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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 27th October 2011, 05:39 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 557
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Advertisment Management Plugins for WordPress

Well I know what we have is better than both of those (or we'd have used them), so I'll push for releasing ours as a product then.

Thanks for the feedback.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th October 2011, 02:54 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 557
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Advertisment Management Plugins for WordPress

Quick question.

I'd be interested to know from those of you that carry third party adverts on your sites (banner ads etc, WordPress sites specifically) what software you are using to manage it?
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 8th September 2011, 09:16 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,170
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: wordpress membership plugin

I got so fed up with trying to answer this question on here nearly every day that I wrote a blog post (my personal blog, no sales, no promotions etc) explaining why it's the wrong question to be...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th September 2011, 04:28 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 804
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: turning a wordpress site into a membership site

Assuming you're charging for membership and are not it a position to maintain/secure/support a plugin yourself, why would you only be looking for a FREE plugin?

Back when I was both building and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 04:35 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,170
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: wordpress membership plugin

I would be interesting to know how many full time staff they have? I suspect with six, we're probably one of the biggest.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 04:32 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,170
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: wordpress membership plugin

Once again, Istvan has it right (I seem to be writing that a lot at the moment).

Don't worry about what solution other people found, but find the one that's right for YOU.

More of the mature...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 04:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 485
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: The True Cost of FREE Stuff

I've long felt the the ability to include php in a theme, whilst functional, is nuts (themes should be about display, plugins are about functionality). People treat themes far less seriously that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 5th September 2011, 04:14 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 522
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Membershipsite Plugin - Payment Processor iDeal?

Whilst iDeal isn't yet one of the gateways we support with Your Members, we do add gateways as custom jobs and reduce the price if it's something we feel would benefit the main product.

Let me if...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th August 2011, 02:14 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 698
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Any tips on video marketing?

S3 is just a delivery system, what devices it can be played on is down to the player you use and of course the format of the content. We happily stream stuff of S3 to mobile devices using JWPlayer.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th August 2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 698
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Any tips on video marketing?

The seemingly sensible option to me is start with a complete membership plugin that actually handles secure PPV and membership based access, rather than hacking together things that do bits of what...
Forum: Website Design 10th August 2011, 09:43 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,336
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Capacity of Wordpress for building a large membership site

It does go against one of the great things about WordPress, the ability for none-technical people to grab a few building blocks and stack them together to make something useful.

A good analogy is...
Forum: Website Design 10th August 2011, 07:08 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,336
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Capacity of Wordpress for building a large membership site

I know Magic Members very well, it was originally based on Your Members v1.5 (poss v1.4, it was a long time ago now) and they later officially licensed our code. Since then they've put a lot of time...
Forum: Website Design 9th August 2011, 03:14 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,336
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Capacity of Wordpress for building a large membership site

Ha ha. I bet I know exactly WHY too. Having looked into a similar problem with our plugin and W3TC some time back, I can understand WHY they'd struggle, but it took us a few hours to work out why, a...
Forum: Website Design 9th August 2011, 03:02 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 2,336
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Capacity of Wordpress for building a large membership site

We have users with 25,000+ members that are still working fine. But the problem with bigger sites is that WordPress needs a little care and attention to keep running optimally. The good news is that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2011, 04:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 846
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: How to run a fixed term membership site?

Any of the membership plugins that support drip feeding will do what you describe (as far as I'm aware it's all the major players except WishList whose drip feeder seems to only be available if you...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2011, 01:09 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,521
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Good membership plugin in Wordpress please?

In a word. No. Mainly because there are plenty of great affiliate systems out there that can plugin into virtually any WordPress site, both iDevAffiliate and zferal seem popular at the moment. We'd...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 3rd August 2011, 02:45 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

I've added GetResponse to our todo board now. One of the dev team have had a look and said it looks like a fairly sensible API, which is promising.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd August 2011, 02:21 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,521
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Good membership plugin in Wordpress please?

The thing to consider with video is how much you want to protect it. If it's accessible via a URL and you're using any of the common players (JWPlayer, FlowPlayer etc) then it's trivial to find the...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd August 2011, 01:20 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

Whilst no Warrior (Tim is a hardcore techie at heart) he does love to chat to customers on our Live Chat (which is where I assume you were talking). It was probably me that shouted to him about the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2011, 12:54 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,521
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Good membership plugin in Wordpress please?

