Free trials

Let readers try a paid tier free for a set number of days before their first payment, on every signup or through an offer link.

Who can do this: The site owner or an administrator, with Stripe connected (Publisher or Business plan).

A free trial gives a new member full access to a paid tier for a number of days. They enter their card at Stripe’s checkout when they start, aren’t charged during the trial, and are billed the full price on the day it ends unless they cancel first.

Kind of trial	Who gets it	Set it up in
On a tier	Everyone who signs up to that tier through your sign-up pop-up	Settings → Membership → Tiers
As an offer	Only readers who use the offer’s link, for example from a campaign	Settings → Growth → Offers

Add a trial to a tier

Open Settings → Membership → Tiers and select the paid tier.
Turn on Add a free trial. It starts at 7 days.
Enter the number of days you want, for example 14.
Check the Tier preview: it now shows a 14 days free label. Select Save.

The New tier window for Harbour Supporter with Add a free trial switched on and set to 14 days; the preview shows a 14 days free label next to the price. — The trial applies to both the monthly and the yearly price.

To end trials on a tier, turn Add a free trial off and save. Members already in a trial keep it.

Offer a trial with a link

A trial offer is useful when you want a longer or shorter trial for one audience: a podcast listener deal, say, or a partner newsletter. Readers who arrive through the link get the offer’s trial instead of the tier’s.

Open Settings → Growth → Offers, select Manage offers, then New offer.
Fill in Offer name, Display title and Display description.
Under Details, choose Free trial.
Pick the tier and cadence under Tier — Cadence (for example monthly).
Enter the Trial duration in days.
Set the Offer code. It becomes the end of the link, such as your-name.blogaly.uk/try-free.
Select Publish, then share the link.

The Offer settings with Free trial selected, Tier — Cadence set to the monthly price, a trial duration of 30 days and an offer code with its full link underneath.

More on links, sharing and tracking in offers and discounts.

What readers see

In the sign-up pop-up, the tier shows its days free label.
On an offer link, the pop-up shows Try free for 30 days, then the normal price, and a Start 30-day free trial button.
At Stripe’s checkout they enter their card and see that nothing is due today and when the first payment will be.
In their account, the plan shows Free Trial – Ends with the date.

When a trial ends

If the member does nothing, Stripe charges the full price on the end date and the subscription continues as normal.
If they cancel during the trial (in their account, from your site’s pop-up), they keep access until the trial ends and are never charged.
In Members, a member in a trial shows Free trial on their subscription.

Good to know

A discount offer never comes with the tier’s trial. Readers get the discount or the trial, not both.
A trial offer replaces the tier’s trial for those readers: a 30-day offer on a tier with a 7-day trial gives 30 days.
Trials are for new paid subscriptions. An existing paid member can’t start a second subscription to get another trial.
Readers need a card even for a trial. That’s how Stripe can bill them when it ends.
Stripe can email readers before their trial ends. Turn that on in your Stripe dashboard’s billing settings.

Last checked against the product on 7 November 2026.

Tiers and pricesSet up what readers pay for: a free tier and one or more paid tiers, each with a monthly and a yearly price.Offers and discountsCreate a discount or a free trial behind a shareable link to win new subscribers, and a retention offer to keep members who are about to cancel.Connect Stripe to take paymentsLink your own Stripe account to your site so readers can pay for a subscription. Blogaly takes no cut of what you earn.

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