Lesson notes
How it works
When you don't need a free plan at all
Members can sign up without any plan. Your Default Settings (Plans, then Default Settings under the plans list) control where those members are redirected and what gated content they can see. If you only have one free tier and everything else is paid, treat Default Settings as that free tier.
Default Settings is also the fallback. If a paid plan is cancelled or a payment fails, the paid plan stops being active and the member is back on your defaults, so they can still reach pages like their profile.