¶ Manage Membership
You manage your membership in your account settings. Sign in to the member portal at members.manchestermakerspace.org, then open Account Settings from your Home page or your profile. You can also choose Subscriptions or Payment Methods straight from the portal menu.
The settings page has five sections down the left side:
| Section | What it is for |
|---|---|
| Personal Information | Your name, email, phone and address. Also a choice to receive emails (this excludes membership notifications). |
| Subscriptions | Your membership: its status, type and next payment, with buttons to change the payment method or cancel. |
| Payment Methods | Add or remove cards, PayPal and Venmo. |
| Transactions | Your payment history. |
| Security | Change your password and turn on two-factor authentication. |
¶ See your membership
Open Subscriptions. It shows your membership Status, Type and Next Payment date. Your Home page and profile show your membership type, status and Membership Expiration date. Your Next Payment date is usually a few days before your Membership Expiration date. That is normal: see why the dates differ.
¶ Start or restart a membership
If you do not have a subscription, the Subscriptions section shows your membership details and a button, Create Membership (or Update Membership if you have had one before). Choose it and follow the steps to choose a membership and pay. They are the same steps as in Sign Up. When you finish you return to your profile.
If your membership type says Managed by PayPal, you must first cancel the subscription in PayPal. See the end of this page.
¶ Pause a membership
Memberships cannot be paused. To put your membership on hold and stop the charges, cancel your subscription before the next renewal date, as below.
Save your key fob. When you start a membership again, your old key fob works again straight away. If you need a new fob, ask in #discuss-talk-to-the-board on Slack or come to an open house.
¶ Cancel your subscription
Do this before your renewal date, because payments are generally not refunded. See Payment History and Refunds.
- Open Subscriptions in your settings.
- Choose Cancel Subscription.
- Read the message and choose Submit. Choose Close to keep your subscription.
Your key fob stays active until your expiration date. You can see the date on your profile. Cancelling cannot be undone, so to come back you start a new membership.
¶ Change your membership type
Cancel your current membership as above, then start the new one. When the new membership starts, your payment method is charged straight away and the new period is added to your existing expiration date, so you keep the time left on the old one.
¶ Change the payment method for your subscription
- Open Subscriptions in your settings and choose Change Payment Method.
- Pick one of your saved payment methods, or choose Add New Payment Method.
- Choose Submit.
The method you pick is used for the next payment.
¶ Add or remove a payment method
Open Payment Methods in your settings.
- To add one, choose Add New Payment Method, then pick Debit or Credit Card, PayPal or Venmo. For a card, fill in the card number, expiration date, security code, cardholder name and postal code, and choose Save Card. For PayPal or Venmo, follow the prompts.
- To remove one, choose Delete Payment Method and confirm.
¶ If your membership is managed by PayPal
Some older memberships are paid through a PayPal subscription. The portal cannot change those. To change or end one, first cancel it in PayPal:
- Sign in to paypal.com and open Settings (the gear icon), then the Payments tab. You can go straight to https://www.paypal.com/myaccount/settings/payments.
- Select the Manchester Makerspace membership, choose Cancel, and confirm.
- Then follow the steps above for the change you want.
¶ If something goes wrong
See Troubleshooting.
Last reviewed: October 2026