Recurring payments in Perno Creators let people support your work regularly. You can use them for memberships, subscriptions or access to recurring benefits for your audience. You set the payment amount and frequency, and the supporter starts a subscription through the payment page you share.
How to create and manage recurring payments in Perno Creators
1. Open Payments and tips
Go to Perno Creators and select Payments and tips from the menu on the left.
Click the three-dot menu in the upper-right corner, then select Add recurring support.
2. Enter the recurring support details
In the Payment option form, configure the following fields:
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Field |
What to enter |
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Payment type |
Make sure Recurring support is selected. |
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Title shown to visitors |
Enter a name visible to visitors, such as “Monthly support” or “Supporters’ club”. |
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Description |
Explain what the payment funds or what benefits the supporter receives. |
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Button text |
Enter the button text, such as “Start supporting” or “Subscribe”. |
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Amount |
Enter the amount charged in each billing period. |
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Billing interval |
Choose how often payments are collected. Monthly means a payment every month. |
For example, setting the amount to 10.00 and the interval to Monthly means a recurring charge of 10 units of the payment currency per month.
3. Set visibility on your public profile
Select Show on public profile if you want to display the support option on your public profile.
You can turn this setting off to hide the option from your profile while keeping its direct link and QR code operational. Profile visibility and payment link activity are separate settings.
4. Save and share the payment option
Click Save.
After you create the recurring option, Perno generates a payment request. You can share it with your audience:
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on your public profile, if visibility is enabled;
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through a direct payment link;
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using a QR code.
In the Payments and tips list, the Copy button next to the payment address lets you copy the link.
5. Check the configuration before accepting payments
Before promoting recurring support, make sure that:
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your merchant account is active;
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the selected payment provider and merchant account support recurring card charges and stored payment credentials;
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the correct production merchant account is being used;
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payment notifications and webhooks have been configured by Perno.
Automatic collection of subsequent payments depends on the provider and merchant account supporting these features.
6. How a supporter starts a subscription
The supporter opens the option on your profile, follows the direct link or scans the QR code, then completes the payment flow.
After the first payment is completed, subsequent card charges can be collected automatically according to the Billing interval setting, if the payment provider’s configuration supports this.
7. Manage the availability of recurring support
If you only want to hide the option from your public profile, turn off Show on public profile. The direct link and QR code will remain available.
If new supporters should no longer be able to start subscriptions, deactivate the payment link by turning off Payment link active. This setting is not visible in the option creation form shown.
Hiding the option or deactivating the link should not be treated as cancelling existing subscriptions.