3 years after writing this article, do you still use Vbulletin and 3 different passwords (htaccess, members areas, forum area) or did you find a better way to integrate those parts of your membership sites under one password ?
I think it’s possible to go for wishlist members + simple press and have the two under one password only. With your experience, do you think this is a good option ?

Thanks again

I use Amazon s3 for video streaming, which you could link to behind a password protected area easily enough.

Went into PC store to sell all of my broken PC’s because I’m now a proud MAC user. When the owner opened my first one, he asked me for the password. No clue, I told him. Haven’t used it in over 1 year.

He then pressed something like command + shift + 9 + 7 or something close to those keys. WHAM!! Let him right in….

He said, “Do you see how secure computers are?”

Yaro, for some reason I thought of you and your blog about membership sites!! Probably because of the correlation between passwords and password-protecting websites (i.e. Membership Sites, etc…) So I figured I’d write to you and ask this question:

Are our WordPress sites more secure than that? Regardless if they are membership or not.

Also, I like the way you wrote in your last comment to me: “Focus on the good paying customers, not the thieves.” Thanks for that encouragement. Needed that!! Hope all is well in Australia!

I’m sure you get a lot of questions from your readers about plenty of topics, but I’ll try anyway

Today what would you recommand to deliver a video & pdf training ? Simply sending a download link with Aweber or using a membership site like Amember so people can access it online ?

Also, do you have any recommandation for service to stream videos accessible through paying only members ?

Thanks a lot for your advice on this !

i guess theoretically it is possible, but not very plausible in my opinion. Great article!

I’m launching a video tutorial website for my services, and have so many questions… I’m sure you’ve heard every one of them by now.

I’m marketing the site to current clients (and not necessarily concerned with selling it online) so I’m stuck between making it an actual “membership site” and just password protecting the tutorial videos…. and giving that password out to clients.

What insights can you provide? Would I be at risk of password sharing? I operated on wordpress, should I just use the wishlist plugin?

Look forward to hearing your advice on this. Thanks a million!

David Alexander

You mentioned that Aweber integrates with just about anything. I have been trying to integrate Aweber with Amember but haven’t had much luck. Any ideas?

I’m still not quite doing this right, but I am accounting for GST but I just haven’t been able to exactly line up the specific number of Australian members I have.

Thanks for doing this series, it has prompted me to look into setting up my own membership site.

One question though (at least for the moment), how do you handle the GST for your Aussie members? Do your payment or membership processors handle this automatically?

The link is here: http://www.qualityunit.com/vsg/

How do u find both of them in serving their jobs?

Thanks

I might have to email the owner to see if I can try it.

PaintChip – The in-built membership functions in forum software are good, but clearly not robust enough for a large membership site. You just don’t get the features or the level of control of an AMember or Butterfly Marketing.

However, that being said, as a basic system they are pretty good, just expect to be frustrated if you want to do anything beyond the basics of charging for protected pages.

Mate – this is a great information resource! Awesome material. Thanks for sharing another part of the journey so freely.

And great to finally talk to you this morning

Cheers,
Mike

Thanks for the long and informative posts you’ve been doing on this series. As someone mentioned above, I’m sure there’s an ebook here that you could sell.

I’ve been looking for a way to diversify (currently make most of my money with Adsense), and a membership program is definitely something on the list of possibilities. I’m realizing (in part thanks to your posts!) that it may be more work than I want to take on by myself, but it’s good to know that before getting started.

I am using Launch Formula Marketing which is very strong on the OTO, JV, Affiliate side of the business. A simpler software is EasyMemberPro

Thanks for all the technical detail

alex

When looking at the various bulletin board options can you tell me how the subscription services in VbBulletin and InvPwrBrd racked and stacked? Are the built in subscription options they offer not acceptable?

I’m wondering how they differ from the AMember software options – why you would use both.

WOW! That was fantastic information. I am putting together a membership site and I am glad to see I am not the only one who has gone back forth on the technology to use.

I can’t wait to read the rest of this series!

Thanks,
Brad