Pay-to-Play
One server.
Everyone chips in.
Split the cost of your Minecraft server with the people who play on it. Each friend pays their own share by card, straight to us: no bank transfers, no IOUs, and nobody stuck paying for everyone.
- Instant
- Secured by Stripe
- Works worldwide
How it works
Set it up once. Everyone pays their part, every month.
- 1
Pick Pay-to-Play at checkout
Choose any Minecraft plan, then Pay-to-Play and how many of you are splitting it. Nothing is charged to you up front.
- 2
Send your friends the link
Share the group's link in your Discord or group chat, or invite people by email. Friends make a free account in a minute.
Do the maths
See what everyone pays.
Pick a server and how many of you are splitting it. Bigger groups mean smaller shares - or a bigger server for the same money.
Server
Shares are equal and rounded up to the penny, so they always cover the server. Each payment adds a £0.25 service fee to cover card costs.
Each player pays
£2/ month
+ £0.25 fee = £2.25 per payment
£5.75 less a month for each of you than paying alone.
Why it's easier
No more “can you send me your share?”
The usual way to share a server is for one person to pay and everyone else to pay them back - by bank transfer if they remember, and across borders if your group is international. Pay-to-Play takes that person out of the middle.
Alexwhose turn is it to pay for the server?? 😅
I've paid for it 3 months running lol
SamI'll send you mine, what's your sort code?
Priyacan I even do a UK transfer from Germany?
server's down until someone sorts it…
Every renewal
Reminders do the chasing for you.
Each period is a new round. Everyone who hasn't paid hears from us - never from the friend who owns the server.
- 14 days beforeRound opens
Everyone in the group gets an email with their share.
- 7 days beforeReminder
Players who haven't paid yet get a nudge.
- 2 days beforeLast call
One more reminder, to whoever's left.
- Day 0Renewal date
Fully funded? Nothing changes. Short? The server pauses, files safe, and starts the moment it's paid.
- 7 days afterRemoved and refunded
Still unfunded: the server is removed and everyone who paid that round gets their money back.
Built in
Instant, secure, and fair to everyone.
Instant
Shares count the second they're paid. There's no waiting for transfers to clear, and the server starts the moment it's funded.
Secure
Payments are handled by Stripe, one of the world's biggest payment providers. We never see or store full card numbers.
Works from anywhere
Friends in other countries pay by card the way their bank already handles it. No IBANs, SWIFT codes or international transfer fees.
Refunded if it doesn't happen
If a round isn't funded in time, everyone who paid into it gets their money back automatically.
How is the cost split?
Into equal shares, one per player. The owner picks how many players (themselves included), and each share is the server's price divided by that, rounded up to the nearest penny. Anyone can pay for more than one share - to cover a friend, say - and the owner can cover whatever's left at any time. Any rounding left over goes to the owner as account credit.
What's the service fee for?
Every payment is its own card payment, and each one costs us a fixed fee from the card network. A £0.25 service fee is added once to each payment to cover that. It's shown before anyone pays, and it's the same whether you pay for one share or five.
Do my friends need an account?
Yes, a free one - so each payment has a receipt and an invoice in the right person's name. It takes a minute, and the invitation link brings them straight back to pay.
What happens if the group doesn't pay in time?
A new server waits, set up but stopped, for up to 7 days. If it isn't fully funded by then, the order is cancelled and everyone who paid is refunded. For a renewal, the round opens 14 days before the renewal date and everyone who hasn't paid gets reminders. If it's still short on the renewal date, the server pauses with its files safe; it starts again the moment the last share is paid. After a further 7 days unfunded, it's removed and that round is refunded.
Get your group on one server.
Pick a plan, choose Pay-to-Play at checkout and send your friends the link.
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