How to create your own whop

Here on Whop you can now create your very own whops - but you may be wondering what they are and how you can use them. That's exactly what we will explain in this guide.

You can think of a whop as a space for community, connection, and commerce. Whether you are hosting a gaming group, ecommerce community, coaching calls, or even a book club, you can host it on your whop. Plus, unlike other social platforms, your whop can be adapted to your needs using apps.

What's the difference between a Whop and whop?

Well, 'Whop' is us, the social commerce platform for selling online.

A 'whop' is your own online hub, the space for your business and community

Let’s look at a couple of use cases.

• First, say you have a community that shares sports picks - you can add a Chat app for your users to communicate with each other, the Sports app to share NBA picks, NFL picks, MLB picks (or any other sports picks), the Guess The Score app for members to enter competitions, and the Courses app to sell a betting-focused course.
• Now, let's imagine a totally different scenario. You're simply a creator who wants to sell access to your SaaS, without managing a community. With your whop, you use the Web app or Software app, the Suggestions app to gather valuable feedback, and the Forum app for community Q&A.

Now, you have a place where your users can subscribe to become a member, ask questions, and give feedback - all in one space.

As you can see, you can customize your whop to your business model. Setting up the perfect whop for your business can be easily done by investing a little time.

But first, you need to actually create one - let’s see how you can do that.

How to create a whop

Everyone can create a whop, and it's completely free to do so.

The first thing you should do is to sign up to Whop.

Once you're a member, you'll see the Start selling button at the right side of your Whop 4.0 interface. This is going to take you to the onboarding screen.

If you already have a whop, the Start selling button will be replaced by the Dashboard button. You can create a new whop by clicking the New whop button at the top right of the dashboard if you already have one.

Let's click the Start selling button to proceed.

On the onboarding screen, you’re going to see the intro to Whop - watch it to see what your future holds.

Then, let's click the Create your whop button to start your journey. This is going to display our onboarding popup.

In the popup, you're going to see an input field prompting you to name your whop.

Keep in mind that whop names have a character cap of 30. After inputting your whop's name, click the Continue button at the bottom of the popup to proceed.

After your whop is created, you'll e taken to its Overview section and there you go - creating your first whop was that easy.

Before moving on, let's break down the Overview section:

1. Manage apps and Create buttons: The Manage apps button will display the Edit apps popup, which will allow you to add apps to your whop. The Create button will allow you to easily go live, create a forum post, publish a bounty, or send a chat message.
2. Overview button: The Overview button will take you to your whop's store page.
3. Apps list: The apps you've added to your whop will be listed in the Your apps section.
4. Preview as visitor toggle: Enabling the Preview as visitor toggle option will make you see your whop's overview section from the eyes of a regular visitor, removing the edit buttons.
5. Store page customizations: If the Preview as visitor mode is disabled, you'll be able to edit all sections of your whop's store page. The topmost one is the gallery and you can find more by scrolling down.
6. Onboarding tracker: As you edit your whop's store page, you'll notice the onboarding tracker at the bottom of your screen will advance. Once the onboarding is complete, you'll be able to apply for Discover.
7. The Manage buttons: If your screen is wide enough, you'll be able to see the four manage buttons to quickly access some of the settings of your whop. If you can't see them, you can use the dropdown menu button to the right of your whop's name at the top left of your screen.
8. The Chat access: By clicking the chat bubble icon on the bottom right of your screen, you'll be able to access your chats (both DMs and whops) easily.

Let's also examine the navigation bar so that you know how to navigate whop:

• Home: This will direct you to your Whop 4.0 feed, where you can see all your Whop activity
• Discover: This will direct you to the Discover section where you can find other whops
• Messages: This will direct you to your private DMs and group chats
• Notifications: This will direct you to your notifications page where you can find all activity notifications from the whops you're a member of or specifically your mentions
• Dashboard: This will direct you to your Whop Dashboard, where you can find all sorts of analytics about your whops and access advanced settings like promo codes, affiliates, resolution center, and more.
• Affiliates: This will direct you to your affiliates page, where you can find all the details about your affiliate links and their analytics.
• Profile: This will direct you to your profile page where you can find your general profile settings, connected accounts, payment methods, balance, and more.

Adding apps to your whop

Adding apps to a whop is super easy and takes just a few clicks.

The first thing you should do is to click on the Manage apps button in the Your apps section of your whop. This is going to display the Edit apps popup on the right side of your screen.

The Edit apps popup has two options: New app, which lets you add a new app to your whop, and Link existing app, which lets you mirror an app from your other whops.

To be able to see the Link existing app button on the popup, you have to have at least two whops under the same organization.

Mirroring an app allows you to have the same app in two whops - the contents of the app will be the same, including apps like Chat and Forums.

Let's click on the New app button to see the Add new app popup, which will list all available apps you can add to your whop. There, select the app you want to add.

If you're looking for a specific app, you can use the search bar at the top of the popup as well.

