Any Recommended Ways To Create A Membership Site ?

I am using aMember Pro.

S2Memebr is a free WordPress plugin for membership sites with a lot of videos for installing and using. And lots of configurable options.

aMember Pro. I've been a user for years. It's great for all kinds of membership sites.

Subscription Script - aMember Pro | aMember
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I use Digital Access Pass and love it. The problem with free solutions like S2 member is that they could stop updating and supporting their product at any time -- in which case you would be left in a vulnerable position.

I much prefer to use paid solution because I know, for the most part, if these companies are making good money from the software then they have a vested interest in supporting, updating and improving the software as time goes on.

I'm using EasyMemberPro...

Really love it!

Digital Access Pass is great but so feature rich it can
become overwhelming. I wish there was an 'Apple'
style solution that made it super simple if required!

But yeah, I also recommend RAP.. Ravi (I think it is) and
his wife are constantly updating and supporting there
product.

OptimizePress plugin for wordpress.

Thanks for the suggestions! I have optimize press but haven't put much effort in trying to figure out their membership sites, it was too complicated. I think I'm going to get Wishlist member or digital access pass.

thanks!

I tried S2Member out and it's not bad for a free one, though it's a complex setup. I ended up purchasing the multi-site license for Wishlist Member after getting to help a friend set it up on a site. It's pretty easy to use and the support is awesome when you run into issues (I did and support was quick to help)!

So yeah, Wishlist Member is what I use and recommend.

Edmund Loh has released a cool WSO about building
simple membership sites. I cannot find where it is now.
Maybe you can try goggling it.

I did some research into this not too long ago and form all the options Digital Access Pass came out looking like the best one.

This was also the one that most other people recommended to me.

Easymemberpro for me......easy to set up (although a couple of strange anomalies) and works really well. Not too expensive either.

probably ain't wanting to hear it...but I use aweber....I moved from aweber based to wishlist...and then went back to aweber sending links to static html pages....Ain't really secure, but I didn't see much sharing of links in wishlist anyway....

fast...quick...and easy...

the best and surest way to success with membership sites is to give them what they want and not want you want to give them. Do you already have a community or list? You need to have a community or list plenty of them, so that you can inform them of your membership site. this will give you better results than starting it from scratch

I use paypal's free perl script and Hostgator for a free and very easy solution for memberships.

If you use wordpress as your CMS,, I suggest you grab
WishList Member Plugin or Magic Members

Here is the steps, you can read it

How to Create A WordPress Membership Site
and

Create a Membership Site with WordPress using Magic Members

check out Fastmember here on this forum.....really nice!

If you're doing a One on One coaching kind of membership, WHMCS works WONDERFULLY! If you sign up throught licensepal you get a $3/month discount

Yes, OptimizePress Wordpress plugin is also best one for membership sites.

Well for Membership sites I've always used aMember + Wordpress + a set of plugins and in some cases even BuddyPress to give the site a more "Social" approach...

I am using profits theme , also have studio press's premise both have good support for membership sites and is one off payment...

amember pro gets my vote. I'm using it for several years and it's very good (except the affiliate management that could be better...)

Ahhh it looks like DAP IS still in business! (Ignore my post earlier where I was questioning this!).

Raji - I tried to PM you but I'm still a newbie so the forum wouldn't let me but maybe you could PM me? We are looking at purchasing one of your installation packages but I haven't been able to get a response from the contact info on your website (sent 3 emails and left 3 voice mails since last week). We're on a super tight deadline and need to move forward asap.

Many thanks!

Membership websites = residual income !!!

Personally I now officially hate Amember as they require you to enter a new key every year to activate it. My site was rendered unusable for god only knows how long before I realized this. Cost me a small fortune. Don't know why they couldn't have sent me an email, or phoned me, or warned me or something - So over priced and also lame.

While I am ranting - on a side note- I hate vbulletin too. What a crappy script that turned out to be. I have used it before with success, lately it has caused me so much grief. PHPbb works even better and it is free - So officially I hate amember and vubulletin.

Use Login Frequency Marketing. Little bit of a learning curve, but it has loads of features, and you can use it on as many sites as you like. I have been using it for years and love it. Plus Robert Puddy is just a really nice guy.

I wouldn't be surprised if there is a free membership script out there that is totally awesome.

Because I have put up with so much crap from overpriced products that suck I am investing in creating an affordable solution. Don't hold your breath though - it won't be available any time soon.

Wow, I'm glad I found this thread. I was wondering the same thing. Thanks for asking this question thedanbrown and thanks everyone for the info. You guys are great.

Ok I still have more to say. You have to be careful with really careful with membership site scripts. Some do not protect your content, so it gets stolen - and that sucks. With login frequency marketing, easy video player, and amazon s3 you protect your content nicely.

MemberShip plugin by wpmu dev

Anyone else try using warrior press plugin? It looks really easy to use and setup but I had one person tell me they tried using warriorpress on 2 of their launches and it kept deleting the member levels and wouldnt register a bunch of people?

Without hearing from others using warrior press with success, it makes me hesitant to take a chance trusting it to handle 2,000+ sales in 24-72 hours.

I used Amember for years but have abandoned now in terms of something faster, easier and cheaper - Wishlist with Optimize Press. Works like a charm and using it to good effect on my current WSO members area.

If you are looking for PHP + MYSQL e-commerce solution, then you can check a private sale solution, developed by Plumrocket company. I think you can find it on their site. The good thing that they sell complete e-commerce script and you dont have to worry about buying some separate extensions, modules. You can also extend it with cart reservation, magento invite friends functionality with ability to import address book and magento reward points extension. If you really like Fab.com or Gilt.com you can add some magento social shopping extensions such as live feed plugin, inspiration wall, faves... etc.

Does anyone know any options for membership sites you don't have to host yourself?

I've tried many programs out there including emember, wishlist, s2member, fastmember and RAP.

I can tell you that if you are none technical and want the easiest one out of all of them then go for Fastmember.

I literally thought I was missing something with Fastmember as I was used to all the other platforms which have serious learning curves attached.

But it is a really well done plugin but the updates are not as often as I would like.

But saying that it integrates with Digiresults, JVzoo, Clickbank and Warrior+.

Regards
Dave

Right now I use OptimizePress and WarriorPress.
But I will be switching to WishList soon.