diff --git a/src/Extend/NotificationChannel.php b/src/Extend/NotificationChannel.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..332d6ab19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Extend/NotificationChannel.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\Extend;
+
+use Flarum\Extension\Extension;
+use Flarum\User\NotificationPreference;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
+
+class NotificationChannel implements ExtenderInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    private $channel;
+
+    private $enabled = [];
+
+    public function __construct(string $channel)
+    {
+        $this->channel = $channel;
+    }
+
+    public function extend(Container $container, Extension $extension = null)
+    {
+        NotificationPreference::addChannel($this->channel, $this->enabled);
+    }
+
+    public function enabled(string $type, bool $enabled = true)
+    {
+        $this->enabled[$type] = $enabled;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Extend/UserPreferences.php b/src/Extend/UserPreferences.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ab08d804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Extend/UserPreferences.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\Extend;
+
+use Flarum\Extension\Extension;
+use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Container\Container;
+
+class UserPreferences implements ExtenderInterface
+{
+    public function extend(Container $container, Extension $extension = null)
+    {
+        // TODO: Implement extend() method.
+    }
+
+    public function add(string $key, callable $transformer = null, $default = null)
+    {
+        User::addPreference($key, $transformer, $default);
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences.php b/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences.php
index 0e36c54fb..cdc1af0cb 100644
--- a/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences.php
+++ b/src/User/Concerns/DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences.php
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 
 namespace Flarum\User\Concerns;
 
-use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
-
 trait DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences
 {
 
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ trait DeprecatedUserNotificationPreferences
      * @param string $type
      * @param string $method
      * @return string
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.13: `users.preferences` is no longer used, use NotificationPreference::getPreferenceKey.
+     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.13: `users.preferences` is no longer used, use \Flarum\User\NotificationPreference.
      */
     public static function getNotificationPreferenceKey($type, $method)
     {
diff --git a/src/User/Concerns/UserPreferences.php b/src/User/Concerns/UserPreferences.php
index f7117b246..bf968c5a2 100644
--- a/src/User/Concerns/UserPreferences.php
+++ b/src/User/Concerns/UserPreferences.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ trait UserPreferences
      *
      * @param string $value
      * @return array
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.13: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
      */
     public function getPreferencesAttribute($value)
     {
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ trait UserPreferences
      * @param string $key
      * @param mixed $default
      * @return mixed
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.13: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
      */
     public function getPreference($key, $default = null)
     {
@@ -53,8 +51,6 @@ trait UserPreferences
      *
      * @param string $key
      * @param mixed $value
-     * @return $this
-     * @deprecated 0.1.0-beta.13: `users.preferences` is no longer used.
      */
     public function setPreference($key, $value)
     {
diff --git a/src/User/NotificationPreference.php b/src/User/NotificationPreference.php
index ed5538987..bbcae4c88 100644
--- a/src/User/NotificationPreference.php
+++ b/src/User/NotificationPreference.php
@@ -28,14 +28,30 @@ class NotificationPreference extends AbstractModel
         return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
     }
 
-    public static function addChannel(string $channel)
+    public static function addChannel(string $channel, array $defaults = [])
     {
-        static::$channels[] = $channel;
+        static::$channels[$channel] = $defaults;
     }
 
-    public static function setNotificationPreference(User $user, string $type, string $channel, bool $enabled = true)
+    public static function getNotificationPreferences(User $user, string $channel = null, string $type = null)
     {
-        if (in_array($channel, static::$channels)) {
+        $saved = $user->notificationPreferences()
+            ->when('type', function ($query, $type) {
+                $query->where('type', $type);
+            })
+            ->whereIn('channel', $channel ? [$channel] : array_keys(static::$channels))
+            ->get();
+
+        if ($channel && $type) {
+            return $saved->first();
+        }
+
+        return $saved;
+    }
+
+    public static function setNotificationPreference(User $user, string $channel, string $type, bool $enabled = true)
+    {
+        if (array_key_exists($channel, static::$channels)) {
             $attributes = [
                 'channel' => $channel,
                 'type' => $type
diff --git a/tests/integration/extenders/NotificationChannelTest.php b/tests/integration/extenders/NotificationChannelTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..291212d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/extenders/NotificationChannelTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\Tests\integration\extenders;
+
+use Flarum\Extend\NotificationChannel;
+use Flarum\Extend\UserPreferences;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\TestCase;
+use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+
+class NotificationChannelTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->prepareDatabase([
+            'users' => [
+               $this->normalUser()
+            ]
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    private function add_channel()
+    {
+        $this->extend(new NotificationChannel('test'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function can_add_notification_channel()
+    {
+        $this->add_channel();
+
+        /** @var User $user */
+        $user = User::find(2);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/integration/extenders/UserPreferencesTest.php b/tests/integration/extenders/UserPreferencesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c84dc329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/extenders/UserPreferencesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Flarum\Tests\integration\extenders;
+
+use Flarum\Extend\UserPreferences;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+use Flarum\Tests\integration\TestCase;
+use Flarum\User\User;
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+
+class UserPreferencesTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use RetrievesAuthorizedUsers;
+
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->prepareDatabase([
+            'users'            => [
+               $this->normalUser()
+            ]
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    private function add_preference()
+    {
+        $this->extend(
+            (new UserPreferences())
+                ->add('test', 'boolval', false)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function can_add_user_preference()
+    {
+        $this->add_preference();
+
+        /** @var User $user */
+        $user = User::find(2);
+        $this->assertEquals(false, Arr::get($user->preferences, 'test'));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function can_store_user_preference()
+    {
+        $this->add_preference();
+
+        /** @var User $user */
+        $user = User::find(2);
+
+        $user->setPreference('test', true);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $user->test);
+    }
+}