Glossary

MemberPass terminology in one place. Bookmark this if you're new or onboarding a team.

A

Access code An alphanumeric string you generate and hand out that a subscriber can redeem to activate a specific plan without paying. See Access codes (creator guide).

Active (subscription) A subscription that's paid up and currently granting access. One of the subscription statuses.

Admin command A Telegram bot command available only to the project owner — /check and /ban. See Admin commands.

B

Banned (member) A member status indicating the person has been blocked from your project — typically via the /ban admin command. Banned members can't subscribe or interact with the bot.

Billing cycle How often a recurring subscription charges: Days, Weeks, Months, Years, or Lifetime. Combined with a billing cycle count (e.g. "every 3 Months").

Bot link A Telegram URL (t.me/YourBotName) that opens a chat with your project's bot. See Sharing your project.

C

Canceled (subscription) A subscription the subscriber or creator has cancelled. Access typically continues until the current paid period ends, then becomes Expired.

Churned (member) A member whose subscription has ended (cancelled, expired, or lapsed from payment failure).

Creator An individual or business running a MemberPass project. They have full access to the creator dashboard and their project's bot. Distinct from subscriber.

D

Deep-link A URL-encoded action that opens a bot and performs an instruction — like auto-redeeming an access code or jumping straight to a specific plan. See Telegram deep-linking.

Direct charge A payment-processing model where MemberPass's transaction fee is automatically deducted from the charge at payment time. Currently only supported with Stripe.

E

Expired (subscription) A subscription that reached its cycle-end date and stopped granting access. Can result from cancellation, payment failure, or a one-time plan running out.

F

Free plan (creator) MemberPass's no-cost entry tier: up to 3 projects, 5,000 lifetime memberships, 5 access codes per cycle, 10 % transaction fee. See Activate your subscription.

G

Group (in Teams) An ad-hoc collection of team members with shared permissions. See Groups.

Growth plan MemberPass's highest standard creator plan: unlimited lifetime memberships, teams support, 1 % transaction fee. See Activate your subscription.

H

Handle A URL-friendly identifier for your project's public portal (e.g. my-community → my.memberpass.net/my-community). Starter-plan-and-above feature.

L

Lead (member) A member status: interacted with your bot but hasn't subscribed yet.

Lifetime (billing cycle) A one-time payment that grants access forever, no renewal.

Lifetime membership A subscription on a lifetime plan — pay once, keep access permanently. The only member category that counts against your plan's users limit.

Live (mode) A payment-method configuration pointing to production credentials — real money moves. Opposite of Test / Sandbox.

M

Magic link A one-time URL sent via email that signs a subscriber in to the portal without a password. Valid 15 minutes, single-use. See Subscriber portal sign-in.

Member Used loosely: any person on your project's members list (Leads, Trialing, Customers, Churned, Banned). Don't confuse with team member.

Mode (payment method) Whether a payment method is Live (real transactions) or Test (sandbox).

N

Newcomers-only A plan filter that hides the plan from anyone who's subscribed before. Typical use: introductory offers.

O

One-time A plan (or subscription) where the subscriber pays once for a fixed duration. Access ends when the duration lapses — no auto-renewal.

P

Passkey A FIDO2-certified cryptographic credential that replaces passwords. See Passkeys (creator account).

Payment method A configured payment provider on a project. You can enable multiple per project.

Plan Short for subscription plan — a pricing tier configurable with name, price, billing cycle, resources, trial rules, and eligibility filters. See Subscription plans.

Portal The web-based public face of a project, at my.memberpass.net/{handle}. Where subscribers can browse plans and manage memberships outside Telegram. See Via Web Portal.

Product sync The action of pushing your plans to a payment provider's own catalogue (Stripe products, PayPal plans, etc.) so the provider can handle recurring billing. Required for Stripe, PayPal, CoinPayments, and Razorpay.

Project The top-level container for a membership business: plans, payment methods, resources, subscribers, bot — all live inside one project. A creator can run multiple.

R

Recurring A subscription that auto-renews at each cycle. Opposite of one-time.

Resource Something a plan unlocks — a Telegram channel, group, supergroup, or a manually-tracked digital good. See Resources.

Role (in Teams) A named bundle of permissions applied 1:1 to team members. See Roles.

S

Sandbox Alternative name for Test mode on payment methods. Real credentials aren't used; no real money moves.

Single-use (plan filter) A plan that a given subscriber can buy only once. After their first subscription, the plan hides from them.

Stripe Connect Stripe's mechanism for hosted onboarding of connected accounts — what MemberPass uses to onboard Stripe without you ever pasting API keys.

Subscriber An end customer of a creator — they pay to join a project. Distinct from creator and from team member.

Subscription The record of a subscriber's active (or past) purchase on a plan. See Managing subscriptions (creator) or Manage your subscription (subscriber).

T

Team A container for collaborators on a creator account. Growth plan and above. See Teams & Roles.

Team member A collaborator you've invited into your team. Distinct from subscriber / project user.

Telegram Stars (XTR) Telegram's native in-app currency. ~$0.013 USD per Star. See Telegram Stars.

Test (mode) A payment-method configuration using sandbox credentials for testing. Opposite of Live.

Transaction fee MemberPass's per-transaction cut on payments processed through your project. Varies by creator plan (10 % Free / 3 % Starter / 1 % Growth). See Transaction fees.

Trial A period of access without payment. Can be cardless (no payment method collected) or card-required (charged when trial ends). See Trial memberships.

Trial type Either "Once for project" (one trial across any plan) or "Once for plan" (one trial per plan).

Trialing (status) A subscriber currently inside a trial period.

U

Unlimited (plan limit) Shown as -1 in plan data. The Growth plan's lifetime-membership cap is unlimited.

Users limit The creator plan's cap on lifetime-membership subscribers. Normal recurring subscribers don't count toward this limit — see the plan footnotes on the creator subscription page.

V

Verified (email) An email address the subscriber has confirmed via a verification link. Required before it can be used for magic-link sign-in.

W

Webhook A URL Telegram (or a payment provider) pushes events to. MemberPass receives webhooks from Telegram for bot events and from payment providers for billing events — all handled automatically. See Webhooks.