Newbies Guide To Membership Site

There are several estimates about how much money has been spent on membership websites in the last year or two. Those estimates range from several million dollars to over a billion dollars. This business model can provide the income you want. However, the reader should take note, running a membership site is definitely not a “publish and forget” process it will require some steady work on your part.

Some membership sites have stood the test of time, whilst others have simply fizzled out like a burning star, and some just never get off the ground.

I've seen a lot of good – actually GREAT membership site ideas that never see the light of day because of what I perceive to be the biggest single obstacle that most marketers hit when starting a new membership site.

Before you can decide on which script you will need, you will need to decide on what kind of membership site you are going to run, let’s take a look at the options.  

You can run a free membership site. This is where no subscription payment is required; your members only need to register on the site to become a member.  

You can run a paid for membership fixed term course, you charge your members either a one off fee or monthly installments and deliver their content to them on a weekly or monthly schedule for a fixed term.  

You can run a paid for membership site where your members continue to pay you on a monthly basis. You can offer different levels of membership at different prices, you’ve seen these sites, they offer Bronze, Silver or Gold memberships, all priced differently, some sites even have a “lifetime” one off fee.

Whichever method you choose, there is one essential tool that you are going to need and that is an auto-responder, this is the one thing you cannot do without.

Let’s say that you are offering a 12 month course on “The Art of Calligraphy”, you are going to send your members one lesson each month, it is advisable to have at least 50% of the course material already written, there is nothing worse than having to scrabble something together two days before it is supposed to go out to your members.  

Get smart here, save yourself some stress, and get your auto responder loaded with 6 months of lessons, before you promote your membership offer.  

Our site is going to sell our calligraphy course in 12 monthly lessons, so we need to create a method for our members to pay in 12 monthly installments. Whilst it is not completely free, PayPal here is our best option. There is no charge to join and set up an account, fees are only charged on any sales you make.

Master Resale Rights License Terms:

[YES] Can be packaged with other products
[YES] Can be offered as a bonus
[YES] Can be sold
[YES] Can sell Resale Rights
[YES] Can sell Master Resale Rights

[NO] Can be edited completely and your name put on as author
[NO] Can sell Private Label Rights
[NO] Can be given away