Top 3 Membership Site Software Products?

mick535 · 01-28-2009, 03:53 PM

As all membership site software scripts are not created equal, I figured I would add to the mayhem by giving my opinion on what I consider to be the Top 3 Membership site software scripts:

Top 3 Membership Site Software Products:
Building Membership sites can be the most profitable of any endeavor you take on in Internet Marketing. Black Hat and White Hat enthusiasts alike have made tons of cash from simple Membership sites which offer nothing more than recycled content to complex ongoing sites with new unique content. Either way, if you want consistent, recurring income with little to no effort after you complete a website, then creating Membership sites can make you a steady stream of monthly cash like no other source of income can. For example: If you had 3 Membership sites which cost Members at total of $49.95 per month for the 3 Sites and you averaged just 10 new members each month per site, you would be making $5994 per month after one year. That is $71,928 a year! Most people would kill for that kind of income and that is with just 10 new members at $49.95 spread across 3 sites with low monthly fees like $9.95 or $19.95 per month!

The important thing to remember is that when you create a Membership site, it should not be just focused on Internet Marketing. Internet Marketing is actually a rather small niche when compared to the multitude of other niches which can be exploited. Weight Loss, Acne Help, Art, Music, etc. Most profits come from these sites and not the Internet Marketing niche. You don’t have to be an expert in these areas to make a good site. Just do what any good researcher would do and go find the information and then build your sites or hire a Freelancer from any freelance site and have them do it for you.

Having an easy way to build Membership sites is key. After many trials and tribulations, I have found that not all Membership Site Software is created equal. Not even close actually. I have found that many sites which offer Membership site software or scripts are usually not as good as the Sales Copy on the website that offered it. MemberFire is definitely one of the most disappointing products I have purchased as far as scripts go.

I have 3 Membership site software products that I can honestly recommend. All of which have so many features that I cannot possibly list them all here, but I will give you the highlights and you can check the list of features yourself. We all have different requirements, but all 3 of these give you the kitchen sink with features.

Update: I am really surprised that no one called me out on this article. I wrote this hoping to ellicit a response from people who have used these products as I have. If you look below you will see that there are quotes around my original Number #1 and Number #2 rated Membership site software scripts. That is because neither one deserves to be in the Top 5, let alone the Top 3. I was just trying to get feedback.

Butterfly Marketing is a great script, unless you need support, which you will eventually. The Support structure for any and all of Mike Filsaime’s products is subjective to how the support staff feels, or in my case, they may never repond to you at all if you are asking for something simple, like a REFUND. Plus, while the Butterfly Marketing script is a pretty good script, you can get better for hundreds less that what they are charging for this. This script is a complete Rip-Off if you ask me. Mike Filsaime is a great internet marketer, there is no doubt, but he is only looking for your money. I mean, what magic does this script have that would make you pay $1000 or more for it?? The answer is nothing. I will show you why in a minute. The only decent product Mike Filsaime has produced is PayDotCom and he uses the data from that service to make more money for himself.

Fantasos: Another great script if it were just a script. With the first version of JVManager, John Delevara gave you a great script which has a huge number of features for internet marketers. When he came out with version 2, it was focused on a strategy on how to make more money for himself and build on it using his Turbo Membership platform. Now, not only do you either have to have his $97 per month membership to use the Fantasos/ JVManager 2 software, but if you don’t want the membership, you will pay $3000 to get the full hosted version. Yes, you can get smaller hosted accounts for anywhere from $27 to $97 per month, but when you see the stripped down features, it points you right back to “why shouldn’t I justget the full $97 per month Turbo Membership?” Great marketing, but your hosted version is tied in to John Delevara’s main Fantasos server. This allows him to continually make money from you for the entire life of your account. Once you are hooked in and your business is built, you cannot just pickup your business and move it easily. John Delevara is counting on this. Can you make a lot of money with his Turbo Membership? Yes. But if you want independence for the long term, do not use this software.

So what are the REAL Top 3 Membership Site Software products?

