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Get the big picture of what TribeCrafter gives you as a community owner before you start setting things up.
TribeCrafter is your own private community space. You get a fully separate site for your community: your members, your content, your branding, your billing. Nothing is shared with other communities running on the platform.
How members get in
Members sign up with an email and password. There's no "log in with Google" or other social login. After signing up they verify their email, complete a short onboarding (welcome, profile, accept your guidelines), and they're in.
The building blocks
Your community is made up of a handful of pieces you can mix and match:
| Building block | What it's for |
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| Newsfeed | The home feed where members post, comment, react, run polls, and share media. |
| Groups | Focused spaces for a topic, cohort, or sub-community. Can be public or private. |
| Courses | Structured lessons (video, file, text) with progress tracking and certificates. |
| Blog | Articles you publish. Each one drops a card into the feed. |
| Events | Online or in-person events with RSVP and a calendar file (.ics). |
| Chat | Private 1:1 direct messages between members. |
You don't have to use all of them. Many communities start with a newsfeed and one group, then add courses or a blog later.
How members get access
| Building block | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Free | No purchase. When you create a group, course, or blog, you mark it free — members then reach it directly. A community where everything is free needs no products or plans at all |
| Products | A one-time payment. The member pays once and keeps what it unlocks — either forever, or for a set period |
| Plans | A recurring subscription, monthly or yearly. Access lasts as long as the subscription stays active |
How you make money
You never put a price tag directly on a course, group, or blog. Instead you create one of two things and choose what it unlocks:
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Products: a single one-time payment.
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Plans: a recurring subscription (monthly or yearly).
Even a completely free community has an "access path" — free content members join directly (a free group, free course, or public blog), with no plan or product needed.
How all of this fits together is the single most important concept to understand, and it's covered in its own article below.
Where you set all this up
You manage everything from your admin panel. Branding, content, products, plans, members, and your settings each have their own screen. The rest of these guides walk you through them one at a time.
A new community starts in setup mode. Until you finish the go-live setup, visitors see a simple "Coming Soon" page instead of your community. See Your go-live checklist for the required steps that turn it on.