Setting Up a PLR Membership Site - Need Suggestions

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Hi all,

I am planning to start a PLR membership site. While I was doing my research, I realize that most PLR articles sites sell their articles at dirt cheap prices (such as $6.99 for 52 articles pack etc). I have thought of a few ways to make my membership site different from the others, if you have other suggestions please add to it. Thanks!

Some ideas I come up with


- My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
- I will set a limit to the number of members into the site before I scale up the price
- Articles are purely unique and limited to only X number of downloads
- Informative resources in the membership page to help members use their PLR articles
- Update the membership site with new 2 niche packs a week
- Able to request for a particular niche to be written

Any idea what else can I do to make my membership site different? Thanks!
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  • Profile picture of the author fated82
    Not sure why there is no suggestions for such a topic. Anyone can give me some ideas for my first product launch?
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  • Profile picture of the author DeborahDera
    Originally Posted by fated82 View Post

    Hi all,

    I am planning to start a PLR membership site. While I was doing my research, I realize that most PLR articles sites sell their articles at dirt cheap prices (such as $6.99 for 52 articles pack etc). I have thought of a few ways to make my membership site different from the others, if you have other suggestions please add to it. Thanks!

    Some ideas I come up with


    - My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
    - I will set a limit to the number of members into the site before I scale up the price
    - Articles are purely unique and limited to only X number of downloads
    - Informative resources in the membership page to help members use their PLR articles
    - Update the membership site with new 2 niche packs a week
    - Able to request for a particular niche to be written

    Any idea what else can I do to make my membership site different? Thanks!
    Honestly? At first glance I think you have some good ideas but I think you need to give yourself some more credit and place a higher monetary value on your work.

    I guess the thing that concerns me is the concept of a one-time fee to join the site. Eventually the cost the members pay to join will be far exceeded by the value of the content you're giving away, even if you work it out at pennies per page.

    You mention limiting the number of members and the number of downloads as two separate items on the list. Do you mean that the # of downloads will be limited to the same # of members? Otherwise, members paying a fee to join your site may not appreciate the first-come first-serve race to get the packs.

    I like that you want to give members the option to request a pack to be written, but if your member count gets high will you be able to keep up with the requests if you are only writing 2 packs per week?

    What about a one-time membership fee (or small monthly fee) to access your packs at a lower rate than the general non-member public?

    Just my thoughts. Good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author cindybidar
    Originally Posted by fated82 View Post

    - My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
    I think you need to rethink that. Unless I'm missing something, you're saying that for a one-time fee you're going to go on providing content forever?
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
    Kind of defeats the purpose of having a membership site then, doesn't it? As time goes on you will be producing more content but not getting more money for that content, especially if you are limiting the number of downloads.

    You could simply make PLR packs and sell them outright so that people can choose the packs they want instead of doing a membership.

    Having content that is unique to your site/membership is ideal which you are doing so that is great.

    Lee
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel R
      Originally Posted by cashcow View Post

      Kind of defeats the purpose of having a membership site then, doesn't it? As time goes on you will be producing more content but not getting more money for that content, especially if you are limiting the number of downloads.

      You could simply make PLR packs and sell them outright so that people can choose the packs they want instead of doing a membership.

      Having content that is unique to your site/membership is ideal which you are doing so that is great.

      Lee
      couldn`t agree more.
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  • Profile picture of the author JeannieAnderson
    I agree. If a one-time fee when the influx of new members trickles off, you're going to get burned out on maintaining the site very quickly. Once off payment for a membership isn't a good idea unless you have something to sell on the backend that you know converts well.
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  • Profile picture of the author fivestarexec
    Originally Posted by fated82 View Post

    Hi all,

    I am planning to start a PLR membership site. While I was doing my research, I realize that most PLR articles sites sell their articles at dirt cheap prices (such as $6.99 for 52 articles pack etc). I have thought of a few ways to make my membership site different from the others, if you have other suggestions please add to it. Thanks!

    Some ideas I come up with


    - My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
    - I will set a limit to the number of members into the site before I scale up the price
    - Articles are purely unique and limited to only X number of downloads
    - Informative resources in the membership page to help members use their PLR articles
    - Update the membership site with new 2 niche packs a week
    - Able to request for a particular niche to be written

    Any idea what else can I do to make my membership site different? Thanks!
    Good ideas but I agree with the others, the one time fee defeats the purpose of having a membership site. Use these very same ideas but create packs so buyers can choose what they need.