Look below:

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1. Butterfly Marketing: I purchased this software 3 years ago and subsequently returned it. It had so many bugs in the script that I kept receiving errors and just got tired of things not working. A friend of mine told me to go back and revisit it about a year ago and I was surprised to see that not only was the software much improved, but it had so many new features that I was blown away by how much I could do with it. If you want to create any kind of Membership site from any kind of website template, whether it is Flash or a standard Sales Copy type site, then this is for you. You can created an unlimited amount of Membership sites. You can use PayPal, Authorize.net, Clickbank, whatever. You can have as many Affiliate Programs as you want, One Time Offer pages, upsells, a Help Desk, etc, etc, etc!!! The main thing is you can host it on your server and you are not tied to anything except what you want to accomplish with the software. It is extremely expensive if you buy it from the main website. They offer it in a complete package with a ton of additional software, but even if you just buy the download version instead of the at home version, it will cost $797. It is definitely worth it, no question, but if you want to get the best deal going on the entire package, go to The 7 Figure Secrets site and order the 7 Figure Secrets book for $7.95 (it gets shipped to your house). You will see a check box when you order which asks if you want to see an offer for 85% off on some great software. Click that box and then turn down the One Time Offers they present you with until you get to a page where you are offered the 85% Off Offer. There is where you will find the Butterfly Marketing 2.0 Membership site software with the very impressive $497 Hyper Plugin and Upsell Plugin with the Full at-Home Package (not just the download version) and you also get the complete $1297 7-Figure Code DVD Series (100 Hours of how to use membership sites to make money) all for $897. Yes it is $100 more than just the download, but the additional products you get for a measly $100 are more than worth the extra money. You have to know what you want with this deal, but this is the only back door method I know to get this kind of software package for that low of a price.
Most of us don’t want to spend this kind of money on Software and I don’t recommend doing so unless you are completely dedicated to making money with this type of system. But when it comes to Membership site software scripts, there are none better. But there are other options.

1. Instant Member: This script is easily the best on the market. For $197 you will get a script that you can litterally run your entire business with. From Download Protection, to having control over your Members area with multiple levels of membership over numerous domains, one installation of this software can take care of all of your sites. One Time Offers, Upsells, Cross-Sells, back-end administration, 3rd party Autoresponder integration, Clickbank, PayPal, etc., this is an all inclusive product. You have to check out the features to see if it fits your business model because it doesn’t have everything possible, but it has more than most.

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2. Fantasos(formerly known as JVManager): This Membership site software is part of the Turbo Membership Network (also known as Use-Sell). JVManager 2 Fantasos is different than JVManager 1 in that it is a hosted solution versus just being a script you can install on your server. The Fanatsos platform has so many features and allows oyu to link multiple membership sites to each other, offer multi-tiered affiliate programs, create Joint Ventures, and just like Butterfly Marketing, has more features than you can shake a stick at. It is even more expensive than Butterfly Marketing if you purchase it outright. If you buy your own hosted version, at $2997, you can sell additional hosted versions for 100% profit from your account for $27-$97 per month. But, just like Butterfly Marketing once again, there is a more cost effective option. If you purchase the $97 per month Membership at the Turbo Membership site, you will get a mountain of resell Rights Products and the ability to receive 95% Commissions from over 200 Sites sponsored by John Delevara, the owner of the Turbo series of websites. You have to go to the site to truly appreciate what $97 per month will buy you.

2. DLGuard: DLGuard is almost on par with Instant Member with its features, but it leans towards being a secure script for creating and implementing digital products from Mini-Sites more so than Memberships. You can create unlimited Membership sites with one installation of DLGuard, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not as integrated as Instant Member. I love this software because with one installation, I can use over 15 different payment processors. Plus, once I create products I can use them over and over on different sites with having to upload the product to another location. You can litterally upload all of your products to the Amazon S3 site and serve them to 100 different Membership sites if you want. You can do this to a certain extent with Instant Member too, but it is so easy with DLGuard. My favorite feature of DLGuard, is that I can copy products and serve them using copies of the same website with Clickbank, PayDotCom, 2Checkout, PayPal, etc. Thus creating more avenues of income. So, depending on what your business structure is, you might think that DLGuard should be rated as the Top Membership site software instead of Instant Member. It is all in what feature set fits your business model. So check them both out.

