Do readers need a free Ghost account before they can buy?
No. PayGlue creates the Ghost member when the payment arrives.
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Written By AndréLast updated about 4 hours ago
- A visitor can buy straight from a PayGlue buy button, paywall or pricing table without signing up in Ghost first. Your payment provider takes the payment and sends PayGlue a webhook, and PayGlue creates the Ghost member on the spot, with the labels or the comped flag that unlock your content, and lets Ghost send the welcome email you chose in the mapping. With the magic link email, the buyer is signed in after one click.
If a free member with the same email address already exists, PayGlue updates that member instead of creating a second one. The one thing worth telling your readers: use the same email at checkout that they used for their free account, otherwise they end up with two member records.
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