# How to add a joining fee to your 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. Click on Membership Tiers from the left hand menu

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2. On the right hand side, click on the Add New Membership Tier button

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3. On the right hand side, enter the details of your membership tier.

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4. Now this is where you can charge an additional joining fee on top of the membership cost. This is purely optional and is only charged once when the member first joins, on top of the membership cost.

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5. Click the Save and Publish button.

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