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How Do I Start A Membership Site?

by membershipguy
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Ok.. so when I was told that making a membership site was a good idea, no one told me how much coding or bs was involved with it.. I was just told "Make a membership site".

I've tried Joomla and AEC and Community builder and they were complete and utter pains. I just want something simple and easy.

How do I start a membership site that doesn't require coding and is easy to understand? I plan to start a membership site with PLR Articles packs so my question is: Could I just sell the packs individually instead of starting an articles membership site? Instead of offering help, the only response I can ever get is "just learn coding".

I don't have the money to have someone build it for me, and I don't know coding.. I just want something simple and easy to do.
#membership #site #start
  • Profile picture of the author Jamie Iaconis
    Hi,

    OK... you could just sell the packs individually or...

    Like you said has been stated to you... "learn coding"
    but I will put it a different way...

    If you do want to start a membership site, you could get
    someone (like me) to setup a script for you, fairly cheap!

    Up to you, both ways will work about the same, I figure!

    HTH

    Jamie
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    • Profile picture of the author membershipguy
      How much and can I see an example of this script?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jesus Perez
    The Market Theme - Ecommerce Shopping Cart for Wordpress with Wordpress will allow you to sell like a shopping cart.
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  • Profile picture of the author membershipguy
    ok, say I sold the packs individually.

    They're going to be in packs of 10, 400 words, SEO optimized, Keyword and Niche researched.

    How much could I sell each pack for that would appeal to the customer? I was thinking $20 but since they're available to the public that's a bit much huh? Something like $4.99 or $9.99, but I don't know. I can write but I've never sold anything like this before.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kim Standerline
    Easymemberpro is dead simple, (a discount in my sig)

    Cheers
    Kim

    Originally Posted by membershipguy View Post

    Ok.. so when I was told that making a membership site was a good idea, no one told me how much coding or bs was involved with it.. I was just told "Make a membership site".

    I've tried Joomla and AEC and Community builder and they were complete and utter pains. I just want something simple and easy.

    How do I start a membership site that doesn't require coding and is easy to understand? I plan to start a membership site with PLR Articles packs so my question is: Could I just sell the packs individually instead of starting an articles membership site? Instead of offering help, the only response I can ever get is "just learn coding".

    I don't have the money to have someone build it for me, and I don't know coding.. I just want something simple and easy to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author membershipguy
    Kim, the Demo of that site doesn't work and $137 just to find out if a script is worth my time is kind of out of my price range.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Hillage
    Can't you sell through paypal and have the customers opt-in and then send them the products through your autoresponder (ie send them an email with the link to the products)?
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    • Profile picture of the author Sami
      Originally Posted by John Hillage View Post

      Can't you sell through paypal and have the customers opt-in and then send them the products through your autoresponder (ie send them an email with the link to the products)?
      Hey membership guy

      you sound like you're really hassled by this thing ... yeah it can be frustrating with lots of options and no obvious perfect solution but that's life.

      Now, relax and check out this simple idea...

      I like Paul Myers' idea but think John Hillage's can 'probably' be simpler with one modification:

      You set up paypal recurring billing as Paul suggested.

      Now, some auto responders like GetResponse allow attachments. So how about using John's idea but attach the actual pack they bought to the autoresponder message.

      So they click the approriate paypal button to buy a certain package. They pay and get redirected to your opt-in page. Theyregister with your auto responder and get an email back with the current month's articles attached.

      Your job each month is to see who has not paid and remove them from the autoresponder. Plus of course each month you add one new auto responder message/article pack or replace the existing one.

      You don't need any scripts. You only need an optin form which the responder provides and of course you have your home/order page.

      Have fun
      Sami
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayhew
    Your ID is the Membershipguy. Shouldn't you know?
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  • Profile picture of the author membershipguy
    Micheal, why post? You are a moron.

    The Warrior Forum makes my head hurt.. I lose IQ every time I come here. It was a simple question that requires a simple answer, what don't you people get?
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Myers
      You want a simple answer?

      If your web host's control panel allows you to create password protected directories, set one up. Keep your membership files in that. Change the password each month.

      Set up an ordering system through PayPal with recurring billing.

      Collect the PayPal email addresses that pay each month and send them an email with the site link and the new password.

      Done.

      If your web host's control panel doesn't support creating password protected directories, you can still do it. Go here for instructions:

      So You Want A Password Protected Page, Huh?

      Harder to administer than a complete script, and not nearly as secure, but it works.


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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Mayhew
      Originally Posted by membershipguy View Post

      Micheal, why post? You are a moron.

      The Warrior Forum makes my head hurt.. I lose IQ every time I come here. It was a simple question that requires a simple answer, what don't you people get?
      Sorry. Your right. I was out of line.

      I use both Kim's script and Simple Member Pro. Like them both.
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      • Profile picture of the author Sami
        Originally Posted by Michael Mayhew View Post

        Sorry. Your right. I was out of line.

        I use both Kim's script and Simple Member Pro. Like them both.
        Hey Michael

        It is good of you to come back and set things right.

        All too often I notice (with horror) as people get into these slagging matches ... once side makes a joke and the other responds harshly and it all gets out of hand for no reason ... thouroughly unpleasant.

        I respect you for your action
        Sami
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Wagoner
    Have you looked into "instant membership site creator"?

    Easy peasy to set up, and you can use it with wordpress if you install the script after you use cpanel to install wordpress.

    Simple way to give downloads.

    Hope this helps,
    Dennis
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  • Profile picture of the author John Westbrook
    Send me a PM. I'd be more than happy to help you customize a Joomla install to your liking. I do it with all my membership sites. I can also get Clickbank or Paypal integrated into it so the registration page is secured, etc.

    I would charge, but we could chat about that first so you are comfortable with a price.
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  • Profile picture of the author Adam Kenzington
    Hey Membershipguy,

    Dennis was right. Instant Membership Site Creator is the way to go.

    It is in version 3.2 right now for $27, ($47 for resale rights) but if you go here:

    Instant Membership Site Creator

    They are selling version 3.0 for $7, ($27 for resale rights) and I believe it has free lifetime upgrades.

    How's that for staying on budget?

    I'm getting ready to buy it myself. I've heard really good things about this one.

    Later,

    Adam
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    • Profile picture of the author Josh Anderson
      We created a membership site creation and management system that allows you to create unlimited membership sites, add a membership system to any website...

      And do it without installing a single script.

      All you need to be able to do is put a link on your site to buy or register, paste a link on your site to login.

      Our system is 100% web based and allows you to create membership areas and automates the entire process from taking orders and putting money in your paypal, 2co, or bank account (through authorize.net gateway) to creating secure accounts and automating password retrieval.

      You can create and manage unlimited secure pages, publish time released content, publish real time content, even broadcast pages to the member areas of individuals with custom content.

      There are a hundred more features... Nanacast

      Yeah, we also have a wordpress plugin too for the blog types ;-)
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  • Profile picture of the author zeurois
    membershipguy, my suggestion is you first build a list of features then go thru each of the scripts mentioned in this post and see which one corresponds the most.

    You could also try to search for such scripts on scripts directories, eg hotscripts.

    Hope it helps.

    - Peter
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  • Profile picture of the author Andy Fletcher
    Easy Member Pro definitely gets my vote. Took me a couple of hours over 2 days to get a membership site up and running. I'm a big fan
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  • Profile picture of the author candoit2
    I have never used this, but I saw it mentioned before and bookmarked it for future reference. It is run by a warrior... Memberfire Membership Site System

    Aaron
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