Start a Subscription Trading Service in Less than a Day.

OptionsSwing
5 min readApr 12, 2021

The demand for trading educational services has grown at an exponential rate since the market crash of March 2020; many companies have made the attempt to monetize and add value to their private communities but only a few have made it successful ones. Companies like: OptionsSwing Inc, Stock Dads, 77 Trades, Trading Alphas and many more have done amazing jobs at growing their brands and community at an exponential rate. If you ask any of the Founders of these companies what the turning point for them was they will most likely tell you managing subscriptions from beginning to end with Ternary Developments platform.

Ternary Development has the perfect platform for those looking to start monetizing their Discord trading service. Here is how to setup your Ternary account and start receiving payments the very same day with the help of Stripe!

This short guide will walk you through the entire setup process on Ternary which will be ready to use same day!

Here are the step:

  1. Sign into your Ternary Account
  2. Navigate to Overview
  3. Configure your profile and add your domain
  4. Integrate your Discord server
  5. Add your Stripe for payment processing
  6. Add the different tiers of subscriptions you offer
  7. User interface for Checkout (switch from admin to user)
  8. Key binding
  9. Join Discord via User Dashboard
  10. Add coupons to run sales
  11. Manage Users via Users under Admin Dashboard.
  12. Ready to go!

Step One: Sign into your Ternary Account

Sign in to your account through the Ternary website here!

Step Two: Navigate to Overview

Once you login, this will be your admin dashboard. On the left side of the screen you will click on “Overview”. Here you will be able to monitor the health of your community and easily monitor the individual performance of a product. This will also help track your retention rate which you can use as feedback in order to make improvements.

Step Three: Configure your profile and add your domain

Click on the settings tab on your dashboard. This is where you will add your branding! Notice there is no difficult coding involved, all done with clicks. Add your logo and company colors to your customer “check out” page. Here you will also implement your Terms and Services which can easily be customized. Last thing on this page is to add your domain which is the first integration with the Ternary platform.

Step Four: Integrate your Discord server

Navigate over to the Discord integration page by click on “Discord” on the left side of the dashboard. Discord integration as east as entered your Discord ID and you are all set! Enter your webhook (which you can find within channel settings in Discord for the given channel you would like to integrate the bot in)which is one of the most important real time features. You can also customize your embedded messages from here such as “Welcome” messages or “Your subscription will expire soon”.

Step Five: Add your Stripe for payment processing

Click on the Stripe sidebar option, which will have a window popup which allows you to connect the account within a few seconds. Ternary teamed up with Stripe in order to bring customers daily payouts so that you can instantly use that cash flow.

Step Six: Add the different tiers of subscriptions you offer

Under the “Products” page, you will add your different tiers of subscription plans (e.g. Monthly, Yearly, or Free Trial). The rest on this this page is very self-explanatory. The beauty behind Ternary is that it allows the admin to add an “Upgrade” feature for users who are looking to upgrade their current subscription to a higher tier with the click of a button!

Step Seven: User interface for Checkout (switch from admin to user)

Now time to switch over your user interface from admin to user. Head over to your domain and navigate yourself to your checkout page. Notice that here you will find your logo and company color which we added at the beginning of this tutorial (incase you want to change it). The “Order Summary” will let the user know exactly what they are getting. If you added coupons are referral codes, the option for users to use them will be here. Enter your information and payment method and click subscribe.

Step Eight: Key binding

This is the second step of the check out process. Keys are unique to each user and can’t be shared as it is tied directly to the email provided.

Step Nine: Join Discord via User Dashboard

  1. The final step in the checkout process is clicking the “Join Discord” button which directly navigates into the server. This user dashboard will provide members with subscription and billing info, referral counts (if offered), ability to change payment info, cancel membership, or upgrade membership.

Step Ten: Add coupons to run sales

The coupon page in the admin dashboard is a great tool to use in order to increase sales. Add monthly or holiday discount campaigns with custom discount codes with just a few clicks!

Step Eleven: Manage Users via Users under Admin Dashboard.

The “Users” page under admin dashboard will help you track members by email incase of any customer service issues. A quick fix provided by a quick and easy search.

Step Twelve: Ready to go!

That is it! A few clicks later and you are on your way to building a successful trading community through the help of the Ternary platform!

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