Multi-membership Area

  • I am creating a website that needs two different types of members:
    1)Employee membership
    2)Client membership

    These memberships will not cost anything to sign up, however I would like an option to let clients pay for services online.

    I’m unsure what membership plugin works best (I’m using a genesis theme/child theme) for something like this without costing a lot if anything at all.

    I’m okay with paying for a plugin if in fact it will of course handle these two areas but do so with efficiency and simplicity more than anything.

    Suggestions?

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  • Hi Dan,

    When evaluating solutions for a problem I need to solve, I always turn to trusty Google:

    Try searching:

    “Best WordPress Membership Plugins”
    “Best WordPress Membership Plugins 2015”
    “Best Free WordPress Membership Plugins”
    “Best Premium WordPress Membership Plugins”

    Look for several of the top results that list these solutions in a list article.

    Try to find those that help you understand your specific requirements when making a choice, especially for a problem with as many variables as yours presents.

    Make a list of the top 3-5 choices that are present on 3-5 of these lists, and then just try one or two that you feel comfortable with.

    There are many, many solutions to Membership on WordPress.

    That said, I usually turn to:

    • OptimizePress Membership: Because I use OptimizePress to build landing pages and the Membership plugin comes with it free. This is a premium plugin around $100
    • Wishlist Member: The first one I used, and oldy but still good.
    • WooCommerce Membership: A great option because it incorporates Woo Commerce for taking payments for your membership, which you would otherwise have to setup separately on other Membership plugins (disclosure, Woo is now part of Automattic, developers of WordPress)

    Here’s some questions you should ask yourself from this good article:

    • How easy is the plugin to use on a day-to-day basis?
    • How good are the support and training materials?
    • How easy is it to learn and use?
    • How is its payment gateway diversity?
    • Does it have good e-commerce support?
    • Does it allow sequential delivery/drip content?
    • Does it provide multiple/concurrent accounts (e.g. for an office with 3 to 20 users)?
    • What are its options for upselling and down-selling?
    • Does it allow for prorating charges?
      Here’s another good resource I found from Googling:

      https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/tips-tricks/six-of-the-best-wordpress-membership-plugins-for-2015

      NOTE: You will also want to consider how your Membership site fits into your CRM or Email / Marketing Automation software. I use InfusionSoft for CRM/Email/Marketing and therefore Membership tools such as Memberium and iMember360 are great choices since they fully integrate with those services making your work communicating with your Customers more powerful.

      Cheers,

      Mike

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