How to start a recurring revenue membership site

Introduction

Membership sites can be extremely complex, or very simple. At its most basic level, you have a website with preloaded content, and that content is restricted to members only. Members pay monthly or annual fees, and they
get instant access to all the content on the site. Nonmembers get access to free content, but your most valuable, premium content is hidden behind a paywall.

In the days before the World Wide Web, if you wanted to become a member of a group, you met other members at a physical location. This type of membership offering has obvious restrictions because the more members involved, the more space that is required. there are also travel concerns. Thanks to the Internet, it is possible to set up a virtual hangout where members of a group can communicate with others with the same interests, instantly, even if they are scattered across the globe.

These types of community-based membership sites offer socialization, either for free or for a monthly or annual membership fee. There are also membership sites that do not have forums or chat rooms, and instead, deliver content to paying members. If you are an entrepreneur or blogger considering setting up your own membership site, you probably want to do so because of two words … passive income.

In this eBook, we’ll cover the following:

• Some Popular Types of Membership Sites
  • What is Software as a Service?
  • Online Drip-Feed Course Delivery
  • The All-at-Once Membership Site
  • Community Sites
  • Fixed Length
  • The Service Site
• Setting up Your Payment Structure
  • Monthly Pricing
  • Annual Pricing and Membership Levels
• Why You May Want to Consider Adding a Community Component
• How to Build (or Outsource) Your Membership Site
  • Membership Site Builders
  • Membership Plug-Ins
    • MemberPress
    • Restrict Content Pro
    • Paid Memberships Pro
    • RainMaker Platform
    • Magic Members
    • S2Member
  • The (Almost) Hands-Off Membership Site Experience
• Plan & Create Your Content
  • Outsource Your Content Creation
• Running Your Membership Site on Autopilot