Introducing Circle Plus
Today, we’re delighted to unveil Circle Plus: the easiest way to launch your own, branded community app, in just six weeks or less.
With Circle Plus, you can expect a done-for-you, branded mobile app, a dedicated community strategist, custom design services, complimentary payment & course migration services, higher limits, VIP support, and more. Designed with advanced community businesses in mind, you can have your own branded iOS and Android apps starting today!
Why are we launching Circle Plus?
When my co-founders and I started Circle, our vision was to build a flexible and beautiful all-in-one platform for community builders to bring their vision to life.
Since we launched the Circle mobile apps for iOS and Android, we’ve often heard from builders who want even greater flexibility and control over their brand. For many of our advanced customers, having a fully white-labelled app under their own brand is the next step in building a world-class community-powered business.
But creating one is often easier said than done. Custom mobile apps are extraordinarily expensive to build and maintain—especially if you don’t have your own team of developers. And apart from costing upwards of six figures, they take months and months to develop.
With Circle Plus, you can now get a done-for-you branded mobile app in six weeks or less.
If you’re ready to create a seamless branded customer journey with ease, at a more accessible price point, so you can give your members the premium experience they expect and deserve — then Circle Plus is for you.
Chat with our team to learn more →
What are the benefits of having a fully branded app?
Let’s take a little sneak peek at some of the incredible perks of having a fully branded mobile app.
Put your brand front and center to increase credibility
You've worked hard to create a premium brand. Give it the credibility it deserves with a fully white-labeled experience.Become a mobile-first community to reduce friction and maximize engagement
Your community spends a lot of time on their phones—boost engagement and increase conversions by meeting them where they’re at.Deliver a high-end community experience
Create a world-class member experience that warrants a higher ticket price, increases engagement, and reduces churn.Send fully branded push notifications and DMs
Put your business front and center by sending push notifications and DMs straight from your brand, rather than Circle’s.Leverage the app stores as a new marketing channel
Market your business on the app store, turn traffic into leads, and lower your customer acquisition costs. Enable prospects to sign up easily with just a few taps in your branded app (not available on the Circle app).
What’s included in Circle Plus?
Our new Circle Plus plan includes the following:
Your own fully branded mobile app in six weeks or less
No more spending months and months on custom app development. Go live in six weeks or less with the full support of our Circle Plus’ team.
A dedicated Circle Plus community strategist
Our strategists work with our most successful communities and come equipped with proven best practices. Meet yours regularly to leave the guesswork behind and bring your vision to life, fast.Access to our exclusive design studio
Based on your guidelines, our team will create beautiful, sleek design assets for a user experience that perfectly matches your brand.Complimentary end-to-end payment and course migrations
Losing sleep over the thought of moving platforms? We’ll migrate your courses and member payment data so that all you need to do is welcome them to their new home.The highest product limits
Give your community room to grow with more spaces, admins, moderators, live stream hours, file storage, and more.VIP support
Responses to any queries you have in one hour or less (instead of the standard three hours or less), seven days a week, via support@circle.so.
Will I have full control over my community, content, and data?
Absolutely, you retain full ownership of your community, content, and data, just like our customers on any Circle plan do. You will also have complete control over your App Store Listings and can update them at any time.
How do the custom design services work?
Our creative studio will help you create premium design assets that perfectly match your brand. You’ll give us a few items for inspiration like your logos, color themes, and websites and we’ll prepare a selection of options for you to choose from. Then you’ll let us know which ones you like—we’re happy to do a few minor tweaks if needed!
What kind of free migrations services do you offer?
We currently offer complimentary payment and course migrations to our Circle Plus customers. This saves you weeks of time doing it yourself, not to mention the thousands you’d spend having someone help you with it.
For payment migrations, our team will migrate all of your payment information*—memberships, subscriptions, your customers’ payment method history—from your old provider to Circle, which is powered by Stripe.
For course migrations, our team will migrate all of your courses from other course platforms*. Just point us in the direction of your course content, and we’ll take care of the rest.
*Technical incompatibilities between certain platforms and Circle may impose restrictions. Our team will review your migration request and assess your eligibility during initial consultations.
What are the higher product limits that come with Circle Plus?
Circle Plus comes with higher limits across the platform to give your community plenty of room to grow. We have the ability to tailor your limits to best suit your needs, just chat with our sales team to learn more.
How do I upgrade to Circle Plus?
We have a few different pricing options for you to choose from depending on the specific needs of your community.
To learn more about our pricing and payment options, chat with our sales team here.
What about other Circle plans—what improvements are you planning for them?
Don’t worry, we have tons in store for all of our plans on Circle. Just recently, we announced drip courses, improved search, and much more in our July round-up—click here to check out all our recent improvements and to see what lies ahead on our roadmap!
Not sure whether your business is ready for Circle Plus?
Join our upcoming launch event and find out! You’ll learn if you’re a good fit for Circle Plus, not to mention:
How having your own app can boost your business credibility and bottom line
About stories of communities that have leveled up with Circle Plus
Key signals that indicate if and when your community is ready for its own app
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, August 16th
🕙 Time: 11 am ET
💸 Cost: Free