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Cody J.

Building Discord Systems That Retain Members & Convert Revenue

🏗️ I BUILD DISCORD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT RETAINS MEMBERS AND TURNS THEM INTO REVENUE 🏗️ Most Discord communities leak members between the free tier and the paid one — or between payouts, or between course modules. I build the systems that close that gap: onboarding, gamification, and monetization flows engineered from day one to keep people in and convert them. Recent results: → Play-to-earn game community: 0 → 15,000 members, built alongside the client's marketing team → Sports-picks community: 0 → 5,000 members in the first month → ~20 Discord communities built total — course creators, coaches, content brands, gaming/P2E, sports-picks If you need: ✅ A Discord server built from scratch — structure, roles, channels, onboarding, and monetization baked in from day one ✅ A Whop storefront set up and integrated with your Discord community ✅ AI-powered bots for retention, support automation, and upsell triggers ✅ Course platform integrations (Thinkific, Circle, Customer io) bridged into Discord ✅ Gamification systems — XP, streaks, leaderboards — that keep members coming back ✅ Discord Ads campaign management — I set up and manage rewarded-ad campaigns (Quests) inside Discord's official Ads Manager for eligible brands ...you're in the right place. I'm Cody J. I don't ship templates — every build is scoped to what actually keeps your specific members retained and paying. WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN: ➤ Discord server architecture (roles, permissions, channels, onboarding) ➤ Whop storefront setup & Discord integration ➤ AI-powered retention and upsell bots ➤ Free → paid conversion flows ➤ Course platform bridges (Thinkific, Circle, Customer io) ➤ Gamification systems (XP, streaks, leaderboards) ➤ Support ticket automation ➤ Discord Ads campaign setup & management (Discord's self-serve Ads Manager, agency-model account) Note: Discord's own policy blocks gambling, betting/picks, and financial products from running ads on the platform if that's your category, community build/management is still fully available; ads isn't. 📞 Message me and I'll walk you through a scope and deliverable breakdown before anything starts. - Cody J.

🇺🇸Big Spring, United States$39/hr100% JSS5.00 (2)Since Mar 2022

Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.4k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#17,129 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#4,114 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$2.5k

Last 6 months: $15k

World#16,411 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,722 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$34k

Billed in all: $37k

World#100,616 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#17,566 / 62.1k
Per project
$4.9k

$15k in the last 6 months

World#35,374 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,862 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
1
0% fixed100% hourly
World#128,092 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#16,472 / 62.1k
Projects in all
7
86% fixed14% hourly
World#236,188 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#33,699 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$36.7k+$2.5k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$34k$36k$38kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 2% in Discord Bot Development

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