My pleasure. I take the view that I'm not here to make a quick buck. I'd rather get a reputation for good advice and general helpfulness than ramming one solution down everyone's throats (especially...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd August 2011, 10:13 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

Actually Jesus,

I remember reading recently in another thread that you've recently ditched WishList (yay !), so don't forget, when you purchased YM you got free updates for the lifetime of the...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd August 2011, 10:08 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

Hi Jesus,

Yep, since we last chatted (around a year ago) we've long ago thrown away the old "Your Responder" (which was designed to be used by developers rather than end users, unless you were...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 2nd August 2011, 09:57 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

Interesting that you shortlisted Magic Members and not Your Members as Magic Members was built from a very old version of YM. They've improved the interface a lot (something we've now done in YM too)...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2011, 09:46 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 1,521
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Good membership plugin in Wordpress please?

Sorry for trotting out the same answer every few days, but the same question gets asked every few days.

Firstly, have a search on here for "membership plugin" you'll find loads of threads with...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 1st August 2011, 01:55 AM
Replies: 82
Views: 17,363
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Digital Access Pass versus Wishlist Member? Why use one over the other?

Whilst I'd favour DAP over WishList any time (if it wasn't for me considering our own offering was now better than DAP, I'd recommend it unreservedly and I've never worked out WHY WishList is so...
Forum: Website Design 29th July 2011, 02:10 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,083
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Where should I host my membership videos?

The main thing to consider is do you really care about people sharing the links to your valuable content? If you do the forgot about YouTube or most hosting services. It's trivial to extract the URL...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th July 2011, 02:38 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,163
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Do You Prefer Email Or Facebook Connect?

Some membership plugins (well one, oddly the one I work for ;) ) work inside Facebook too, so you can do a facebook landing page which then adds them to an mailing list (either a local one, or a...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th July 2011, 04:40 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 459
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Techie Dunce Needs Help!

We've been asked several times to integrate WSOPro with Your Members, but it's method of hijacking IPN responses raised so many eyebrows with our dev team we've always stayed away.

Is there any...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th July 2011, 04:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 473
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Membership site questions

WishList is the Microsoft of membership products. It's overpriced, under-featured, under-supported, but very very popular with people who have never taken the time to try the alternatives. It's not a...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 20th July 2011, 04:27 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 895
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Yet Another "best membership plugin" thread :)

Sounds like a perfect fit for Your Members using the "Free" payment gateway and the MailChimp mail gateway.

Most of the others membership plugins just use MailChimp as a simple autoresponder, but...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th July 2011, 04:01 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,078
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Starting Membership Site - Wordpress plugins you recommend?

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...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th June 2011, 07:36 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 801
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: how do i create a membership site

That list seems a little out of date (for Your Members at least, a lot of the "No"s have been "Yes" for many years now).

If you go down the WordPress path, then DAP, MemberWing, WishList and of...
Forum: Website Design 24th June 2011, 07:12 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 548
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Need Wordpress plugin

Most of the major Membership Plugins will allow you to do this. Check out DAP, MemberWing, WishList and of course YourMembers (link in my sig).
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2011, 12:42 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,143
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Membership Site...

I don't know if that's still true. I've been told recent versions are base64 encoded to intentionally hamper people modifying the source code.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2011, 01:52 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 794
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Adding video to a wordpress membership site. Help.

I'm confused. You correctly state the need to obscure the link (or even better, make it expire) and then gives an example of a non obscured URL being used in a player.

It's every bit as easy to...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st June 2011, 01:45 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,476
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Best wordpress plugin to set-up a Membership site?

(Edited for brevity)

This echoes what we're hearing on an almost daily basis (we've never had so many WishList converts as we've been getting the last few months). In the past we've been guilty of...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2011, 04:03 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 794
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Adding video to a wordpress membership site. Help.

Erm. If you're just using JWPlayer player (which is just a flash player in your browser) then it's trivial to extract the URL of the video file on your server and share it with friends.

You don't...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2011, 03:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,143
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Membership Site...

Do a search for "membership plugin" on this site and you'll find loads of great suggestions (and a few bad ones).

