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Building a Wordpress paid membership site

by howard_marshall
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Fellow Warriors,
I want to setup a wordpress based paid membership website. What plugin is best for this. I see a lot of options but i don't know which is good or bad. I would prefer a free plugin but paid is ok.

Thanks
#building #membership #paid #site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Hill
    The one I use is Wishlist Member. It is $97 but well worth the price. You have to go through all the documentation to set it up (about 2-3 hours) but once you do it is a piece of cake.

    I have not used any of the free ones so I cannot comment on that.

    Good luck!

    Kevin
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    • Profile picture of the author CTonline09
      Go with wishlist member very easy to use and great support if you get stuck!

      Download guard (Dlg) and Amember are also good these are all paid softwares tho I dont know of any good free memebrship plugins.
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    • Profile picture of the author howard_marshall
      Does wishlist offer Clickbank integration.
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      • Profile picture of the author msafi
        Originally Posted by howard_marshall View Post

        Does wishlist offer Clickbank integration.
        Yeah, WishList Member does support ClickBank. MemberWing, Digital Access Pass, s2Member, Your Members, and Magic Members all support ClickBank, too. This page has all the details about each membership plugin's supported payment processors. Good luck with your membership site!
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  • Profile picture of the author MilesT
    I use DAP. It's an amazing piece of work and the support is stellar. It also comes with an affiliate module built in so that all members can become affiliates of the product/service, has excellent "drip" features and its cake to set up. As you can tell, I kinda like it.

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    • Profile picture of the author BacklinkExcellence
      Amember worked very well for me, lots of features and very robust overall. Didn't try the other ones mentioned in this thread so I can't compare but I only heard good things about amember and have been very happy with it personally.
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  • Profile picture of the author howard_marshall
    Great Info! Thanks, I will check them out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Tim_Carter
    I use S2member. Very good and free/ Check it out.
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  • Profile picture of the author ValentinJed
    If you want to accept basic payment from PayPal and do simple file and content protection then s2member is the way to go. s2member is limited to 4 groups but most likely you will not need more than 2 groups.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
    I bought the micro-membership plugin quite a year or so ago, and it seems to be okay. I *think* I bought it through Marlon Saunders for under $10.00 as a special limited time offer.

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  • Profile picture of the author robs132
    my vote goes for wishlist member, haven't tried the others but wishlist is solid.

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  • Profile picture of the author Nigel Greaves
    Another vote for wishlist here with Amember a second choice.

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  • Profile picture of the author donhx
    I used to be a big fan of Amember and installed it on a few dozen sites. But I would never use it again. Lots of more advanced tools available now that are cheaper and far easier to install. S2member is the best value for money... bullet-proof and free. Wishlist is great too if you have the money.

    DAP may be good... but prices start at $167 at the moment and range up to nearly $1000 for unlimited installs. It better be really good for that price.
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    • Profile picture of the author msafi
      Originally Posted by donhx View Post

      I used to be a big fan of Amember and installed it on a few dozen sites. But I would never use it again. Lots of more advanced tools available now that are cheaper and far easier to install. S2member is the best value for money... bullet-proof and free. Wishlist is great too if you have the money.

      DAP may be good... but prices start at $167 at the moment and range up to nearly $1000 for unlimited installs. It better be really good for that price.
      From what I've seen, with DAP you're not only buying a membership plugin, but also a membership site setup service. Every DAP purchase comes with a free script setup by the company. They also offer other similar services like the "DAP Launch Concierge."
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    • Profile picture of the author Justin Wheeler
      Originally Posted by donhx View Post

      I used to be a big fan of Amember and installed it on a few dozen sites. But I would never use it again. Lots of more advanced tools available now that are cheaper and far easier to install. S2member is the best value for money... bullet-proof and free. Wishlist is great too if you have the money.

      DAP may be good... but prices start at $167 at the moment and range up to nearly $1000 for unlimited installs. It better be really good for that price.
      Not sure where you hot nearly $1000 for unlimited installs from? I paid $297 for my unlimited licence.

      You get what you pay for really to a large extent. I think DAP is the best of the ones that I looked at and tried. I tended to spend a lot of time analyzing stuff before buying and a friend I really respect suggested DAP saying it was the best he had evaluated. I figured rather than spending a week evaluating stuff I was better off just leaping in. It is pretty good and support is good too,

      Early days for me, but I am very impressed so far. I like the integration with VBulletin.

      Worth noting though that you need to extend your licence if you want to continue getting support and upgrades after I think your first year, although they are continually updating it so depending on the cost which I didnt research it seems fair enough to me.
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    • Profile picture of the author ravijayagopal
      Don,

      I think you're mistaken about DigitalAccessPass (DAP) pricing.

      If you see our sales page, there are only two main software licenses in DAP...

      $167 for the 1-site license, and $297 for the Unlimited-site license.

      The $497 and $997 packages are what we call the "Membership Site In A Box" which comes with a "Concierge" Service, where we work with you one-on-one for 3-5 hours, hold your hand basically, and set it all up for you - on a private call with just you and us. With these, you're paying for our time and expertise, not just for the software. Of course, the $997 package has many extra bonuses - like free commercial themes, vBulletin setup, Self-Service Store plugin, etc (at the time of writing this). You don't have to get either of these if you just want the DAP software.

