Member Plugin Pro Setup Wizard Help – Setting Up Payments

Setting Up Payments

Running memberships at your site requires you to be able to accept payments from your member so that they can become members and continue to support you through their subscriptions.

To be able to do that, you must set up payments for your website.

Member Plugin Pro works with the widely used payment processor Stripe and enables you to accept 125+ types of payment methods ranging from credit/debit cards to direct bank or wallet payments from all around the world to increase your members and income.

Start by clicking the ‘Connect Payment Processor’ button at the setup wizard, then click one of the choices below depending on whether you already have a Stripe account to be taken to the relevant section of this guide:

I already have a Stripe account I don’t have a Stripe account

Connecting Stripe

If you already have a Stripe account, you will be asked to connect it to Member Plugin Pro. Click ‘Connect’.

Tax Info

You may be asked to set up tax processing. This is optional, but if you need to collect and pay taxes where you are, you have to do this. Choose what kind of membership benefit your membership provides. If you don’t provide physical goods/merch and you don’t do commissions, customized/individual services for members, the choice is generally Digital Goods.

Confirming Connection

You will be asked to confirm connecting payments to your website. Check whether your site name and url are connect. If so, click ‘Confirm’.

Back to Setup Wizard

You will be taken back to your site, to the final screen of the setup wizard. If there are additional steps, the setup wizard will guide you from there.

Creating a Payment Account

If you don’t already have a Stripe account, the setup will guide you in creating one.

The first step is entering your email and choosing a password  – use the main email that you use for your creator/membership business and choose a strong password.

Two Factor Authentication

You will be asked to set up two-factor authentication – an important security measure. If you know how to install/use authenticator apps, use an authenticator app. If you don’t, click ‘Use your Phone’ at the bottom instead. It will ask your phone number to verify your account.

This is the phone number option:

Backup Code

You will be given a backup security code that will secure your account. Save this in a safe place. This will allow you to recover your account even if you lose your phone.

Business Type

You will be asked to choose a country and a business type. Choose the country that you legally run your business in, and the legal type (ie, individual, sole proprietor, company, nonprofit) that you run your business under.

Personal Details

You will be asked to provide your personal details. Fill the form with correct values and continue.

Business Information

You will be asked information about your business. Choose a category that describes your business the best, fill in your website address, and shortly describe your creative/membership business.

Bank Account

You will be asked to provide a bank account. This will be the account that you will receive your payouts to.

Public Information

Provide information that will be used as public information to inform members. Statement descriptor and Short Descriptor are what the members will see in their credit card/bank statements, therefore make them informative so that the members will know that the charges are from you. Ie, ‘Super Creator Membership’, or ‘Super Creator’. Also fill in the info for from where you support your members. But turn off “Show phone number on receipts and invoices” for privacy.

Tax Info

Now set up tax. This is optional, but if you need to collect and pay taxes where you are, you have to do this. Choose what kind of membership benefit your membership provides. If you don’t provide physical goods/merch and you don’t do commissions or individualized services for different members, the choice is generally Digital Goods.

Confirmation

Now you will be asked to confirm the information you have given. Check whether all the info is correct, then click Confirm.

Confirming Connection

You will be asked to confirm connecting payments to your website. Check whether your site name and url are connect. If so, click ‘Confirm’.

Back to Setup Wizard

You will be taken back to your site, to the final screen of the setup wizard. If there are additional steps, the setup wizard will guide you from there.