diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/Offers.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/Offers.tsx
index f5e6043481..9b504f7934 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/Offers.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/Offers.tsx
@@ -57,15 +57,34 @@ const Offers: React.FC<{ keywords: string[] }> = ({keywords}) => {
         updateRoute('offers/new');
     };
 
+    const openTiers = () => {
+        updateRoute('/tiers');
+    };
+
     const goToOfferEdit = (offerId: string) => {
         sessionStorage.setItem('editOfferPageSource', 'offers');
         updateRoute(`offers/edit/${offerId}`);
     };
 
+    let offerButtonText = 'Manage offers';
+    let offerButtonLink = openOfferListModal;
+    let descriptionButtonText = 'Learn more';
+    if (allOffers.length > 0) {
+        offerButtonText = 'Manage offers';
+        offerButtonLink = openOfferListModal;
+    } else if (paidActiveTiers.length === 0 && allOffers.length === 0) {
+        offerButtonText = '';
+        offerButtonLink = openTiers;
+        descriptionButtonText = '';
+    } else if (paidActiveTiers.length > 0 && allOffers.length === 0) {
+        offerButtonText = 'Add offers';
+        offerButtonLink = openAddModal;
+    }
+
     return (
         <TopLevelGroup
-            customButtons={<Button color='green' disabled={!checkStripeEnabled(settings, config)} label={allOffers.length > 0 ? 'Manage offers' : 'Add offer'} link linkWithPadding onClick={allOffers.length > 0 ? openOfferListModal : openAddModal}/>}
-            description={<>Create discounts & coupons to boost new subscriptions. {allOffers.length === 0 && <><br /><a className='text-green' href="https://ghost.org/help/offers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Learn more</a></>}</>}
+            customButtons={<Button color='green' disabled={!checkStripeEnabled(settings, config)} label={offerButtonText} link linkWithPadding onClick={offerButtonLink}/>}
+            description={<>Create discounts & coupons to boost new subscriptions. {allOffers.length === 0 && <><br /><a className='text-green' href="https://ghost.org/help/offers" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">{descriptionButtonText}</a></>}</>}
             keywords={keywords}
             navid='offers'
             testId='offers'
@@ -94,6 +113,17 @@ const Offers: React.FC<{ keywords: string[] }> = ({keywords}) => {
                 </div> :
                 null
             }
+            {paidActiveTiers.length === 0 && allOffers.length === 0 ?
+                (<div>
+                    <div className='items-center-mt-1 flex justify-between'>
+                        <>You must have an active tier to create an offer.</>
+                    </div>
+                    <div className='items-center-mt-1 flex justify-between'>
+                        <Button color='green' label='Manage tiers' link linkWithPadding onClick={openTiers} />
+                    </div>
+                </div>
+                ) : ''
+            }
         </TopLevelGroup>
     );
 };
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/offers/OffersIndex.tsx b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/offers/OffersIndex.tsx
index 37465b6770..0b8d20cc4c 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/offers/OffersIndex.tsx
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/src/components/settings/growth/offers/OffersIndex.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import {Button, Tab, TabView} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
-import {ButtonGroup, ButtonProps} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
+import {ButtonGroup, ButtonProps, showToast} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
 import {Modal} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
 import {NoValueLabel} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
 import {SortMenu} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
-import {Tier, useBrowseTiers} from '@tryghost/admin-x-framework/api/tiers';
+import {Tier, getPaidActiveTiers, useBrowseTiers} from '@tryghost/admin-x-framework/api/tiers';
 import {Tooltip} from '@tryghost/admin-x-design-system';
 import {currencyToDecimal, getSymbol} from '../../../../utils/currency';
 import {getHomepageUrl} from '@tryghost/admin-x-framework/api/site';
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ export const OffersIndexModal = () => {
             }
         });
 
+    const paidActiveTiers = getPaidActiveTiers(allTiers || []);
+
     const listLayoutOutput = <div className='overflow-x-auto'>
         <table className='m-0 w-full'>
             {(selectedTab === 'active' && activeOffers.length > 0) || (selectedTab === 'archived' && archivedOffers.length > 0) ?
@@ -198,7 +200,16 @@ export const OffersIndexModal = () => {
             icon: 'add',
             label: 'New offer',
             color: 'green',
-            onClick: () => updateRoute('offers/new')
+            onClick: () => {
+                if (paidActiveTiers.length === 0) {
+                    showToast({
+                        type: 'neutral',
+                        message: 'You must have an active tier to create an offer.'
+                    });
+                } else {
+                    updateRoute('offers/new');
+                }
+            }
         }
     ];
 
diff --git a/apps/admin-x-settings/test/acceptance/membership/offers.test.ts b/apps/admin-x-settings/test/acceptance/membership/offers.test.ts
index b46007cb20..00e32bb66a 100644
--- a/apps/admin-x-settings/test/acceptance/membership/offers.test.ts
+++ b/apps/admin-x-settings/test/acceptance/membership/offers.test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ test.describe('Offers Modal', () => {
     test('Offers Modal is available', async ({page}) => {
         await mockApi({page, requests: {
             ...globalDataRequests,
-            browseSettings: {...globalDataRequests.browseSettings, response: settingsWithStripe}
+            browseSettings: {...globalDataRequests.browseSettings, response: settingsWithStripe},
+            browseTiers: {method: 'GET', path: '/tiers/', response: responseFixtures.tiers}
         }});
         await page.goto('/');
         const section = page.getByTestId('offers');