    If you are determined to go the with membership route, then you definitely need to rethink the one time fee.
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  • Profile picture of the author fated82
    Hi ppl,

    Thanks for the feedback, they are valuable indeed. I need to clarify though, that even though the membership fee is one time, the members dont download articles week after week for free.

    What they will need to do is still to purchase the articles they prefer. Here are my USP for the membership site...May have a slight adjustment from the previous one. Please give me your thoughts so that I can produce a great service for Warrior Members as well.

    Some Ideas for My Site

    - My membership site won't be on monthly subscription - It will be a one time fee
    - Members can immediately purchase the pack they preferred upon gaining access to the site
    - I will set a limit to the number of members into the site before I scale up the price
    - Articles are purely unique and limited to only X number of downloads
    - Informative resources in the membership page to help members use their PLR articles
    - Update the membership site with 250 fresh new articles per month
    - Able to request for a particular niche to be written
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Everything looks good except I don't think anyone is going to want to pay you a fee so that they can buy articles from you. That's just me though, maybe others see it differently.

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  • Profile picture of the author fated82
    So does that means that I should scrap away my first time fee and go for a monthly subscription instead?
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    • Profile picture of the author DeborahDera
      Originally Posted by fated82 View Post

      So does that means that I should scrap away my first time fee and go for a monthly subscription instead?
      I think so, yes. You need to either sell the articles in packs or have a monthly subscription fee to access new articles - guaranteeing x # of articles per month.
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  • Profile picture of the author cashcow
    Personally, I think that you should scrap the membership idea all together and just go with selling PLR packs individually as people want them.

    I say that because that's how I like to buy PLR. I don't want to be tied into a monthly membership because you might not be adding articles on the topics that I want every month so some months I am paying for nothing.

    If it were topic specific memberships than that might be different because then you know you will utilize the articles since you are in that niche. Maybe yours is?

    But just because that's how I like to buy PLR doesn't mean that's how everyone does!

    Lee
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  • Profile picture of the author mikeyman120
    Originally Posted by fated82 View Post

    I am planning to start a PLR membership site.
    If you are planning on going with Clickbank which you asked about in your other thread then you should check with them as someone once posted his plr membership site was rejected by Clickbank because they don't allow any or anymore plr membership sites. So double check. And if you do it soon post back so we can know for sure.

    You can always go with anyone else including paypal, rapbank or paydotcom. I prefer CB first though.

    Mike
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    • Profile picture of the author ironwood
      Just food for thought. How about a traditional membership site in the range of $9.95 a month. (Just grabbing a price out of the air here). Each month one or more packs of articles will be available for download. Maybe offer 2 or 3 packs a month each pack a different niche.

      Of course you need to consider your cost of producing the articles whether you are writing them yourself or outsourcing. On your sales page you could state that membership will be limited to x number of members.

      I ran a membership like this a few years ago and did well with it until the authors I had became unreliable. I could of course have searched for better sources but I had other programs going at the time and decided to just cancel the membership.

      A program named PLRPro ran a similar program several years ago at a price of $97.00 a month if memory serves. They did very well but they did offer other features and I belive they had 40 articles in their packs every month. I was a long time member and still use those articles.

      Based on my experience I would give serious consideration on the advice of others above and look at selling article packs with out a membership and if you have good article sources you could even take requests for niche specific packs.

      I have found over the years that getting people to write their own articles is difficult despite all the information available that makes it a simple task. But folks would rather buy than write. Maybe instead of PLR you could produce custom packs and build up a following for your services.

      Perhaps consider your writing abilities or your outsource authors and you may decide that offering custom article packs would be less hassle and produce a higher return on your time and money investment. Many marketers shun PLR now and want unique articles and are willing to pay for them.

      At any rate congratulations on beginning the thought process of building an online business. Whatever you decide I wish you all the best.

      Chet Hastings
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  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    I have to agree with everyone else here with the one time fee issue, if you only have a one time fee it isn't really a membership site but more just a one time fee to buy a pack of articles. I guess you can give them more articles down the track, but do they get all future articles free since they have paid their one time fee, or will you be charging for the future articles?

    I sell PLR and I would only ever do a membership site if it was a niche based membership site, otherwise if customers are getting articles from all different niches then chances are they won't need most of the articles they get and won't stay a member. If you have a membership site for one particular niche then people in that niche are likely to remain members.

    Otherwise if you just want people to buy your article packs when they become available, then scrap the membership idea and just have a PLR store where people can buy what they want, when they want it.
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