A partner discount lets the members of a partner organization, such as a company's employees, join at a reduced rate. The partner is then billed for the discounted part of their members' memberships. This page is for admins and board members. It shows how to create the discount, make the sign-up link that applies it, and produce the bill.
- Log in to Braintree.
- Choose Subscriptions in the header, then Add Ons / Discounts in the sub-header.
- Scroll to the bottom and choose New Discount.
- Enter an ID that is unique to the partner. The pattern is the partner name, the subscription period and the percent discount. For example,
PARTNER-QTR-50 is a 50% discount for a partner's members on the quarterly membership.
- Enter a Name that describes who the discount is for. Customers see this name.
- Calculate and enter the discount amount for that membership term.
- Each membership level and term needs its own discount, so repeat for each one the partner should get.
The link opens the sign-up form with the right membership and the discount already chosen.
- Open the makerspace's front page at members.manchestermakerspace.org, without signing in.
- Choose Sign Up beside the membership option the partner's members should get. The sign-up form opens, and the address bar now ends in
/signup?optionId= followed by a code.
- Copy the whole address.
- Add
&discountId= and the discount ID from step 1 to the end. The result looks like this: https://members.manchestermakerspace.org/signup?optionId=<option code>&discountId=<discount ID>.
- Test it in a private browser window. On the Membership step you should see the right membership selected and the discount applied to the total. Do not complete the sign-up.
Make one link for each membership term the partner offers. The option code and the discount ID must match: each discount belongs to one membership term.
Send each link only to the partner's contact. Anyone who has a link can use the discount, so ask the partner to share it only with the people who qualify. If a link gets out, create a new discount with a new ID, make new links, and stop using the old discount.
- Open the link and fill in the sign-up form. See Sign Up.
- On the Membership step, check that the correct membership and discount are shown. Do not change the selections. Changing them can cause a mismatch between the membership and the discount.
- Finish payment as usual.
The partner pays for the discounted part of their members' memberships.
- Sign in as an admin or board member and open Billing from the portal menu.
- Open the Transactions tab and choose Filters.
- Choose the date range for the bill, and choose the partner's discounts under Discount.
- Choose Download Table.
The file lists each transaction with its discount and the discount amount. The partner owes the total of the discounts. See Transactions for more on the filters.
Last reviewed: October 2026