diff --git a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-tier.hbs b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-tier.hbs
index 154df41069..5b329a0397 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-tier.hbs
+++ b/ghost/admin/app/components/modal-tier.hbs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                                     <p class="response w-100"><span class="red">{{this.stripePlanError}}</span></p>
                                 {{/if}}
                             </GhFormGroup>
-                            
+
                             <GhFormGroup @errors={{this.tier.errors}} @property="trialDays" data-test-formgroup="trialDays">
                                 <div class="flex justify-between items-center mb2">
                                     <div>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
                                                 name="free-trial"
                                                 {{on "click" this.setFreeTrialEnabled}}
                                             />
-                                            <span class="input-toggle-component"></span>
+                                            <span class="input-toggle-component" data-test-toggle="free-trial"></span>
                                         </label>
                                     </div>
                                 </div>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
                                 {{/if}}
                             </GhFormGroup>
                         </div>
-                        
+
                         <GhFormGroup>
                             <label for="welcomePage" class="fw6">Welcome page</label>
                             <GhUrlInput
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/admin/site-settings.spec.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/admin/site-settings.spec.js
index 03de7479cf..a113e61862 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/admin/site-settings.spec.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/admin/site-settings.spec.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const {expect, test} = require('@playwright/test');
-const {createPostDraft} = require('../utils');
+const {createPostDraft, createTier} = require('../utils');
 
 const changeSubscriptionAccess = async (page, access) => {
     // Go to settings page
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ test.describe('Site Settings', () => {
     test.describe('Subscription Access', () => {
         test('Invite only', async ({page}) => {
             await page.goto('/ghost');
+            await createTier(page, {
+                name: 'Free tier trial',
+                monthlyPrice: 100,
+                yearlyPrice: 1000,
+                trialDays: 5
+            }, true);
 
             await changeSubscriptionAccess(page, 'invite');
 
@@ -45,6 +51,9 @@ test.describe('Site Settings', () => {
             // Check sign up is disabled and a message is shown
             await expect(portalFrame.locator('.gh-portal-invite-only-notification')).toHaveText('This site is invite-only, contact the owner for access.');
 
+            // Check free trial message is not shown for invite only
+            await expect(portalFrame.locator('.gh-portal-free-trial-notification')).not.toBeVisible();
+
             // Check portal script loaded (just a negative test for the following test to test the test)
             await checkPortalScriptLoaded(page, true);
         });
diff --git a/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/utils/e2e-browser-utils.js b/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/utils/e2e-browser-utils.js
index 6b57b03836..3a943da6e9 100644
--- a/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/utils/e2e-browser-utils.js
+++ b/ghost/core/test/e2e-browser/utils/e2e-browser-utils.js
@@ -175,8 +175,9 @@ const impersonateMember = async (page) => {
  * @param {string} tier.name
  * @param {number} tier.monthlyPrice
  * @param {number} tier.yearlyPrice
+ * @param {number} [tier.trialDays]
  */
-const createTier = async (page, {name, monthlyPrice, yearlyPrice}, enableInPortal = true) => {
+const createTier = async (page, {name, monthlyPrice, yearlyPrice, trialDays}, enableInPortal = true) => {
     // Navigate to the member settings
     await page.locator('.gh-nav a[href="#/settings/"]').click();
     await page.locator('.gh-setting-group').filter({hasText: 'Membership'}).click();
@@ -201,6 +202,10 @@ const createTier = async (page, {name, monthlyPrice, yearlyPrice}, enableInPorta
     await modal.locator('input#name').first().fill(name);
     await modal.locator('#monthlyPrice').fill(`${monthlyPrice}`);
     await modal.locator('#yearlyPrice').fill(`${yearlyPrice}`);
+    if (trialDays) {
+        await modal.locator('[data-test-toggle="free-trial"]').click();
+        await modal.locator('#trial').fill(`${trialDays}`);
+    }
     await modal.getByRole('button', {name: 'Add tier'}).click();
     await page.waitForSelector('.modal-content input#name', {state: 'detached'});
 
diff --git a/ghost/portal/src/components/pages/SignupPage.js b/ghost/portal/src/components/pages/SignupPage.js
index 0f8bc7ea94..e5a98b9c4e 100644
--- a/ghost/portal/src/components/pages/SignupPage.js
+++ b/ghost/portal/src/components/pages/SignupPage.js
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ class SignupPage extends React.Component {
 
     renderFreeTrialMessage() {
         const {site} = this.context;
-        if (hasFreeTrialTier({site})) {
+        if (hasFreeTrialTier({site}) && !isInviteOnlySite({site})) {
             return (
                 <p className='gh-portal-free-trial-notification'>After a free trial ends, you will be charged the regular price for the tier you’ve chosen. You can always cancel before then.</p>
             );