Start your Business with a Membership site

By J. Walfield

(C)2004 J. Walfield


For all you newbies that want to start a business - start it with a membership site.

If you have the basics of building websites then you will have no problems starting a membership site.

There are already many membership sites all over the net, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for more. If you have something amazing to offer members, they will sign up.

And by signing up means a yearly or monthly subscription. (You choose).

You want to make huge profits so how would you go about charging new members?

Lets do an example:

First time members sign up for only 19.95 then pay only 35.00 for every year there after.
 
So if you had 500 new members your total for the following year would be = $17500
Not a bad wage for just supplying information, or products right?

Ok now 19.95 might be appealing to others, but for some people it might sound like too much money and they will leave your website without signing up.
 
How could you have gotten more signups?  Well, if your membership site is so amazing and you know that members will continue their subscriptions the following year, drop the price for new sign ups.

Yes as the old saying goes: you will always catch more flies with honey than vinegar. (why anyone would want to catch flies is beyond me lol).

So by dropping your first time sign up fee to lets say 12.95 or maybe even 10.00 it is giving the new members a chance to go into your site, have a look around, take advantage of everything you are offering and no doubt by dropping the fee lower you
will get more members easier.

You could have 1500 new members by the end of a year. Wow and then the fee is due.... $52500 would be your total!

The ideas are endless for you. But always think long term not short term.

When I started my membership site over a year ago - the incentive I used was: after members  signed up, any new software programs that were added to the Stash would be free for all members. I add digital products for free on any given day.

So besides having more than enough business tutorials and ebooks, my members can use each software program to make life easier online and of course they come with resell rights, so any members who already have an established business can use these products on their sites for giveaways, or any other way they think will help to get more customers.
 
And for any members starting new can use all tools from the members area to start making money. So you should have some really good offers for members and you wont have any problems finding them.

Membership Sites seem to be the best way to make money online.
Don't give up on something you truly believe in.
And it's never too late to start. Just keep thinking positive!
So for all you newbies that want to start a business - start it with a membership site.

Credits:

J. Walfield, owner & webmaster
at freebiesforwebsites.com
a site for up to date resources for Webmasters providing useful and money saving information. Visit her member's only website "The Private Stash" by clicking the picture on the right column.
 

 

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