# (PAID) Need help setting up a discourse forum

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-help-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/413820>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 11:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-help-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/413820 "2026-10-02T23:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aaron\_Clarke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/aaron_clarke/32/579621_2.png) [@Aaron\_Clarke](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aaron_Clarke)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-help-setting-up-a-discourse-forum/413820/10 "2026-10-03T22:18:10Z")

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Thanks—that makes the initial scope clearer: your mapped layout, a consistent selling-post template, and manual membership access changes for now. I also misread another participant’s API/webhook suggestion as your preference earlier; thanks for clarifying.

One plan detail matters before estimating: if you mean Discourse’s hosted Free plan, it does not support additional private categories for a paid-members section ([official clarification](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youre-invited-to-try-the-discourse-free-plan-beta/395632/35)). Are you on that plan, a free trial, or a self-hosted installation?

Could you share your category/layout map, with any member details removed, and the fields a selling post needs? Should those fields be required before posting, or is an editable prefilled template enough? With those details I can assess a viable scope, price and turnaround without assuming an upgrade or automatic membership syncing.

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