> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://explore.boost.shop/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Paid Membership *** # Paid Membership Launch your own membership program — customers pay a recurring fee to join, earn points on every order, and redeem those points for discounts. It's a new recurring revenue line, native to Boost, and it's built to turn members into subscribers.
# What it is Paid Membership lets you run a membership program from Boost. Your customers pay a recurring fee — monthly or annual — to become members. Members earn points on everything they buy and redeem those points for discounts on future orders. You earn the membership fee the day someone joins, before they buy a single product. And the points engine has a twist that makes it more than a loyalty program: members earn points faster on subscription orders than on one-time orders — so the membership actively rewards your customers for subscribing. Paid Membership is a Boost add-on. See [Boost Plans](https://boost.shop/pricing) for pricing.
# The problem it solves A points and loyalty program is something most brands want — but the usual way to get one works against you: * **It's a separate app, bolted onto your store.** Generic, off-brand, disconnected from your cart and your subscriptions — one more tool to install, wire up, and keep in sync. * **It's a cost center, not a revenue line.** A standard loyalty program costs you money in discounts and gives you nothing back up front. A paid membership flips that — the membership fee is revenue from day one. * **It rewards every purchase the same.** Most loyalty programs treat a one-time order and a subscription order identically, so they never push the behavior that actually drives lifetime value: subscribing.
# How it works **1. Set up your membership.** Name it, set the price, and choose the renewal interval — monthly or annual. Boost creates it as a real product billed through Shopify's recurring billing. **2. Set your points rates.** Decide how many points members earn per dollar — and set a higher rate for subscription orders than one-time orders, so members are rewarded for subscribing. **3. Members join and earn.** A customer joins, pays the recurring fee, and starts earning points on every order automatically. **4. They redeem for discounts.** Points convert into a discount code at the value you set, once they pass the minimum you set, applied to their next order. Members, points balances, and renewals are all tracked for you — no spreadsheets, no manual work.
# What you get * **New recurring revenue from day one.** The membership fee is near-pure margin, earned the moment a customer joins — before they buy a thing. * **More subscribers.** Boosting points on subscription orders turns your loyalty program into a subscription engine — it pays customers to subscribe. * **Higher lifetime value, lower churn.** Members buy more often to earn and redeem, and a customer who's earning toward a reward has a reason to stay. * **Proof on the Moneyboard.** Membership revenue and member behavior show up as their own stream — new members, recurring membership revenue, and how much more often members order than everyone else.
# Works with your stack * **Is this another app and another bill?** No. Paid Membership is a Boost add-on — built into the platform, not a separate loyalty app to install, wire up, and reconcile. One platform, one bill. * **How are members billed?** Through Shopify's native recurring billing, so renewals are handled for you. * **Does it work with my subscriptions?** Yes — and it makes them stronger. The points engine rewards subscription orders at a higher rate, so it actively grows your subscriber base. It runs alongside the subscription provider you already use. * **What do members earn and redeem?** Points on their purchases, redeemed for discount codes. You control the earn rates, the redemption value, and the minimum needed to redeem. *** # Ready to launch your membership? Give your best customers a membership worth paying for — and open a new recurring revenue line that grows every time someone joins. Start Free Trial *** # Continue to Explore Turn your box into a recurring subscription — the best builder on Shopify. No-code campaigns that fire on the right cart, the right shopper. See the recurring revenue your membership drives, in plain dollars.