Join a membership subscription

What a membership subscription is

• On channels where the creator has created a membership plan and enabled plan subscriptions, you can tap the 'membership' menu to see the list of plans and start your subscription.
• You can subscribe to as many channels as you like, but you can only subscribe to 1 plan per channel.
• Once you pay for a plan set by the creator, you can start using the benefits right away. Every month, the same payment method will be charged for the subscription fee, and your subscription period will be automatically extended.
• [My menu] > [Membership subscriptions] to check the channels and plans you’ve joined, plan price, subscription period, and usage history.
• When you start a membership subscription, the welcome message you write (up to 100 characters) will be shared with the creator via notification.
• The payment information you enter when starting a membership subscription (name, email, contact information) is not shared with anyone, including the creator.
• When you start a membership subscription, you will automatically follow the channel, and you can’t unfollow it while your subscription is active.
• You can only view membership posts from the profile that you used to join the membership.
• You can’t subscribe more than once to the same channel’s membership from another profile under your account.
• If your card PIN has changed, your payment might not go through properly. In that case, go to [Membership subscriptions] > [Change payment method] and switch to a different card or another payment method. 

Membership subscription benefits

• You can view membership posts and receive additional benefits provided by the creator.
• During your subscription period, you can exchange messages with the creator regardless of their messaging permissions settings.
• If a channel allows comments only from ‘buyers/subscribers’, members can read and write comments on all posts during their subscription period. After the membership period ends, you’ll only be able to delete your comments from [Library] > [Comments].

Starting a membership subscription

Subscribe with Kakao Pay recurring payments

• Your subscription will be billed automatically without additional verification using the card or bank account you’ve pre-registered with Kakao Pay.
• You can check this in the KakaoTalk app under [···].
• If you’ve registered recurring payments with Kakao Money, when your Kakao Money balance is insufficient, the linked account will automatically top up in units of 10,000 KRW and then use that amount to pay. For example, if the transaction amount is 5,000 KRW, 10,000 KRW will be added, 5,000 KRW will be used for payment, and the remaining 5,000 KRW will stay as Kakao Money.

Subscribe with Naver Pay (Npay) recurring payments

• Your subscription will be billed automatically without additional verification using the card or bank account you’ve pre-registered with Naver Pay (Npay).
• If you’ve registered recurring payments via point charges, when your point balance is insufficient, the linked account you set up at registration will automatically top up Naver Pay (Npay) points in units of 10,000 KRW and then use that amount to pay.

Subscribe with credit card recurring payments

• You’ll register your card by entering the card number, expiration date, the first digits of your PIN, and the first 6 digits of your date of birth once at the start.
• To verify that your card is valid, 100 KRW will be charged automatically when you register it. This transaction will be automatically cancelled within a few dozen minutes.
• If you’ve used card recurring payments before, you’ll see a message saying “You are already authenticated,” and your card will be registered right away.
• The information you enter is encrypted and processed by the payment gateway. The name of the payment gateway, ‘Payple Co., Ltd.’ (주)페이플, may appear in your authorization text messages or receipts.
• Currently, only domestic credit cards can be used for membership subscriptions. Overseas credit cards are not supported for membership subscriptions. 

I can’t find the membership subscribe button in the iOS app.

• In the POSTYPE iOS app, due to App Store policy, the ‘Subscribe’ button and plan price information in [Channel] > [Membership] are not displayed. We ask for your understanding. 
• You can still join a membership from the post detail screen via the ‘Join membership’ button.