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# Create a membership tier
**Setup time is approximately 1 minute**
The first step is to create your membership tier. You can create as many membership tiers as you would like.
1. From the left sidebar, click **Membership Tiers**.
2. On the right side, click **Add New Membership Tier**.
3. On the right side, enter a name for your membership tier, for example **VIP Club**.
4. Enter a description for your membership tier.
5. Select how you would like to charge members for this membership tier. You can offer it for free, as a one-time payment, monthly, yearly, or let the customer choose between monthly and yearly.
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Once you click **Save and Publish**, the billing frequency is locked to protect existing members. You can update everything else, but if you need to change this locked setting, create a new membership tier and remove or disable the old one.
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6. If this is a paid membership tier, enter the membership cost.
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Once you click **Save and Publish**, the membership cost is locked to protect existing members. You can update everything else, but if you need to change this locked setting, create a new membership tier and remove or disable the old one.
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7. Optional: you can also charge an additional joining fee on top of the membership cost. This is only charged once when the member first joins.
8. Optional: add Shopify customer tags for this membership tier. These tags are added to customers when they become active members of this tier. Enter multiple tags separated by commas, for example **Gold member, VIP**.
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Memberply still manages its own internal customer tags and customer segment separately. Use your custom tags for your own Shopify workflows, automations, and customer segments.
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9. Select what happens when a customer cancels their membership. Their benefits will either end at the end of their billing cycle or immediately.
10. Click **Save and Publish**.
11. Once you have saved your membership tier, click **View Published Product** to see the membership product on your storefront.