Membership

Ready to build a membership site? This guide shares practical steps for choosing your platform, pricing your content, and launching a thriving community.

Searching for the best membership site platform? I’ve reviewed 12 top options to help you launch and grow your community and courses in 2025.

Keep your members engaged and loyal with these 9 powerful membership retention strategies. Perfect for online educators and community managers.

Spotify gives you 30 days free, Netflix charges $1 for your first month, and Costco makes you pay $60 upfront just to walk through their doors. These companies have taken completely different approaches to the same fundamental challenge that every membership business faces: how do you convert curious browsers into committed paying members? In this…

If you’re a creator, freelancer, or early-stage founder, you’ve probably wondered if it’s even possible to build something profitable without spending hundreds of dollars upfront. The good news is that you can launch and run a membership site for just $10 per month, and I’m going to show you exactly how to do it. What…

Most membership sites struggle with conversions because they treat signups like one-time purchases instead of building relationships. I’ve helped dozens of businesses improve their funnels, and the mistake I see over and over is using generic sales tactics that don’t work for ongoing commitments. The problem with regular sales funnels is they’re designed for single…

A well-designed membership site can transform your online presence from a standard website into a revenue-generating platform that delivers exclusive content to paying subscribers. Squarespace offers a robust, user-friendly solution for creating professional membership sites without extensive technical knowledge. And while there are many platforms to choose for your membership site, in this post I’ll…

Choosing between membership management and course platforms can make or break your online education business. I’ve helped dozens of clients set up both membership sites and online courses, and I see the same confusion over and over again. People compare MemberSpace and Thinkific like they do the same thing, but they’re actually built for completely…

I’ve been in the online course and digital business industry for 15 years or more, and I can tell you that choosing the wrong platform will cost you time, money, and plenty of frustration. Two such programs are LearnWorlds and Kajabi. Counteless of people have created real courses with actual students, I want to share…

After managing content libraries and building online courses for several years, I’ve learned that the platform you choose can make or break your student experience. Recently, I spent three months testing both Memberships.io (formerly Searchie) and Kajabi with real courses, paying customers, and actual content libraries to see how they perform in the real world….

When I decided to help a friend add membership functionality to her Squarespace website last year, I assumed we’d need to invest in expensive premium solutions. After all, most membership platforms charge significant monthly fees, and Squarespace doesn’t have native membership features that match dedicated platforms like Kajabi or Teachable. However, she didn’t have the…

Managing access levels, subscriptions, and exclusive content is what separates successful membership sites from basic WordPress blogs. Let me tell you, I’ve spent years testing different membership plugins (over 15 years, easily), watching some rise to prominence while others fade into obscurity. The plugin you choose affects everything from site performance to member satisfaction to…