The Whop and Discord platforms serve very different purposes, but they can be used together to grow your community and your business..
L'association de Whop et Discord est une excellente stratégie pour monétiser et gérer une communauté. Whop gère la partie paiement et accès, tandis que Discord fournit l'infrastructure pour l'interaction et l'engagement communautaire
Here is a guide to maximize the effectiveness of both platforms together.
It is important, at first, to recall the main roles of Whop and Discord:
Whop is a monetization platform for managing subscriptions and access
- Sales, management, and distribution platform for digital products (subscriptions, access to Discord groups, tools, bots, courses ...).
- Looks like a marketplace / back-office for managing digital products with a sales page, client dashboard ...
- Often used to monetize content or services (e.g.: sellers of digital products, trainers, online entrepreneurs, exclusive groups).
Discord is a community tool that allows real-time discussion
- Community communication platform.
- Looks like a social network or a forum with rooms, messages, and interactions.
- Used for discussing via text, voice, or video.
- Very popular among video game, tech, NFT, education, communities.
Here is a clear comparison of their main differences
|
Feature |
Discord |
Whop |
|
Online discussions |
✅ Text, audio, video |
❌ (a chat platform exists but it is not its primary purpose) |
|
Monetization |
❌ Native (not planned) |
✅ Access sales, payments, subscriptions |
|
Subscription system |
❌ (via bots or third-party tools) |
✅ Integrated |
|
Community Management |
✅ Servers, lounges, roles |
❌ Use Discord for that |
|
Integrated payments |
❌ |
✅ Stripe, credit card ... |
|
Access Automation |
❌ (need for bots) |
✅ Ex: automatic Discord access after payment |
Joint use of Whop and Discord
Many creators use Whop to sell a subscription or a product, and then Discord to host the community.
Example1 :
- A trainer sells a subscription via Whop.
- Once the purchase is made, the user is automatically invited to a private Discord server.
Example 2 :
- An online seller creates discount coupons or free trials on Whop.
- Then use these offers to attract users to his Discord server
Example 3 :
- An influencer analyzes their Whop statistics (conversion rate, retention, revenue).
- Then on Discord, monitor the activity, engagement, and feedback
Concrete examples of businesses using Whop and Discord together
- Trading / crypto: Alerts in a subscriber-only room
- Coaching business: Premium access to video training or Q&A
- Niche communities (fitness, personal development, AI…): Discussion groups + paid resources
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