3. EBizac: Now if you’re saying to yourself that each of the above options are way out of your league and you are looking for a more economical way to run your Membership sites, then the EBizac hosted solution is for you. With EBizac (which was just released a few months ago) you get a complete business platform which includes a complete shopping cart, multiple site capable, download protection, affiliate program creation, complete autoresponder, and Customer Support Help Desk solution. It also has a long list of features and currently costs a mere $29.95 per month. The Autoresponder that is integrated into the system is as good as any I have used on the market and has a long list of features which I believe could sell for $29.95 per month by itself. You can create an unlimited number of sites with this hosted solution, but the key is, you don’t actually host any of your sites here, you just used the autoresponder, link tracking, affiliate program, members areas, and customer support features there. Otherwise you host everything else wherever you want it. You can run affiliate programs with Clickbank or independent programs or both simultaneously with this solution.

With all of these Membership site options, you cannot expect to make a lot of money without a good Autoresponder solution. As you see with EBizac, it is already included, but with the other 2 options it is not. Aweber and GetResponse (my favorite) are the 2 best Autoreponder solutions on the market. It is important to get with an Autoresponder company and stay with them because you can build a large list over time with tons of messages built into the system which are very difficult to replicate if you continually change providers.

As with any software, your Membership site software needs to fit your company or business model. Take a look at the solutions here and see what fits. EBizac is good for the beginner, while, Butterfly Marketing Instant Member and DLGuard are good for a complete business solution. Fantasos is built with the Resell Rights/ PLR focused entrepreneur in mind.

Take a pick and enjoy!

My original post on this subject is listed here with the links intact. I did not want to litter the forum post with tons of affiliate links.

Top 3 Membership Site Software Products

I would love to hear any differences of opinion on this subject.

Thanks.

Mike

UncleHQ · 01-28-2009, 08:54 PM

Hi Mike,

Not like me to miss anything about Fantasos :-) but I missed this.

I have been using JVManager 2 since it came out to run my e-commerce back office and give it a most definite thumbs up.

Brian

mick535 · 01-29-2009, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by briancol

Hi Mike,

Not like me to miss anything about Fantasos :-) but I missed this.

I have been using JVManager 2 since it came out to run my e-commerce back office and give it a most definite thumbs up.

Brian

I know it is a good system. Don't get me wrong. You can definitely make money from it. I just do not like the fact that if John Delavara all of a sudden decided not to do this program anymore, or if he decided to increase the price, you would have no choice but to do it because your entire business is tied up in his business.

That is the only reason. With the other options, everything is in your court so to speak. A hosted solution would always be my last solution, because you can't change fast if you want to. you would have to litterally reconfigure your entire business to do so.

Right?

UncleHQ · 01-29-2009, 10:25 AM

Hi Mike,

What I meant was that I own the Script - so apart from upgrades and support my dependencies are zero (doesn't look like there is any chance of it not being updated).

Brian

mick535 · 01-29-2009, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by briancol

Hi Mike,

What I meant was that I own the Script - so apart from upgrades and support my dependencies are zero (doesn't look like there is any chance of it not being updated).

Brian

OK. So you paid the $2995 for the whole thing. Do you sell the hosted accounts from your main account too?

I like it, but for most Marketers (in this economy), that is a big stretch. The price I mean. Considering what you can do with much lower priced products, it still doesn't hit my Top 5, but its my Top 5. Nobody else got a vote.

UncleHQ · 01-29-2009, 11:19 AM

Hi Mike,

I was a JVManager 1 owner before it came out so I got an upgrade to Fantasos for being a previous customer.

I do sell hosted accounts and do intend selling more of them but generally when my customers see how well the script performs they want to buy the full version through me to host on their own server and I, other Fantasos owners or USE-SELL make the transition either from JVM-1 or a hosted account to their own solution as painless as possible.

I see what you are saying about being at the mercy as such of the script owner but I for one encourage people to buy their own script and supply consulting on how to host it, how to set it up, design it, etc.

