**Arcalotl** is the Bot that turns your Fluxer Community into recurring revenue. Members subscribe to paid tiers with a single slash command and get their role instantly, no leaving the server, no clunky web store. You connect your **own Stripe account**, map plans to roles, and the money flows straight to you (Stripe Connect Direct Charges, Arcalotl never holds your funds or touches card data).
What makes Arcalotl different is everything that happens **after** checkout. Our mission is to bring a SaaS-grade payment stack, tuned for both acquisition and customer retention to the world of community monetization.
Most monetization bots stop once the payment clears. Arcalotl runs the full subscription lifecycle:
- **Failed-payment recovery (dunning)**: when a renewal fails, Arcalotl sends escalating reminders with a secure update link and keeps the member's role active during a grace period, so you stop silently losing members to expired cards.
- **Cancellation save offers**: `/cancel` collects the reason and presents a dynamic offer (discount, pause, or downgrade) tuned to tenure, turning cancels into saves.
- **Annual upgrade offers**: detects engaged monthly subscribers and offers a one-click discounted annual upgrade.
- **Revenue dashboard**: MRR, subscriber growth, churn, recovery rate, and save rate in one place.
## Pricing
**$0/month. 2% per successful payment.** No setup cost, no minimums. Standard Stripe processing (2.9% + 30¢) applies on top, billed by Stripe. You only pay when you earn.
## Getting started, the three commands to revenue
1. `/arcalotl setup`: connect Stripe and configure your server.
2. `/arcalotl plan create`: create a tier and map it to a Fluxer role.
3. Members run `/subscribe`: pick a plan, pay once on Stripe, get the role instantly.
**Note:** for Fluxer we recommend using the Web Dashboard to configure plans.
## Member commands
- `/subscribe` — browse plans and subscribe
- `/manage` — status, change/upgrade/downgrade plan, open the Stripe billing portal
- `/cancel` — cancel, with a save offer
- `/donate` — one-time donations (if enabled)
## Admin commands
`/arcalotl setup` · `/arcalotl plan create | edit | list | import` · `/arcalotl donation create` ·
`/arcalotl settings` · `/arcalotl analytics`
