MerchantKit.com > What To Sell > Membership Sites What To Sell: Membership Sites A membership site is a web sites which people pay to become a member of. By paying, they usually get access to additional content, downloads, to participate in a community, or any combination of the above. You can start a membership site on any topic you like, although obviously some topics will be more appealing to potential customers than others. A guide to running a membership site which you may find useful is How to Start Your Own Highly Profitable Paid Membership Website. To run this type of site, you will almost certainly need a script for running a membership site. A nice aspect of running a membership site, is that you could set it up to charge your members monthly or annual fees, and thus build up a residual income stream. This tends to work best if you have recurring billing set up, so that you're customers are charged for renewals automatically once they subscribe (until they cancel their membership). Related Pages Recurring Billing Related Sites How to Start Your Own Highly Profitable Paid Membership Website Script for running membership sites   MENU Home What To Sell   Crafts   Drop Shipping   eBooks   Membership Sites   Software   Web Hosting Setup Web Site Accept Payments Shopping Carts Start Affiliate Program Marketing Copywriting Customer Service Books     Privacy    Terms and Conditions Copyright © 2001-2008, Answers 2000 Limited With any business, it is up to the individual owner of said business to ensure the success of the business. You may make more or less than any sample figures or results that might be quoted on our web sites or other publications. All business involves risk, and many businesses do not succeed. Further, Answers 2000 Limited does NOT represent that any particular individual or business is typical, or that any results or experiences achieved by any particular individual/business is necessarily typical. In Association With Amazon.com All trademarks are property of their respective owners. All third party content and adverts are copyright of their respective owners. Some graphics on our web sites are Copyright (C) 1997-2000 Hemera Technologies Inc., and used under license. All such pictures are provided for viewing purposes only and are not to be saved or downloaded. All such pictures of recognizable individuals are models and used for illustrative purposes only, and not meant to imply any association or endorsement of said individual with any product or service.