I am not sure if other hosted solutions allow you to buy their script (I have stuck with JVM-2) - I made a decision years ago to buy my own and after several 100's of wasted dollars finally came across the JVM stable which has transitioned from ver 1 to ver 2 and has always had a continuous upgrade path.

I also realize that in today's economy that the price tag is more than most people want to pay but I have seen John offer payment plans on occasion.

When I consult I am often asked about the pricing and advise that for the business owner to justify the price tag then of course they should be making money or at least have some sort of business plan to do so.

For those that are not yet in the position of making money - the advantages of a lower monthly cost is the way to go and if it is linked in the case of Turbo Membership and available as part of the membership then that is a possible route to go (you get a helluva lot more than a Fantasos account).

There are possibly a number of marketers out there that would take advantage of a hosted customer in the way that you describe - John Delavera is not one of them - I have been a customer, affiliate and authorized reseller for three years and so far cannot fault him on the way that he runs his business - as my company is more based on supplying services - his products are not the only ones I buy, use and sell, I also am a business that supplies and sells a number of solutions for Internet Marketers in the area of CRM, CMS and membership systems - some are better than others for the purpose they are required for.

I realize that this is your top 3 or top 5 and of course you say it the way that you see it having used the scripts and services.

Brian

mick535 · 01-29-2009, 12:50 PM

I can't argue with that. Good post.

As with everything. It all comes down to "What does Your Business Require?"

Thanks.

Mike

John Delavera · 01-29-2009, 03:44 PM

Mike

Fantasos offers much more than all other scripts together
and if one wants to have it on his/her server there is no
dependancy at all.

On the contrary: It's only Fantasos that allows you and your
customers and the customers of their customers (if you allow
it) to sell hosted accounts and offer all or some of the
features.

So the only question is if someone can afford it or not.

Simple.

mick535 · 01-29-2009, 05:02 PM

John,

I rarely admit when I am wrong, but from what I have heard so far,I am seeing that my original assessment may have been wrong about your software.

One fact remains, as you already said, the price point is probably too high for most. I would love to Join your Turbo Membership, but as I said previously, being tied into something I cannot eventually separate myself from easily is the thing I just can't get over.

Unless of course, there is a way I do not currently know about.

Thanks for the direct input.

Mike

John Delavera · 01-30-2009, 05:41 AM

You're welcome

lassitermarketing · 02-01-2009, 11:21 AM

I just built a Wordpress membership site using WP Wishlist. It's $97, easy to install, easy to manage and the support is AWESOME.

webbizwidgets · 02-01-2009, 02:17 PM

Thanks for tip on Fantasos. I had never heard of that one before. I'm googling it now...

IMChick · 02-04-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by lassitermarketing

I just built a Wordpress membership site using WP Wishlist. It's $97, easy to install, easy to manage and the support is AWESOME.

This comes highly recommended by the people who have used it. It especially appeals to me because of the low-tech knowledge threshold it requires.

I first heard about this about a month ago on a thread on setting up a membership site. The link provided by the OP into the site looked like a nice, clean site. This is definitely on my 'to do' list for my own membership sites.

The question I have on Wishlist is whether it can be used for multiple domains, or in my case, on one hosting account for multiple sites or if it's licensed for one use for one domain only.

James Kern · 02-09-2009, 06:38 AM

As for Instant Member script...

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Originally Posted by mick535

one installation of this software can take care of all of your sites.

This is in fact wrong. The price of $197 allows you to install it on ONE domain only.

mick535 · 02-09-2009, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Yoshimi

As for Instant Member script...

This is in fact wrong. The price of $197 allows you to install it on ONE domain only.

You are correct, but you can run multiple sites off of one installation. Just like Fantasos. It operates all sites through one common host.

lisabeers · 02-11-2009, 09:08 AM

To lassitermarketing:

I just built a WP site and use this plugin. We have loads of content and 6 levels of membership. There's a problem - we can check the boxes to allow access to certain areas, but then hours later some of the boxes will be unchecked. What's marked as available is changing and we're not doing it. Have you heard of this, or is there a known plugin conflict with some plugins. Can you offer any insight? All the reviews I've read are glowing for this plugin but this problem makes it useless to us! Thanks in advance...

roddaut · 03-20-2009, 03:08 AM

Thanks for the info on the top three membership solutions. I've been using Amember for a client and it's really hard to do OTO's with Amember. And when we got one working, we could not longer track our conversions with Google Analytics. Arghh!

