From the course: Building a Paid Membership Site with Django

Demo project overview

From the course: Building a Paid Membership Site with Django

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Demo project overview

- [Instructor] I'd like you to see where it is - [Instructor] I'd like you to see where it is that we'll be going in the course, that we'll be going in the course, and this is our finished product. and this is our finished product. It's a website called Nick Fitness, It's a website called Nick Fitness, where I'm going to be selling my fitness secrets. where I'm going to be selling my fitness secrets. Now I don't know anything about fitness Now I don't know anything about fitness and I have no business charging for it, and I have no business charging for it, but on the internet, everyone can be an expert, right? but on the internet, everyone can be an expert, right? So here's the basic idea of the website. So here's the basic idea of the website. There's some fitness articles and plans There's some fitness articles and plans that you can check out, for example, that you can check out, for example, Bulging Biceps, this is completely free material Bulging Biceps, this is completely free material that someone could check out. that someone could check out. But let's say they want to learn But let's say they want to learn how to do from a couch to a 5K, how to do from a couch to a 5K, they click on this and realize they click on this and realize they need Nick Fitness Premium. they need Nick Fitness Premium. So in order to go get a subscription, So in order to go get a subscription, whether it be monthly or yearly, whether it be monthly or yearly, they're going to have to make an account. they're going to have to make an account. So we can hit the sign up button here. So we can hit the sign up button here. I'm going to make a new user named Mark, mark@email.com. I'm going to make a new user named Mark, mark@email.com. Let's give Mark a password here, Let's give Mark a password here, and now, Mark once he's signed up, and now, Mark once he's signed up, can say, alright I want to go get that premium membership, can say, alright I want to go get that premium membership, and he says, I'm going to start with 10 bucks a month, and he says, I'm going to start with 10 bucks a month, we'll see how it is. we'll see how it is. My friend told me they have an awesome Halloween discount. My friend told me they have an awesome Halloween discount. So if I go ahead and type in the Halloween promo code, So if I go ahead and type in the Halloween promo code, I can hit redeem, and look at that, I can hit redeem, and look at that, I saved 31% off my order. I saved 31% off my order. So Mark says he's going to pay with his card, So Mark says he's going to pay with his card, and he's going to enter in his card information, and he's going to enter in his card information, and we'll just go ahead and put in our test card here, and we'll just go ahead and put in our test card here, and with all of this in place, we'll hit the pay button, and with all of this in place, we'll hit the pay button, and now Mark has access to all the premium content and now Mark has access to all the premium content on the site. on the site. So now if Mark wants to check out From Couch to 5K, So now if Mark wants to check out From Couch to 5K, well he can, it's totally his, all here. well he can, it's totally his, all here. Also included as part of this site is, Also included as part of this site is, Mark if he decides this really isn't for me, Mark if he decides this really isn't for me, I want to cancel my membership, he can hit this button I want to cancel my membership, he can hit this button and this will on Stripe's backend mark that Mark is going to end at the current billing cycle that Mark is going to end at the current billing cycle that he's not going any further than that. that he's not going any further than that. So connected with this, we're going to be So connected with this, we're going to be using Stripe, which is a great payment processor, using Stripe, which is a great payment processor, has one of the best APIs out there, has one of the best APIs out there, in my opinion, so you can see if we go to customers, in my opinion, so you can see if we go to customers, we can find mark@email, who we just created here. we can find mark@email, who we just created here. If we can click on Mark we can see he subscribed If we can click on Mark we can see he subscribed to the monthly option with a 31% discount, to the monthly option with a 31% discount, all sorts of great information here inside of Stripe. all sorts of great information here inside of Stripe. They're really the power that makes this site work. They're really the power that makes this site work.

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