After you select an app, you'll see the App visibility for [app name] popup window. It will prompt you to select one of two options:

• Draft (hidden), which means the app will be added to your whop but will be hidden to everyone except admins. This is ideal for apps like Content or Courses, which take some time to set up.
• Visible, which is the default option, will make the app visible to everyone in your whop immediately after adding it. This is ideal for apps that don't require setup, like Chat or Whop Wheel.

After you make your selection, click the Add button to add the app to your whop.

After you add an app to your whop, as we mentioned, it's going to be listed in the Your apps section of your whop. You can add as many apps as you want to it.

If you click on the settings button (cogwheel button) next to an app, you'll see a bunch of options that allow you to make adjustments to the app. Using these options, you can change the settings of the app, its details, turn it into a draft, and more.

Creating pricing options for your whop

Creating pricing options for your whop is super easy to do, but let's walk you through it anyway.

The first thing you're going to do is click on the Manage pricing button on the right side of your screen. While this button is visible on most screens, you might not be able to see it if your screen isn't wide enough. In that case, you can use the dropdown menu button to the right of your whop's name at the top left of your screen to find the Manage pricing button.

Doing this will display the Edit pricing popup on the right side of your screen. There, you can see all of your active and archived pricing options.

Since you probably don't have any, let's click on the Add pricing option to add one.

Once you click on the Add pricing option button, you'll see a new popup appearing on your screen. It has a bunch of steps, and they differ based on your selections, so let's cover them all.

But first, you should select if you want your whop to be free or paid. If you choose the Free option here, everyone on the internet will be able to access your whop and its contents.

If you select the Paid option, however, you'll have the option to create a subscription or a one-time payment so that only paying people can become members of your whop.

Once you decide which option you want to take, select it, and click the Continue button. This is going to take you to the next step of the selection you've made.

Creating a free pricing option

If you've selected the Free pricing option, the next step will be selecting if you want people to get instant access to your whop or wait for your approval through a waitlist.

If you want everyone to freely join your whop, select Instant access - if you want to control who joins and who doesn't, select Waitlist.

Once you've made your selection, click the Continue button to proceed.

In the next step, you'll be asked if you want to ask questions to members when they're obtaining membership through the pricing option. You can use the Add question button at the top left of the app, customize the question itself, the placeholder text of the answer, and make the question required or not.

Once you're done with questions, click the Continue button at the bottom of the popup to proceed.

In the revoke access setting step, you should use the dropdown menu button to select the expiry of the free membership. The default is Never expires, and if you want people to be able to stay as a member of your whop forever, just click the Continue button to proceed.

If you want people to have limited time on your whop, however, use the dropdown menu to select a pre-determined or a custom timeframe.

Once you're done with this step, click the Continue button at the bottom of the popup to proceed.

Now, if you don't have another pricing option and the one you're creating right now will be the only one, you should see the pricing option being created after you click Continue in the revoke setting above.

However, if you already have a pricing option and you're creating a new one, you're going to see the Price visibility step after the revoke settings.

In this step, you should select whether you want the Free plan to be visible to everyone on the internet or if you'd rather have a secret link so that only people with the link can become members.

After you make your decision, which you can always change later, click the Continue button to finish the process and create the pricing option.

After you've created your free pricing option, you'll be able to see it in the Edit pricing section. You can use the URL button to the right of it to copy its link or click the context menu button (three dots) to edit, share the link, or archive the pricing option.

Creating a paid pricing option

If you've selected the paid option, the next step would be selecting what kind of payment option you want to offer: Subscription or Single payment.

Each option will have a different next step - we're going to examine both, starting with Subscription.

The next step in selecting the Subscription option is adjusting its settings, such as the subscription price, period, stock, whether the subscription has a free trial or an initial fee, and more.

After adjusting all the subscription settings, click the Continue button to proceed.

If you've selected Single payment, however, you're going to see different settings like one-time price, expiry, stock, and whether you want to enable waitlist or not, and more.

The last step in the paid pricing option is selecting whether you want the pricing option to be visible to everyone on the internet or be hidden with a secret link so that only the people with the link can see the option.

After you make your selection, click the Continue button to finalize the process and create the paid pricing option.

After you've created the paid pricing option, you can see it listed in the Manage pricing section, and you can use the URL button to copy its link.

You can also click the context menu button (three dots) to edit, share the link, or archive the pricing option.

What’s next? Start earning with Whop

Now you know how to create a whop, you can create the foundation of your online business - and that’s a huge step. Applying the things you’ve learned in this guide will allow you to set up a whop that your future customers will want to be a member of - hence growing your whop and even making you generate an income.

Now, you should review each of the apps that can be added to whops, determine which ones you need, and set them up. After that, you should examine each section of your whop dashboard to adjust the settings of your whop - including the Finances - so you can start offering paid products and earning money.

If you want to learn more about Whop and whops from experienced members, make sure to join the Whop University.

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