So the recommendation of Instant Member which I've never heard of is a blessing.

Rodney

bergie812 · 03-20-2009, 04:07 PM

I am using AMember and it seems to work pretty well. David at Membershipacademy.com does a great job of suport and done for you services.

aboutalhah · 04-05-2009, 08:03 AM

I use the ultimate Marketing Center since 2006, and I am really satisfied.

The only thing is that once you become more advanced, you may want more features and more tracking.

Otherwise, it's a powerful service, I review it here if you need more information: The Ultimate Marketing Center | Ultimate Marketing Center Review | Affordable Web Hosting

Franck

terrysacia · 04-05-2009, 11:48 AM

I've been trying to get amember.com & cgi-central.com for two weeks now and can never reach their servers... Are they gone?

So, in turn I've looked at EasyMemberPro.com & now today, SimpleMemberPro.com , any thoughts?

Terry

PatrickR · 04-05-2009, 04:27 PM

IMChick, WP Wishlist is limited to one domain unless you buy the multi version which costs 29$ and include unlimited personal domains.

terrysacia, I can access amember.com's site. Could me your ISP/Network

mick535 · 04-06-2009, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aboutalhah

I use the ultimate Marketing Center since 2006, and I am really satisfied.

The only thing is that once you become more advanced, you may want more features and more tracking.

Otherwise, it's a powerful service, I review it here if you need more information: The Ultimate Marketing Center | Ultimate Marketing Center Review | Affordable Web Hosting

Franck

eBIZAC is the new version of the Ultimate Marketing Center. It is a top notch product.

KimW · 04-06-2009, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrysacia

I've been trying to get amember.com & cgi-central.com for two weeks now and can never reach their servers... Are they gone?

So, in turn I've looked at EasyMemberPro.com & now today, SimpleMemberPro.com , any thoughts?

Terry

No problem at all getting into amember.

terrysacia · 04-06-2009, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KimW

No problem at all getting into amember.

I know, sounds crazy... www . amember . com and amember . com I get a network timed out error. Same for cgi-central . com

Not a problem with any other website I try to visit except these two. Anyway, I'm trying out WP Wishlist Membership now.

Easy Member Pro required 5 installations on the same site to handle 5 different memberships. If anyone has knowledge of Wishlist I'd appreciate any feedback. I only purchased the single membership now while I try it out and if I'm happy with it I'll upgrade to the multiple site license. Although, I'm curious to know what the "secret" other plugins they recommend are... (only to the multiple site licensee's)

Seems like it may help my decision to use their product over others if it's something that will help. Why keep it a secret?

PeteNY · 04-07-2009, 01:20 AM

That WP Wishlist (wordpress membership plugin) looks interesting. Anyone have any example sites?

Leon McKee · 04-07-2009, 09:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeteNY

That WP Wishlist (wordpress membership plugin) looks interesting. Anyone have any example sites?

This is a good example in my opinion (I'm not affiliated in any way):

AutoCashMatic|The No 1 PLR & MRR Membership Site

This is another example that belongs to one of the developers:

Business Not Growing Fast Enough

Leon McKee

Leon McKee · 04-07-2009, 09:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrysacia

If anyone has knowledge of Wishlist I'd appreciate any feedback. I only purchased the single membership now while I try it out and if I'm happy with it I'll upgrade to the multiple site license. Although, I'm curious to know what the "secret" other plugins they recommend are... (only to the multiple site licensee's)

Seems like it may help my decision to use their product over others if it's something that will help. Why keep it a secret?

The plug-ins that WishList Member recommends in their "Bonus Items" are nothing secret to say the least! If you spend any time with WordPress then "the list" would not be earth shattering. Just think about what you need to do for SEO for example. However, the reasons the developers use each plug-in could be valuable to you depending on your business model.