Myself (Your Members), Ravi (DAP) and Gleb (MemberWing) can all be found on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2011, 03:47 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,476
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Best membership plugin for WordPress

Absolutely. We spent years putting as many features as possible into a membership plugin and ended up with something that was a mess and very complicated for first time users. That's why for v1.10.0...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 20th June 2011, 03:23 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 463
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Wordpress guru's question for ya

There are loads of great (and not so great) membership plugins around to suit every type of user and size of pocket.

Do a search on here for "membership plugins" and you'll find loads of...
Forum: Website Design 16th June 2011, 03:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 843
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Paid Subscription WordPress Site -First Time Any Advice??

If you search these forums for "membership plugins" there are loads of threads with useful (and not so useful) info.

On here, myself (Your Members), Ravi (DAP) and Gleb (MemberWing) are normally...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th June 2011, 03:04 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 653
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Membership software

Take some time to have a look around (including loads of threads here on warriors) for info on WordPress Membership Plugins. There are loads to chose from at loads of different price points, support...
Forum: Internet Marketing Product Reviews & Ratings 16th June 2011, 02:55 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,768
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: What Software Should I Use for a Membership Site?

Are all you guys using WishList happy with the support at the moment? It's a genuine question, but we seem to be picking up lots of ex-WL customers at the moment who said they gave up because they...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th June 2011, 02:50 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 2,476
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Best wordpress plugin to set-up a Membership site?

It depends exactly what you want, each has their pros and cons and expensive doesn't always mean best. Check out their support, whether it's a one off payment or an annual one and whether it all has...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd November 2010, 06:10 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,977
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: What is the best wordpress plugin for a paid membership site?

I know I now work for the opposition, but I've never got what the great appeal with WishList is. There are much more full featured, better supported and cheaper options around, each with their own...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th October 2010, 07:00 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 829
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Setting Up Free membership Site Using Wordpress

I know whishlist is a popular option, but I really don't see the appeal. There are plenty of alternatives that are just as good, better supported and cheaper (including Ravi's DAP and our own "Your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 28th September 2010, 02:37 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 603
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Tips for advertising white label version of a WordPress Membership Plugin

For some time now, I've been successfully marketing a WordPress Membership Plugin to end users, but I'm now looking for advice on how/where to market a white label version to Internet Marketers...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2010, 03:31 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 2,953
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: protected download area for selling digital products?

Your Members has a very similar feature set to DAP (and includes a download manager for protected downloads), but is roughly 1/3rd the price, if that's an option for you.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st September 2010, 03:25 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 849
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: WordPress Membership Plugin

I have to echo what was said in the first few posts, decide exactly what you need then compare the various options (WishList, DAP, s2, MWX, Magic Members and of course Your Members), they all have...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2010, 07:18 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 944
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Normal for membership software to be ~$200 ?

I have to disagree with whoever said above "you get what you pay for", some of the most buggy, poorest supported and under featured (I'm shocked to read above that WishList doesn't have a download...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2010, 07:08 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 595
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Wordpress Membership Site?

For once I'm not going to push the merits of Your Members, but I will echo BlueSquare's comments, what you are looking for should be possible with any of the established membership plugins, the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th September 2010, 07:00 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 657
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: What cms to use for a membership site?

As somebody that's developed around Drupal, Joomla and WordPress as well as years of hand-built stuff, I'd say if you're having to ask the question, the answer is probably WordPress.

For bigger,...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th August 2010, 04:15 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 994
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: Wordpress membership Site Users - Help ME!

Hi Mr Cinkir*,

I'm glad you're still around, as you've stopped responding to both our emails and those of the people you sold unlicensed copies of Your Members too (amazingly you left it...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th August 2010, 03:33 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,746
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: If I can easily download "secure" S3 videos from the sales page of "Secure" S3 Plugin sites; NO

Indeed. Whilst it doesn't stop saving the stream at video driver level (and to do that, you're looking at DRM), configuring S3 so that your bucket can only be accessed from your web server seems...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th August 2010, 03:24 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,114
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: QUESTION for Wordpress Membership Site Experts...

I'd also advise you to take some time to check out Your Members (link in my sig), it's feature list is very similar to the other serious membership plugins, but tends to be significantly cheaper...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 2nd August 2010, 06:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 490
Posted By Glenn Pegden
Re: WP Plugin Help Needed

Hi Kevin,

Whilst we've got an download manager built into Your Members (and many of the other membership plugins) there is no upload manager. Whilst it's not something I'm aware of anyone trying...
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