Membership Sites Techniques

Kirt Christensen

• http://www.paidmembershipsites.com/ -
• http://www.risklessprofits.com -
• run ask campaign to find what people want
• front-load the site
• make forum (may be free for starters)
• launch
• reduce customer service
• use reliable billing

Billing - just have one option (for example, monthly). Having many payment options tend to confuse people.

Use physical product (for example, a CD) as part of the monthly service.

membership software:

• phpBB, phpNuke,
• Invision Power Board,
• UBB.x software by Infopop -
• billing - www.netbilling.com , paypal, ...
• http://www.2Checkout.com - ??

http://www.membergate.com/ - Bill Myers - web publishing solution for building and managing subscription or member's only web sites.

http://www.swepa.com/ - Subscription Website Publishers Association - owned by Peter A. Schaible, originally created by Sonya Myers, better known as Sonny Jones.

Misc:

• www.memberstar.com - membership service used by Matt Furey, $40/mo
• Membergate.com ,
• iBill.com,
• DreamCast.com,
• www.affiliatetracking.net
• www.download.com
• www.hotscripts.com
• www.scriptsearch.com
• www.realaffiliate.com
• www.paysystems.com

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How to get subscribers 100 subscribers in first 30 days:

• Free ezine - offer free excerpts of your paid content.
• Give away trial memberships to people who are well known in your field. This can often lead to them endorsing your site, giving you testimonials and promoting your site.
• Offer trail memberships to use as bonuses to people already selling products to your target market. This can bring in a steady supply of qualified members.
• Offer trial memberships to ezine publishers with a large subscriber base. I've seen this method bring in a hundred paid subscribers in a little as 2 days.

Note: 100 x $29.95/mo = $2,995/mo steady income.

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