Getting Started as a Creator (Part 2) — Setting up a paywall account

This guide will walk you through setting up a paywalled creator account for the first time.

Once you follow these steps, your creator account will be set up and your fans can begin paying a monthly subscription.

If you’re not sure that you want to use a secret passcode, check out Getting Started as a Creator (Part 1) — Choosing an account type instead.

If you’re a fan account looking to become a creator account, click on your profile picture on the top right and click on Creator Portal.
Read through the Terms of Service and Guidelines. Select I acknowledge all of the above., and click Start.
Click Verify identity. This will take you to a third-party website hosted by Stripe. In this step, you will be asked to show:
- A driver’s license, a passport, or an identity card.
- A selfie.
Set your secret passcode. Click Set passcode.

You’ve opted for a paywall account so this is just a temporary special word that your fans could use to join your Fanhouse for free.

You can make it anything you want (ie. your favorite color, a nickname, or just some random word). You can always change this passcode later.
Click Link payment method. This will take you back to a third-party website hosted by Stripe. For this step, you’ll need either your bank account information or your debit card information.
You will be redirected to your Creator Portal. Under Profile and Subscriptions, select Access method and select Paywall. Hit Update.
You can change your Monthly subscription price and toggle Multi-month subscription.

$5 is usually a good place to start, but you can change this whenever you'd like.

You’re all done with the basic setup for a paywalled creator account! 🎉

Your fans can start subscribing to you now, but we highly recommend going through the full creator setup. Check out Getting Started as a Creator (Part 3) — Adding Final Touches for next steps.

Questions? Comments? Let us know at hello@fanhouse.app.

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