Paid Slack Channel Access
Sell paid Slack channel access through SellApp with workspace invites, channel grants, and subscription expiry rules.
Use Slack access when your product should unlock a paid private channel inside a Slack workspace. SellApp connects to your workspace, reads the channels the app can access, and grants customers access after checkout.
Connect Slack
Start in your SellApp community settings, then open Slack.
- Click Connect workspace and approve the SellApp Slack app.
- Add your workspace invite link. Customers use this link to join the workspace before channel access can be completed.
- Make sure the SellApp app is a member of each channel you want to sell.
- Click Add channel, choose the channel, then save it.
Use Check Health on a channel after changing Slack permissions. If SellApp says the bot is not a member, invite the app to that channel and check again.
Note
Slack needs a valid workspace invite link before you can add paid channels. Without it, customers may be eligible for the channel but unable to join the workspace.
Add Slack to a product
Open a product, expand Community, then choose the Slack channel.
Slack channel access is handled as a post-purchase grant. Keep Remove from channel on subscription expiry enabled when the channel should only stay available while the subscription or membership is active.
What customers see
Customers use your Slack workspace invite to join the workspace. After the order is completed, SellApp grants the configured channel access and shows pending access on the order if the customer still needs to complete the join step.
If a grant looks stuck, open the order and check the Community Access panel. It will show whether Slack is processing, waiting on the customer, or needs manual attention.