Guides
Hiring, migrating, gating paid members and integrations. Answer-first, with official sources.
Hiring a setup pro
Before you pay anyone to build your server: what it should cost, what you should get, and how to hand over access without handing over the keys.
- How much should you pay someone on Fiverr to set up a Discord server?
- Where to hire a Discord server builder: Fiverr, Upwork or a setup service?
- Questions to ask before hiring a Discord developer or server builder
- Discord server setup scams: red flags when hiring someone
- How to give a freelancer access to your Discord server safely
- How to check a Discord server setup before you pay the final invoice
- Is it worth paying for Discord server setup, or should you do it yourself?
- How long does a professional Discord server setup take?
- One-time Discord setup vs a monthly community manager: which do you need?
- What does it cost to run a professional Discord community?
- Easiest way to make a Discord server look professional
Moving to Discord
No platform imports straight into Discord. What you can export, what you rebuild, and how to bring members with you.
- Community migration to Discord: the full checklist
- How to move a Slack community to Discord
- How to move a Circle community to Discord
- How to move a Skool community to Discord
- Discord vs Mighty Networks, and how to move from Mighty to Discord
- How to move a Telegram group or channel to Discord
- Discord vs WhatsApp community for course students (and how to switch)
- Can you export a Facebook group to Discord? What moves and what doesn't
- How to move paying members to Discord without re-billing them
Paid-member gating
A paywall is only as good as the permissions behind it. How we set up, test and run paid-member access.
- How to set channel permissions for paid members only (and prove it works)
- How to run free and paid tiers in one Discord server
- Patreon Discord roles: how to set them up (and Discord vs Patreon)
- Memberful Discord integration: give members a role automatically
- Gumroad and Stripe to Discord roles: what works
- How to handle toxic members in a paid community
- What to do with Discord access when a course or cohort ends
- Pricing ideas for a paid Discord community
Integrations
The connections we wire during a setup, which ones are official, and which ones need an automation tool in the middle.
By business
The same service, shaped around how coaching programs, courses and software products actually run their communities.