t be affected, even if you disable it later.

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Add a subscription through the Memberful dashboard

1

Open subscription creation

From the member’s profile, scroll down to the Subscriptions section, and click Add a new subscription.
Add a new subscription
2

Choose the plan without charging

Select the plan from the dropdown list, and uncheck Charge card for this plan… (only applicable if the member has a credit card on file).
Add a new subscription without charging credit card
3

Start the subscription

Click Start the subscription. If the member doesn’t add a method of payment before the next renewal date, their subscription will expire.

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Provide full access without payment

Here’s how to grant free access to all plans and downloads:
1

Edit the member

Click Edit member in the member’s profile.
2

Grant an all access pass

Grant an all access pass.
Give all plans and downloads for free
3

Save the changes

Save the changes.
The all access pass won’t grant Discord roles. To assign all roles, subscribe the member to each plan.

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View a list of all access pass members

To view a list of members with an all access pass, go to Members and select the All Access Pass members filter.
All Access Pass filter