Add-on: Migration Wizard
$79 one-time — Included free with Growth, Pro, Multi-Show, and Studio
Bring your subscribers with you. Every one of them.
Included free with Growth, Pro, Multi-Show, and Studio — no separate purchase needed.
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A guided migration from any platform — one step at a time.
The Migration Wizard imports your existing subscriber list from Patreon, Supercast, Hello Audio, Memberful, or SSP/Castos. It creates WordPress accounts, generates RSS tokens, and sends your subscribers a migration email sequence — all from a guided wizard that backs up your database before touching anything.
Your subscribers never lose access mid-migration. A configurable grace period (30, 60, or 90 days) gives them time to click their completion link and set up their new feed at their own pace.
One-time pricing: Migration is a one-time event. Annual renewal pricing would charge you every year for a tool you used once. The Migration Wizard is priced accordingly — pay once, use it, done.
Every major platform in one importer.
- Patreon — CSV export, automatic column detection, audio hosting pre-check
- Supercast — direct subscriber-to-subscriber mapping
- Hello Audio — CSV import, field mapping
- Memberful — CSV import, tier translation
- SSP/Castos — private subscriber export
Custom CSVs: The visual field mapper handles any CSV format. Required fields: email, tier. Optional: name, join date.
Free updates: New platform support ships as free updates to existing Migration Wizard owners. One purchase covers every platform the wizard ever learns.
One step at a time.
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Back up — the wizard backs up all Benecaster database tables before any records are written. You get a download link. You don’t proceed without a safety net.
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Upload your CSV — drag in your export. The wizard detects your source platform automatically and pre-fills field mappings. Confirm or adjust.
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Map tiers — drag your source tier names to your Benecaster tiers visually. The wizard remembers the mapping.
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Set a grace period — choose 30, 60, or 90 days. During this window, imported subscribers have full access regardless of payment status.
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Send migration emails — the wizard queues your migration email sequence and shows a live “X of Y sent” progress view. Navigate away and a persistent banner takes over.
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Track the funnel — the migration dashboard shows every subscriber’s status: imported → emailed → clicked → subscribed → dropped. Resend to non-completers at any stage.
What the migration email sequence looks like.
Default sequence (all configurable, or customize with Email Editor add-on):
- Day 0: Welcome — here’s your new RSS URL, nothing changes yet
- Day X: Reminder — payment needed by [date]
- Day Y: Final warning — access ends in N days
- Day Z: Access ended — here’s how to resubscribe
Before you migrate from Patreon.
Audio hosting check — required before migration.
Patreon allows direct audio file uploads. Benecaster generates RSS feeds that point to hosted audio URLs — it does not host audio itself. If your episode audio lives on Patreon, you need to move those files to a podcast hosting provider (Buzzsprout, Libsyn, Transistor, Captivate, or similar) before migrating subscribers.
The Migration Wizard surfaces this check as a mandatory pre-migration step and won’t proceed to subscriber import until you confirm audio hosting is in place.
On Starter, the Migration Wizard is a $79 one-time purchase. On Growth, Pro, Multi-Show, and Studio it’s included free. If you’re migrating a meaningful subscriber list, Growth ($149/year) includes Migration Wizard and gives you room for up to 250 paying subscribers — worth comparing before you buy separately.
Pairs well with
- Email Editor — customize every email in the migration sequence visually, with merge tags and per-show branding
- Analytics Dashboard — tracks the migration funnel alongside your subscriber growth charts
Requires / Works with
- Requires: Benecaster with any paid plan (Launch through Studio)
- Included free: Growth, Pro, Multi-Show, Studio
- One-time purchase: $79 for Starter users
