Membership Perk and Tier Design
Scored member perks with hours math at your real member count, tiers that differ in kind, and a kill list for perks that burn you out.
Before & after
Same prompt, same agent — the only difference is the skill.
Member perks are a great way to add value. You could think about what your audience needs beyond your core offering. Digital products or access-based perks are often lower cost than physical ones. Exclusive content, early access to new products, or community features could work. Bundling services or offering discounts might appeal to members. You could survey your community to understand what they'd value. What type of audience are you building for?
BRAND VOICE READING Niche: productivity coaches, building a community of 5K subscribers Voice: action-oriented, practical, no fluff Audience: solopreneurs and small business owners Example perks you've offered: three past benefits and member feedback LOW-COST, HIGH-VALUE PERK BANK DIGITAL ACCESS PERKS (cost: 1-2 hours to create) 1. Private template library (50 Notion templates for workflows) Cost: free if you've already built these Perceived value: high (competitors charge 29-99 for templates) Member feedback signal: high-demand 2. Monthly strategy office hours (group coaching call) Cost: 2 hours per month = 24 hours annually Perceived value: would cost 300 for 1-on-1 coaching Cadence: third Thursday, 45 minutes 3. Exclusive Slack channel with expert access Cost: Slack seats + your 1-2 hours weekly moderation Perceived value: community access typically 49-99 per month Retention impact: high (community stickiness) EXCLUSIVE CONTENT PERKS (cost: bundled with your workflow) 1. Early access to courses or products (3-week head start) Cost: zero (members still pay full price) Perceived value: 50-200 depending on course 2. Recorded strategy training series (4 sessions, 20 min each) Cost: 8 hours to record once (reusable forever) Perceived value: 149 for paid training Repurposing: edit into 8-12 short-form videos COMMUNITY PERKS (cost: minimal with automation) 1. Exclusive member badge in community Cost: 30 minutes to design Perceived value: status, recognition 2. Members-only newsletter (separate track) Cost: 1 hour per week to write curated takes Perceived value: 30 per month for paid subscriptions TOP 3 QUICK WINS (ship this week) 1. Private Slack channel with weekly 30-minute office hours 2. Notion template bundle (curate from your current toolkit) 3. Members-only Discord role for recognition On-brand, tested in your niche, chains with other creator skills.
About this skill
Your members cancel after month two, your tiers look like the same thing in bigger amounts, and the 1:1 calls you promised at 40 members are eating your week at 200. This skill treats every perk as a recurring promise with a cost curve. It works out the hours before you commit, then builds tiers people actually upgrade to.
What it does
- Sorts every perk by cost shape: build-once, fixed-recurring, or per-member. It shows creator hours at today's member count and at 3x growth.
- Separates perks that sell the membership from perks that keep people paying, and ties each keep perk to a specific churn reason.
- Builds tiers that differ in kind (resources, community, your eyes on their work) and caps the seats on anything that eats your time.
- Audits a perk list or tier page you paste in. It flags uncapped per-member perks, "exclusive" content that is already free, and perks your platform can't deliver.
- Finds low-cost perks in work you already do: outtakes, files, numbers, and process.
- Gives each recurring perk a skip plan, so a bad week doesn't turn into refunds.
What you get
A scored perk table with the hours math shown, a tier map, a launch order, a kill list with reasons, and a time-budget check against the hours you actually have.
Best for
Creators running or launching a Patreon, YouTube channel membership, Discord, Skool, Circle, or paid newsletter tier who want more retention without more weekly workload.
SKILL.md preview
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name: membership-perk-tier-design
description: Designs perks for a paid membership, community, or subscription tier. Each idea is scored on creator hours at the real member count and at 3x growth, how often members use it, and which churn reason it fixes. The ideas that survive are mapped into distinct tiers with a delivery schedule and a kill list. Use when the user says "what perks should I offer", "help me plan my Patreon tiers", "my members keep canceling after a month", "how do I justify a higher tier", "nobody uses our community", "what can I add without more work", "my 1:1 calls are eating my week", or "my YouTube membership perks are boring".
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