What is a Membership Site?
A membership site is a private website, with exclusive content available only to the signed up members.
It usually provides members with the ability to interact with each other. They pay a monthly fee for being a member of the website.
Suitable For -
People who like to interact with, guide and lead a community.
Skills Required -
1. In-depth knowledge of any particular domain.
2. Ability to research new things and constantly generate new and helpful content.
Time Required For Creating A Membership Site -
Depends on the domain expertise of the creator.
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Tips -
1. In the beginning keep the fee for joining the membership site ridiculously low.
Aim to create a minimum viable product instead of creating a perfect product. You can always improve your site in later stages.
2. If you’ve never been a part of any membership site till now, consider joining a few related to your domain. Study those sites.
3. Find what’s working well for you and other members of that site? What’s makes it worth the monthly fee and how could you replicate this?
4. Interact and engage with members. Your membership site shouldn’t be the one that only drip feeds the content, with little or no input from the owner Read more...