Leon McKee

Leon McKee · 04-07-2009, 09:57 AM

If you hear anything about (WishList Member) WL-Member Live in Vegas from this last weekend please post here:

http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ive-vegas.html

Leon McKee

PeteNY · 04-07-2009, 02:51 PM

Thanks for the example sites Leon. Looks good. I appreciate it.

Leon McKee · 04-07-2009, 03:18 PM

Pete, take a look at this thread:

Building a membership site? Here's exactly how I built mine.

Leon McKee

bryan77 · 04-09-2009, 02:57 AM

I use Memberspeed. I think it is a comprehensive platform but it takes alot of working out to make it fit your needs.

terrysacia · 07-03-2009, 02:02 PM

Leon, I never did get there "secret list" of addon's because I figured they had to be nothing special if they were wordpress specific.

I do enjoy their software however. I've had a couple of problems but within a days time they have an update out to me which fixes everything.

I'm using it more for onetime sales, but some of the features really work well for that, too.

Although they don't support PayDotCom instead of, or in addition to Clickbank, my next "test" is going to be entering the PDC info into corresponding clickbank fields in the plugin to see if that will work.

Anyone else try this before I waste a bunch of time???

Leon McKee · 07-03-2009, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by terrysacia

Leon, I never did get there "secret list" of addon's because I figured they had to be nothing special if they were wordpress specific.

I do enjoy their software however. I've had a couple of problems but within a days time they have an update out to me which fixes everything.

I'm using it more for onetime sales, but some of the features really work well for that, too.

Although they don't support PayDotCom instead of, or in addition to Clickbank, my next "test" is going to be entering the PDC info into corresponding clickbank fields in the plugin to see if that will work.

Anyone else try this before I waste a bunch of time???

I've not done exactly what you're going to do! However, I would recommend you check out videos 29 - Integrating ClickBank Part 1 and 30 - Integrating ClickBank Part 2 on the customers.wishlistproducts.com site.

Leon McKee

terrysacia · 07-03-2009, 07:49 PM

yeah... the videos are good and so is there help desk, it should be interesting to try it out. However, as you probably know already you need to "switch" the site over to one processor or another. How do I tell the world to hold off on their orders while I play with this for a day?

Maybe they'd give me a free license for 48 hours to play with on another site and save their tech guys some headaches if I can get it figured out...

Terry

NealAshley · 07-03-2009, 08:26 PM

Wishlist has an option that allows you to install on an unlimited amount of personal domains for $297. If interested, I'd buy the one site option for $97 and they will allow you to upgrade for the price difference (200). Hope that helps.

Neal

reynic · 07-11-2009, 10:03 PM

Thanks for the info. I already own DLG but never checked out the membership feature yet.

raphaelgaga · 08-24-2009, 08:52 PM

I own membergate software. I also own WishList plugin for Wordpress. Frankly, I find WishList a better product on many levels. However if you are not comfortable with configuring Wordpress in any meaningful way, and simplicity is your goal, than Membergate might be the answer for you.

