Switch or upgrade your membership
Two common changes, step by step: moving from a Patreon membership to a direct membership, and upgrading a direct membership to self-service Stripe billing.
Move from Patreon to a direct membership
The easiest way is the built-in Migrate to Direct Membership wizard on your Account → Subscription tab. It sets up a direct membership at your current rate with no gap in access, defers your first direct charge to your Patreon paid-through date, then walks you through cancelling Patreon so you’re never billed twice.
- 1Start the wizard. On Account → Subscription, click “Migrate to Direct Membership.” Review the summary (same rate, first charge on your paid-through date) and continue to Stripe’s secure checkout. Nothing is charged today.
- 2Cancel your Patreon pledge. After checkout the wizard sends you to Patreon → Settings → Membershipsto cancel — Patreon doesn’t let us do this for you.
- 3Confirm it. Back in the wizard, tap “I’ve cancelled — refresh”and we’ll verify it live with Patreon. We also email reminders before your first direct charge until it’s done. You keep the same account, history, and Discord role.
Good to know
- Until you cancel Patreon, you may briefly see bothmemberships — cancel the Patreon pledge before your first direct charge so you’re not paying twice.
- If your Patreon membership has already lapsed, there’s nothing to migrate — just subscribe directly from the Subscription tab.
- Want us to handle it or sort out a double charge? Email support@theduchy.com.
Upgrade a direct membership to Stripe
If your card is currently billed through our older processor, you can move to Stripe for self-service billing — one click, no double charge, and no lost access.
- 1Open Account → Subscription.
- 2In the Current cycle card, click “Switch to Stripe.”
- 3Enter your card on Stripe’s secure checkout page.
- 4That’s it. Your old subscription is cancelled automatically, and your first Stripe charge is deferred to your current paid-through date— so you’re never double-charged and never lose access.
- You’ll move to current membership pricing for your billing interval.
- Already on Stripe? You already manage your own billing — use Update payment method on the Subscription tab.
- On Patreon or Apple? Your billing is managed there — see the Patreon steps above, or manage an Apple subscription in the App Store.
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