      Of course, there's the developer's license too with additional licenses for those who wish to "package" DAP into their services, but that's again relevant only to developers.

      Hope that helps clarify things.

      Feel free to ask if you have any other questions or concerns.

      Cheers!

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      Originally Posted by donhx View Post

      DAP may be good... but prices start at $167 at the moment and range up to nearly $1000 for unlimited installs. It better be really good for that price.
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    • Profile picture of the author timj2011
      Originally Posted by donhx View Post

      I used to be a big fan of Amember and installed it on a few dozen sites. But I would never use it again. Lots of more advanced tools available now that are cheaper and far easier to install. S2member is the best value for money... bullet-proof and free. Wishlist is great too if you have the money.

      DAP may be good... but prices start at $167 at the moment and range up to nearly $1000 for unlimited installs. It better be really good for that price.
      Thanks for the steer on S2member. I was going to go with Wishlist but S2member is free, and people here seem to rate it.

      One question? My membership site will be just part of my offering, so I am building a standard site and was thinking of hosting the membership side of things on a subdomain of my url with a link to it from my main site - has anybody else done this and does it make sense?
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  • Profile picture of the author celente
    wishlist or s2 member.... these are both great for what you want to do.

    But I guess you ought to do some of your own investigations first, just to make sure you are happy.
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  • Profile picture of the author Daniel LaRusso
    OK, let me ask you all this. I already have a Clickbank product of my own, but I am thinking about taking it a different direction, payment wise and having a member site. I am using OptimizePress for my theme, and I want to set it up so that you can go to my main page and buy my product for $0.99 which includes 7 days access to the member site.

    The member site would be www.xxxxx.com/members or something like that. If you don't cancel your membership, after the 7 days, you'd be billed a one time charge of $69 for unlimited access to the member site.

    Which of these programs would work best for this?
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    • Profile picture of the author msafi
      Originally Posted by Daniel LaRusso View Post

      OK, let me ask you all this. I already have a Clickbank product of my own, but I am thinking about taking it a different direction, payment wise and having a member site. I am using OptimizePress for my theme, and I want to set it up so that you can go to my main page and buy my product for $0.99 which includes 7 days access to the member site.

      The member site would be www.xxxxx.com/members or something like that. If you don't cancel your membership, after the 7 days, you'd be billed a one time charge of $69 for unlimited access to the member site.

      Which of these programs would work best for this?
      All membership plugins can manage this model. You just need a plugin that's compatible with ClickBank. But the minimum trial fee that you can charge with ClickBank is $4.95. You can't go lower than that. If you wanna charge lower or even $0, you'll have to find a different payment processor -- you might even need a merchant account.
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      • Profile picture of the author Daniel LaRusso
        Originally Posted by msafi View Post

        All membership plugins can manage this model. You just need a plugin that's compatible with ClickBank. But the minimum trial fee that you can charge with ClickBank is $4.95. You can't go lower than that. If you wanna charge lower or even $0, you'll have to find a different payment processor -- you might even need a merchant account.
        Ok thank you! I do have a paypal merchant account so I could look at going that route and using e-junkie.

        I could swear that I know of a product competing with mine that has a $1.00 initial fee and then a one time pay of $99, and it uses clickbank. And I DID just verify it!! If you want to see it, go to www.appdevsecrets.com and click their pay button. I wanted to make sure that it's a Clickbank product, and it is!! They have it set up somehow to be a $1.00 initial fee, then a $99.00 one time payment. How did they do that???
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        • Profile picture of the author msafi
          Originally Posted by Daniel LaRusso View Post

          They have it set up somehow to be a $1.00 initial fee, then a $99.00 one time payment. How did they do that???
          Yeah, I just checked. Turns out it's possible. You just have to contact ClickBank and see if they'll make an exception for you. Their decision will be based on your track record with them.
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  • Profile picture of the author mkitchen
    I would start with S2Member as it is free. Set it up, see if you like it. If you don't then go to a paid one. I use S2Member currently with paid clients and I find it great.
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  • Profile picture of the author bfisher
    I use memberwingX, free to try and works for per article, membership subscription and digital downloads.
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    • Profile picture of the author Kevin AKA Hubcap
      Give SiteManPro a try.

      $50 for unlimited domains.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
    I bought wishlist but I am switching over to Jason's wp memberchamp since I can set up a membership site in just a few minutes using it. But it doesnt offer different levels of memberships which is fine for me.

    I wrote an updated post on one of my blogs where I brielfy went over some options that can save you alot of cash and time setting up your membership site: How to Start Your Own Membership Site | maketheworldyourstage.com

    One of the programs give you a free copy of the wishlist plugin for unlimited sites ($297 value).
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  • Profile picture of the author ravijayagopal
    Folks,

    The bad data about DAP's pricing keeps coming back (urghh!).

    DAP is $167 for 1-site, and $297 for Unlimited installs.

    Here's my post earlier in this thread that clarifies this...

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  • Profile picture of the author PPC-Coach
    I've heard good things about wishlist too, but I don't do membership sites with wordpress. I use amember and vbulletin, but it really depends on the type of site you're looking to build. I'm going to check out s2member as it's the first I've heard of that one.

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