How do I show the paid options to readers who just signed up for free?

Point the welcome page of the Free tier at a page with your pricing table.

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Written By AndréLast updated about 4 hours ago

Ghost's Portal only lists paid tiers when Stripe is connected, so a free signup through the Portal never sees your PayGlue offers there. Ghost has no general "after signup, go to this page" setting either, but every tier has a welcome page.

  1. Create a membership page in Ghost, for example /membership/, and embed your pricing table on it. Use the Free sign-up CTA type for the first column and your provider products for the others.
  2. In Ghost Admin, go to Settings > Membership > Tiers, open the Free tier and set its Welcome page to that membership page.

A new free member who clicks the magic link now lands on the membership page and sees the paid options right away. Put the same page in your navigation and point your paywall overlays at the same offers, so a reader who hits a wall sees the same choice as a reader who arrives via the menu.

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