Dues and payments
Get paid without being locked in.
Connect your own Stripe account in a few minutes. Members pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or direct debit, money goes straight to your bank, and every payment lands in the right place in your books.
- Your Stripe account
- You are the merchant. Payouts go to your bank on Stripe’s schedule.
- Direct debit
- ACH, Bacs, SEPA and BECS through Stripe or GoCardless.
- Members can cover fees
- Optionally add processing fees at checkout, per payment type.
- Invoices and offline payments
- Record checks, cash and bank transfers. No platform fee on these.
- Payment plans
- Split annual dues into monthly or quarterly installments.
- Failed payment recovery
- Smart retries and card update reminders, without awkward emails.
No surcharge for choosing your processor
Some membership platforms add a fee to your subscription if you do not use their payment processor. We do not. You connect Stripe, optionally add GoCardless, and pay their standard rates directly.
- Stripe connected in minutes
- GoCardless for direct debit
- No markup on processing
- Transparent platform fee, capped per transaction
Built around how dues actually work
Calendar-year renewals, pro-rated joins, households, installments, credits and partial payments are handled by our billing engine, not bolted on. Donations can be added at join, renewal or registration.
- Pro-rating and installment plans
- Credits and partial payments
- Donations at checkout with no platform fee
- Tax and VAT on invoices where needed
Works with
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost?
Stripe charges its standard processing rates to your account. memberbeam adds a platform fee on online payments that ranges from 3% on Free to 0.5% on Pro, capped at $25 per transaction, with no fee on donations or offline payments.
Which countries are supported?
Any country where Stripe supports connected accounts, including the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
Related features
- QuickBooks and Xero sync
- Two-way sync and payout reconciliation your treasurer will love.
- Membership management
- Levels, renewals, households and approvals that run themselves.
- Events and ticketing
- Member pricing applied automatically, and a reason for guests to join.
Give your members a card they will actually carry.
Start free in minutes. Bring your members across from a spreadsheet or another system, and send everyone a Wallet card on day one.