5 Memberships Strategies from Fourthwall Creators

Fourthwall lets you create the perfect membership strategy for your goals. Want to make extra income without extra work? Or looking to offer paid access to exclusive content? Maybe something in between feels right. Regardless of your approach, Fourthwall has the tools you need to make your vision a reality.

Here’s a look at how some of the leading creators are bringing together their shop, content, and community engagement into a single experience – fully customized and branded to them.

Merch clubs are the best clubs

Offering Memberships to your community doesn’t have to mean adding a ton of work to your plate. Already have a shop your supporters love? Give them more reasons to stock up on your products and reward them for their loyalty with a simple membership model.

Miss Megzie

You’ll spot Miss Megzie’s “Goon Squad” from a mile away. Why? They’re kitted head to toe in her members-only swag. Megzie builds brand identity and loyalty with a membership offering that includes discounts, early access, and special Discord roles, so members can show off their support in more ways than one.

Sweet, simple, and digital

Have a digital product your community loves? Give them a simple option to unlock even more access, stay up to date on the latest, and show their appreciation for what you do. 

Patrick Stirling

Fourthwall Partner Patrick Stirling is one of the top selling digital product creators on Fourthwall. His loyal supporter base can’t get enough of his presets, templates, and plugins for DaVinci Resolve. With Memberships, he can offer them an accessible way to support his work while scoring free products and premium access to his Discord server – talk about a win-win!

Manuel Gardner Fernandes

Manuel Gardner Fernandes is a musician and content creator with a thriving creative community. He offers digital products in the form of unlimited guitar tabs to members, adding value at an accessible price without stretching his bandwidth.

Exclusive content… and then some

Creators have long used tools like Patreon to diversify and grow their revenue streams while giving supporters access to premium content. Fourthwall Memberships offer all the benefits of Patreon, Kofi, and Fanhouse, plus the ability to bring together your homepage, shop, and members-only area into an all-in-one experience for supporters. Creators like TMG Studios, ICMAP, and ASMRxBABEE use Fourthwall’s powerful content tools to offer their members exclusive podcast and video content alongside members-only products and discounts.

TMG Studios

TMG Studios, home to top podcasts like Tiny Meat Gang and Trillionaire Mindset, uses Fourthwall to give members access to content-based perks like ad-free and bonus episodes, complete show archives, and private RSS feeds across their network. Thanks to our e-commerce integration, they’re also able to offer discounts and early access to their extensive product catalog. Engagement features like top comments, subscription streaks, and Discord access are the cherry on top of an S-tier membership experience. 

I Could Murder a Podcast (ICMAP)

I Could Murder a Podcast (ICMAP) brings listeners into the action with bonus weekly episodes, behind-the-scenes clips, and the ability to vote and suggest new content for the show. Higher tier subscribers get access to a monthly live Q&A with the hosts, and birthday video messages add a personal touch. An exclusive members-only merch line (plus discounts for higher tier subscribers) brings this well-balanced offering together.

ASMRxBABEE

ASMRxBABEE gives members bonus videos, behind-the-scenes posts, and monthly members-only livestreams. All Access subscribers get to know the creator beyond her typical ASMR content with a special monthly vlog. A 10% merch discount for all tiers gives members an extra incentive to support her shop.

Sticker clubs & community engagement

Your shop provides the perfect foundation for engaging community members. With Fourthwall Memberships, you have the tools you need to offer fun product-based rewards to your members and involve them in your creative process.

ShiftyThrifting

Fourthwall Partner ShiftyThrifting, whose shop focuses around rare thrift shop finds, is an expert in self-fulfilled products. When it comes to Memberships, ShiftyThrifting gets creative by using a wide range of Fourthwall tools – lower tier members get to stay updated on new one-of-a-kind products, vote on what they’d like to see in the shop, and get access to monthly giveaways, while higher tier members unlock all of those perks (and more) plus a monthly subscription to an exclusive sticker club (powered by Fourthwall’s on-demand catalog).

Killem_Gillam

Sticker clubs are a great way to offer your members something special and tangible without breaking the bank. Killem_Gillam, also a Fourthwall Partner, offers Sticker Club access to all tiers, with discounts and free gifts sweetening the deal for higher tiers. Fun fact: Killem created the design icons for all of her tiers herself!

Show ‘em the VIP treatment

Supporters love to be recognized and rewarded for their contributions. Fourthwall Memberships make it easy to offer multiple levels of support, so there’s something for everyone. For those diehard fans, offering VIP rewards is easy through features like personalized videos, tier-specific products, Discord integration, and more.

Abdallah Smash

Abdallah Smash has four different tiers for supporters to choose from, starting at just $4.99/month. But for those willing to subscribe to the VIP Platinum Tier, he pulls out all the stops to make them feel extra special with custom perks like following on social media and exchanging friend codes for Nintendo Switch, plus exclusive Discord roles and monthly meetups. Abdallah also makes use of custom promotional offers for annual subscribers, incentivizing members at every level to commit for a full year of awesomeness.

SteveInSpawn

SteveInSpawn gives supporters tons of tiers to choose from when deciding how to subscribe. Members of tiers 1-3 get scalable benefits like Discord access, members-only products and discounts, and access to a weekly blog. When it comes to offering perks that require time and attention, such as VIP stream recognition and “thank you” shoutouts at the end of his videos, Steve strategically reserves these for subscribers of higher tiers to keep his bandwidth manageable. 

RoninGT

Fourthwall Partner RoninGT combines one of Fourthwall’s most popular features, personalized thank you videos, with his membership offerings to make it easy to show love to subscribers with every purchase from his shop. Combined with VIP Discord access and members-only merch and discounts, these perks seamlessly bring together some of his supporters’ favorite things in one place.

Which of these membership strategies are your favorite? Do you plan to take a similar approach or try something totally different? Let us know on Twitter @FourthwallHQ or in Discord. We can’t wait to see what you create!

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