use-locksmith-and-seal-subscriptions-to-grant-access-based-on-subscriptions.md

Use Locksmith and Seal Subscriptions to grant access based on subscriptions

You can use Locksmith with Seal Subscriptions to control access based on a customer’s subscription status. Seal Subscriptions supports auto-tagging customers depending on whether their subscription is active or inactive. Here’s how it works:

How Seal Subscriptions tags customers

• Seal Subscriptions can automatically tag customers when they have an active subscription.
• When a subscription becomes inactive (expired or cancelled), Seal doesn’t remove the active tag. Instead, it applies an additional tag for inactive subscribers.

Reference: https://www.sealsubscriptions.com/articles/frequently-asked-questions/can-i-tag-customers-with-active-and-inactive-subscriptions-6y

Setting things up in Locksmith

1. Make sure Seal Subscriptions is configured to add both active and inactive tags to your customers.
2. Create a lock on the content you want to restrict (products, collections, pages, etc.). Guide:
   creating-locks.md
3. Add a key condition: Permit if the customer is tagged with... and enter your active subscription tag. This is a regular (non-inverted) condition.
4. Now turn this into a combo key by adding the second condition inside the same key:
   • Click Edit on the key you just created.
   • Scroll to + Add key condition and add Permit if the customer is tagged with <active subscriber tag>
   • Enter your inactive subscription tag and (if needed) check invert so the condition reads Permit UNLESS the customer is tagged with <inactive subscriber tag>
   • Save the lock. You now have a single combo key that requires both conditions at once. See:
     combining-key-conditions.md
     inverting-conditions-in-locksmith.md
5. Result: customers must have the active tag, and must not have the inactive tag, to get access. The keys should look like the following example once setup:
   

Helpful resources

{% content-ref url="../../keys/customer-account-keys.md" %} customer-account-keys.md {% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../../keys/more/inverting-conditions-in-locksmith.md" %} inverting-conditions-in-locksmith.md {% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="../../keys/more/combining-key-conditions.md" %} combining-key-conditions.md {% endcontent-ref %}

Summary

Because Seal Subscriptions doesn’t remove active tags, you’ll need to use both a regular (non-inverted) condition (active tag) and an inverted condition (inactive tag) in Locksmith. This setup ensures that only customers with a current subscription can access your locked content.