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SELECTING A Membership Plugin FOR YOUR WORDPRESS SITE Chris Lema (@chrislema) – http://chrislema.com

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MY OWN HISTORY & Experience

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We all have Basic Needs • Integration with WordPress • Post, Page & CPT Protection • Ability to accept Money • Easy Member Management

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& some are more demanding… • Sequential Content Delivery • Download Protection • Flexible Renewals • Key Integrations

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But we all care about $$ • Free • One Time Price • Recurring Charges

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FREE PLUGINS • Paid Memberships Pro • Members (Tadlock) • Restrict Content • S2Member

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1x FEE PLUGINS • Restrict Content Pro ($30) • WP eMember ($50) • Digital Access Pass ($167) • S2Member Pro ($69)

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RECURRING COST PLUGINS • MemberPress ($99/yr) • Membership ($19/mo) • Wishlist Member ($97/yr) • Magic Members ($97/yr)

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WHICH ONE WILL MEET YOUR BASIC NEEDS? All of Them

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SO HOW DO YOU Decide?

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Paid Membership Pro • Free • Supports Paypal & Stripe • Protects pages & post categories • Amazing support

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Restrict Content Pro • Minimal Fee ($30) • Supports Paypal & Stripe Protects pages, posts, CPTs • Great support & add-ons

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WPMU DEV’s Membership • Minimal Fee ($19) • Protects even BuddyPress • Can Drip Content • Supports is expensive

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Wishlist Member • Base Fee ($97) • Monthly Community Fee ($20) • Tons of add-ons & support • You don’t have access to code

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MemberPress • Not Inexpensive ($99/yr) • Incredibly easy to use • Supports Drip & Stripe • Integrated Reporting Tonight I’m giving away 1 license

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http://clema.cc/membership-plugins

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MY EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR Support

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Ranking by Support • Paid Memberships Pro • Restrict Content Pro • Wishlist Member • The rest haven’t been great. • Not tried yet: MemberPress

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And now we get to Discuss