Glossary
Memberfy's terms in one line each, with the name they have on screen and in the API.
| Term | What it is | In the API |
|---|---|---|
| Community | The whole environment: address, brand, members, spaces and money. | Community, header X-CommunityId |
| Section | A group in the menu. | Section, /api/sections |
| Space | An area of the community, running one module. | Space, /api/spaces |
| Module | The space's type: feed, content, events, courses, gallery, ranking, link, call for papers, store, certificates. | space.module |
| Who can post | Who creates items in a space: Anyone, Staff or Admins. | space.canCreate: anyone, staff, admins |
| Initial section | The section that opens when someone comes into the community. | section.isHome |
| Who gets in | The list of groups, products and plans of a private space or section. | access |
| Account | The person's login, unique across the platform. | Member |
| Profile | The person inside a community, with a role. | Profile |
| Role | Owner, admin, moderator, finance or member. | profile.role: owner, admin, moderator, finance, member |
| Visibility | Who sees it: public, members, subscribers, private. | visibility: public, members, plan, private |
| Group | A set of members (a cohort, a team, a department). Can unlock access. | MemberGroup, /api/member-groups |
| Tag | A free-form label on the profile, for organizing. | profile.tags |
| Product | Something sold once: a course, a ticket, a mentoring session. | Product, type: ONE_TIME |
| Billing option | A recurring way to pay for a plan, such as Monthly or Annual. | Product, type: SUBSCRIPTION |
| Plan | A subscription tier that brings together billing options and benefits. | SubscriptionGroup, /subscription-groups |
| Add-on | A product only plan holders can buy, added on top of the plan. | addOnProductIds on the plan |
| Contract length | The minimum term of a monthly option. | commitmentMonths |
| Annual in installments | The whole year in one purchase, in up to 12 card installments. | billingInterval: YEARLY + maxInstallments |
| Coupon | A discount code. | Coupon |
| Subscription | A member's link to a billing option. | ProductSubscription |
| Checkout | The purchase: choosing, paying and unlocking access. | /api/checkout |
| Platform fee | What the community pays Memberfy per sale: 6.99% + R$ 2.49. | platformFee |
| Balance | The community's money that is available, retained or still to be released. | /ledger/balance |
| Statement | The lines for each sale, fee, refund and payout. | /ledger |
| Payout | The transfer of the balance to the community's account. R$ 3.67 each. | /payouts |
| Business Information | The details of who gets paid, approved before selling. | /business-information |
| Visitor | Someone who opens the community without being signed in: sees only what is public. | — |
| Add-on (upsell) | See Add-on. | — |
| Downsell | The discounted last-chance offer for an add-on the person didn't take. | downsell-offers |
| Pay now | Paying a subscription's overdue period without buying it again. | /subscriptions/{id}/pay-now |
| Reserve | The 4% of a card sale retained for 30 days to cover disputes. | — |
| SuperAdmin | The Memberfy team, for support. | — |