01-28-2009, 08:54 PM	#2
UncleHQ Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK and Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 16 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Hi Mike, Not like me to miss anything about Fantasos :-) but I missed this. I have been using JVManager 2 since it came out to run my e-commerce back office and give it a most definite thumbs up. Brian
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01-29-2009, 10:25 AM	#4
UncleHQ Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK and Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 16 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Hi Mike, What I meant was that I own the Script - so apart from upgrades and support my dependencies are zero (doesn't look like there is any chance of it not being updated). Brian
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01-29-2009, 11:19 AM	#6
UncleHQ Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK and Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 7 Thanked 27 Times in 16 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Hi Mike, I was a JVManager 1 owner before it came out so I got an upgrade to Fantasos for being a previous customer. I do sell hosted accounts and do intend selling more of them but generally when my customers see how well the script performs they want to buy the full version through me to host on their own server and I, other Fantasos owners or USE-SELL make the transition either from JVM-1 or a hosted account to their own solution as painless as possible. I see what you are saying about being at the mercy as such of the script owner but I for one encourage people to buy their own script and supply consulting on how to host it, how to set it up, design it, etc. I am not sure if other hosted solutions allow you to buy their script (I have stuck with JVM-2) - I made a decision years ago to buy my own and after several 100's of wasted dollars finally came across the JVM stable which has transitioned from ver 1 to ver 2 and has always had a continuous upgrade path. I also realize that in today's economy that the price tag is more than most people want to pay but I have seen John offer payment plans on occasion. When I consult I am often asked about the pricing and advise that for the business owner to justify the price tag then of course they should be making money or at least have some sort of business plan to do so. For those that are not yet in the position of making money - the advantages of a lower monthly cost is the way to go and if it is linked in the case of Turbo Membership and available as part of the membership then that is a possible route to go (you get a helluva lot more than a Fantasos account). There are possibly a number of marketers out there that would take advantage of a hosted customer in the way that you describe - John Delavera is not one of them - I have been a customer, affiliate and authorized reseller for three years and so far cannot fault him on the way that he runs his business - as my company is more based on supplying services - his products are not the only ones I buy, use and sell, I also am a business that supplies and sells a number of solutions for Internet Marketers in the area of CRM, CMS and membership systems - some are better than others for the purpose they are required for. I realize that this is your top 3 or top 5 and of course you say it the way that you see it having used the scripts and services. Brian
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01-29-2009, 12:50 PM	#7
mick535 Michael Johnson War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 826 Thanks: 18 Thanked 80 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I can't argue with that. Good post. As with everything. It all comes down to "What does Your Business Require?" Thanks. Mike
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01-29-2009, 03:44 PM	#8
John Delavera Just TURBO. War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: , , . Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 131 Thanked 366 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Mike Fantasos offers much more than all other scripts together and if one wants to have it on his/her server there is no dependancy at all. On the contrary: It's only Fantasos that allows you and your customers and the customers of their customers (if you allow it) to sell hosted accounts and offer all or some of the features. So the only question is if someone can afford it or not. Simple.
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01-29-2009, 05:02 PM	#9
mick535 Michael Johnson War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 826 Thanks: 18 Thanked 80 Times in 57 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? John, I rarely admit when I am wrong, but from what I have heard so far,I am seeing that my original assessment may have been wrong about your software. One fact remains, as you already said, the price point is probably too high for most. I would love to Join your Turbo Membership, but as I said previously, being tied into something I cannot eventually separate myself from easily is the thing I just can't get over. Unless of course, there is a way I do not currently know about. Thanks for the direct input. Mike
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01-30-2009, 05:41 AM	#10
John Delavera Just TURBO. War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: , , . Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 131 Thanked 366 Times in 68 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? You're welcome
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02-01-2009, 11:21 AM	#11
lassitermarketing Have Fun. Create Value. War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 232 Thanks: 4 Thanked 11 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I just built a Wordpress membership site using WP Wishlist. It's $97, easy to install, easy to manage and the support is AWESOME.
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02-01-2009, 02:17 PM	#12
webbizwidgets Active Warrior Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 36 Thanks: 5 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Thanks for tip on Fantasos. I had never heard of that one before. I'm googling it now...

02-11-2009, 09:08 AM	#16
lisabeers Warrior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? To lassitermarketing: I just built a WP site and use this plugin. We have loads of content and 6 levels of membership. There's a problem - we can check the boxes to allow access to certain areas, but then hours later some of the boxes will be unchecked. What's marked as available is changing and we're not doing it. Have you heard of this, or is there a known plugin conflict with some plugins. Can you offer any insight? All the reviews I've read are glowing for this plugin but this problem makes it useless to us! Thanks in advance...

03-20-2009, 03:08 AM	#17
roddaut Active Warrior Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: , , USA. Posts: 48 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Thanks for the info on the top three membership solutions. I've been using Amember for a client and it's really hard to do OTO's with Amember. And when we got one working, we could not longer track our conversions with Google Analytics. Arghh! So the recommendation of Instant Member which I've never heard of is a blessing. Rodney
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03-20-2009, 04:07 PM	#18
bergie812 Warrior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 16 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I am using AMember and it seems to work pretty well. David at Membershipacademy.com does a great job of suport and done for you services.

