Want to run a membership site powered by WordPress?
Published: Wed, 09/26/12
Hi
If there's one thing I've learned the past 5 years, it's that recurring subscriptions are to businesses what Nirvana was to music in the '90s...you know, nirvana.
Micro membership sites, where you pay $5-$10 a month for useful information, is the bees' knees. Right?
Rather than be the one who is the subscriber, why not be the provider? You can collect these small monthly subscriptions.
Yeah, that sounds great.
Except running a membership site kinda sucks. Most of the software made for running membership sites is:
- Expensive
- Complicated
- Doesn't do much, if it works at all
Trust me on this---I've bought and/or "trialed" nearly every membership script there is. And since I use WordPress for all of my sites now, I need a membership plugin.
However, I haven't found a single WP plugin for membership sites that I like. There are a few that I use for specific situations, but I don't really like them :)
Maybe I'm picky. Actually, there is no maybe...I am picky. I like simple stuff that does what it's supposed to do.
That's why I like MemberSonic. It's a WordPress plugin that works. Simply. For not a lot of money.
Now, the bad news. When Andrew, the developer of this plugin told me about it, he said it would work with JV Zoo, which rocked because that's the system I use.
But MemberSonic doesn't work with JV Zoo---YET.
Andrew assured me that MemberSonic would work with JV Zoo in the very near future (days not weeks).
I have every confidence that Andrew and the JV Zoo guys will get it straightened out soon. It's mutually beneficial for both.
Plus, it comes with a 60-day money back guarantee. If they don't fix the JV Zoo issue in 60 days, return it and get 100% of your money back.
I bought it today. I will return it if they can't make it work. So will hundreds of others.
They have lots of reasons ($$$) to resolve the issue PRONTO.
Once the JV Zoo integration is good-to-go, this will be the only WordPress plugin I will use for membership sites.
Bill
PS---I'm sure as soon as the above is taken care of, the Andrew will adjust the price to be in line with the other WP membership plugins out there ($97 to $297 and up).