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Starting Membership Site - Wordpress plugins you recommend?

by grover69
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Looking at wp-Member. Anything better out there? Any other essential plugins I should be look at for long term growth?
#membership #plugins #recommend #site #starting #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author RW
    I've used the wishlist member plugin with good success in the past. It's easy to set up a membership site and their customer service was very good to me when I needed help.
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    • Profile picture of the author grover69
      Great, I'll check out Wishlist as well. That was the other one I was thinking of.
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  • Profile picture of the author benjaedging
    Hi, there are few wordpress plugins that I can think of now:

    Member Wing
    WP eMember
    Digital Access Pass
    WP Member
    Magic Members
    Wishlist Member

    To be honest from the above list I can reccomend - Wishlist Member. Hope this helps.

    Have a great day
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    • Profile picture of the author grover69
      Thank you for the reply. Guess everyone really loves Wishlist around these parts, and I trust you guys.
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  • Profile picture of the author RevSEO
    Good post as I was wondering the same thing, I'm hoping for some more detailed responses as to why someone recommends a certain plugin/solution.
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  • Profile picture of the author AnniePot
    You should take a look at: http://www.wpsalesautomator.com/

    DON'T be put off by the name, it's an excellent membership plugin and it's free.

    If you want to go with something paid, WordPress Membership Plugin - Membership Script For WordPress Blogs And Regular Web Sites is a membership system I've used since it first came out and I recommend it as the best I've tried. It has an unbelievable amount of features.

    BTW - neither of these are affiliate links
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    • Profile picture of the author grover69
      Good links everyone, I've got a lot to check out. Now my other question is setting up an affiliate program using Paypal. This may be a stupid question...is that handled through Paypal or through a plugin?
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    • Profile picture of the author lloydh
      Originally Posted by AnniePot View Post

      You should take a look at: WP SalesAutomator | Wordpress Membership & Product Sales Plugin

      DON'T be put off by the name, it's an excellent membership plugin and it's free.
      Actually it costs $9.95 not a lot but not quite free :-)

      Amember is another option which is very comprehensive and has a wp plugin. It is not cheap but proven.

      I also use wishlist which works but is limited in its functionality.

      Opimizepress is a theme which has a number of uses which includes a basic membership function and easy to use.
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      • Profile picture of the author Fernando1954
        Originally Posted by lloydh View Post

        Actually it costs $9.95 not a lot but not quite free :-)

        Amember is another option which is very comprehensive and has a wp plugin. It is not cheap but proven.

        I also use wishlist which works but is limited in its functionality.

        Opimizepress is a theme which has a number of uses which includes a basic membership function and easy to use.

        It's free in the war room, Another reason to join.
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  • Profile picture of the author UMS
    Affiliate programs are either set up using a payment processor like Clickbank, DigiResults, Commission Junction etc, or you set up your own one.

    If you want to go down the membership and your own affiliate program, then Digital Access Pass is probably your best option.
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  • Profile picture of the author grover69
    Thanks UMS, I'll look into Digital Access Pass for sure.
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  • Profile picture of the author WebPen
    You can actually build a WP membership site for free with the right plugins:

    registered-users-only-2 locks the site so you have to be a member to see it

    Register Plus Redux lets you customize the registration fields and registration page header

    Aweber integration makes it so when someone registers, they also opt into your list
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  • Profile picture of the author luckyshah290
    nice post ... thanks for the replies.
    I am also looking for a solutions for creating a membership site but never considered a blog for it this post is now looks to be the solutions for information marketing via blogs
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  • Profile picture of the author zemiblast
    I've built a lot of membership sites using WordPress and we use WishList member on every one. I spent a lot of time researching options and tried and tried to find a good "cheap" way but without question, Wishlist has been awesome.
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  • Profile picture of the author billspaced
    WP Member Champ is good, simple, easy to set up. Under $100, too.
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  • Profile picture of the author grover69
    Guess I have my research cut out for me, but it looks like Wishlist is pulling out ahead of the pack according to your folks experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author Hardy Chou
    Digital Access Pass is superior to the rest because of its Tru-Drip feature that I believe you can't find anywhere AFAIK. And the support is very good.
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  • Profile picture of the author ravijayagopal
    Grover,

    Do check out http://DigitalAccessPass.com (DAP) when you get a chance. If you have any questions or concerns about DAP, feel free to ask here.

    Cheers!

    - Ravi Jayagopal
    Founder & Co-Developer, DAP
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  • Profile picture of the author Glenn Pegden
    We really need a stickied thread about membership plugins, we seem to go through the same list every few days.

    There is now quite a wide range to chose from with significantly different prices and features lists. Almost all will do the basics, but they all have their strengths and weaknesses.

    I tend to steer people towards DAP, Your Members and MemberWing, just because all three have been around years, have great feature lists and offer great support plus Ravi (DAP), myself (YM) and Gleb (MW) can always be found here on Warriors to help people out.
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  • Profile picture of the author Gimitrix
    Try SEO Pressor
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    I use Wish List and Magic Members and prefer Wish List by a lot. It's easier to use, has more features and better support. By better support, I'll give you an example. My Magic Members site wasn't that easy to get it up and running and fuctioning well. I submitted a support question. Instead of answering my question, they just wanted my Wordpress login and they configured it themselves. That leaves me completely in the dark as to what they did so that I could set up another site using it.
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  • Profile picture of the author rotten72
    S2member. FREE and works great!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author dadamson
    I use s2member. It is absolutely awesome for creating a membership site! So much support aswell.

    Great plugin, highly recommend you check it out before deciding on one!

    Cheers,
    Dave
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