Membership and VIP
Membership and VIP are core modules for monetization and permission management in Webify communities.
Communities should not be only "joined" vs. "not joined." Different users need different levels of access and services.
Standard Members
Standard members can join through:
- Free access
- Paid access
- Invite
- NFT-based access
- Token-based access
Member benefits can include:
- Access to internal community content
- Post and comment rights
- Community chat access
- Participation in selected tasks
- Points and reputation accumulation
- Participation in selected governance processes
Paid Members
Paid membership is suitable for high-quality resource communities, startup communities, expert communities, and project communities.
Paid benefits can include:
- Higher quality information
- Internal content access
- Paid chat access
- Event registration privileges
- Discounts for paid content
- Resource matching inside communities
Paid membership revenue can flow into the community revenue pool and be distributed by defined rules.
VIP
VIP is an advanced membership tier.
VIP rights can include:
- Discounts on paid products
- Exclusive articles and columns
- Exclusive channels
- Priority event access
- Priority whitelist opportunities
- Priority expert Q&A
- Governance weight bonus
- Discounts on courses, materials, and consulting
VIP access can come from subscriptions, VIP NFT purchase, holding designated assets, or owner grants.
Membership NFT and VIP NFT
Webify can tokenize membership rights:
Member NFTfor basic community identityVIP NFTfor advanced access and benefits- NFT-gated channels, paid content, event rights, and discount logic
Tokenized rights improve wallet-level identity recognition and protocol interoperability.