04-05-2009, 08:03 AM	#19
aboutalhah Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Guadeloupe (Caribbean Sea) Posts: 3,372 Blog Entries: 50 Thanks: 42 Thanked 164 Times in 91 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I use the ultimate Marketing Center since 2006, and I am really satisfied. The only thing is that once you become more advanced, you may want more features and more tracking. Otherwise, it's a powerful service, I review it here if you need more information: The Ultimate Marketing Center \| Ultimate Marketing Center Review \| Affordable Web Hosting Franck
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04-05-2009, 11:48 AM	#20
terrysacia Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: WI, USA. Posts: 83 Thanks: 20 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I've been trying to get amember.com & cgi-central.com for two weeks now and can never reach their servers... Are they gone? So, in turn I've looked at EasyMemberPro.com & now today, SimpleMemberPro.com , any thoughts? Terry

04-05-2009, 04:27 PM	#21
PatrickR Warrior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? IMChick, WP Wishlist is limited to one domain unless you buy the multi version which costs 29$ and include unlimited personal domains. terrysacia, I can access amember.com's site. Could me your ISP/Network

04-07-2009, 01:20 AM	#25
PeteNY HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 117 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? That WP Wishlist (wordpress membership plugin) looks interesting. Anyone have any example sites?

04-07-2009, 09:57 AM	#28
Leon McKee HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 102 Thanks: 6 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? If you hear anything about (WishList Member) WL-Member Live in Vegas from this last weekend please post here: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...ive-vegas.html Leon McKee

04-07-2009, 02:51 PM	#29
PeteNY HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 117 Thanks: 8 Thanked 18 Times in 13 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Thanks for the example sites Leon. Looks good. I appreciate it.

04-07-2009, 03:18 PM	#30
Leon McKee HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 102 Thanks: 6 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Pete, take a look at this thread: Building a membership site? Here's exactly how I built mine. Leon McKee

04-09-2009, 02:57 AM	#31
bryan77 Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 33 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I use Memberspeed. I think it is a comprehensive platform but it takes alot of working out to make it fit your needs.

07-03-2009, 02:02 PM	#32
terrysacia Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: WI, USA. Posts: 83 Thanks: 20 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Leon, I never did get there "secret list" of addon's because I figured they had to be nothing special if they were wordpress specific. I do enjoy their software however. I've had a couple of problems but within a days time they have an update out to me which fixes everything. I'm using it more for onetime sales, but some of the features really work well for that, too. Although they don't support PayDotCom instead of, or in addition to Clickbank, my next "test" is going to be entering the PDC info into corresponding clickbank fields in the plugin to see if that will work. Anyone else try this before I waste a bunch of time???
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07-03-2009, 07:49 PM	#34
terrysacia Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: WI, USA. Posts: 83 Thanks: 20 Thanked 12 Times in 6 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? yeah... the videos are good and so is there help desk, it should be interesting to try it out. However, as you probably know already you need to "switch" the site over to one processor or another. How do I tell the world to hold off on their orders while I play with this for a day? Maybe they'd give me a free license for 48 hours to play with on another site and save their tech guys some headaches if I can get it figured out... Terry
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07-03-2009, 08:26 PM	#35
NealAshley HyperActive Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 189 Thanks: 28 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Social Networking	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Wishlist has an option that allows you to install on an unlimited amount of personal domains for $297. If interested, I'd buy the one site option for $97 and they will allow you to upgrade for the price difference (200). Hope that helps. Neal

07-11-2009, 10:03 PM	#36
reynic Nick Reyes War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Okc Posts: 53 Thanks: 119 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? Thanks for the info. I already own DLG but never checked out the membership feature yet.

08-24-2009, 08:52 PM	#37
raphaelgaga Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 42 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Top 3 Membership Site Software Products? I own membergate software. I also own WishList plugin for Wordpress. Frankly, I find WishList a better product on many levels. However if you are not comfortable with configuring Wordpress in any meaningful way, and simplicity is your goal, than Membergate might be the answer for you.