Membership Site:

A website  focused on a specific subject which offers some kind of service only to members, not for visitors that are not subscribed as members. To be able to access the service one has to first sign up as a member and then, for every new visit, log into a password protected area on the Membership Site.

There are paid Membership Sites and free ones. Most paid Membership Sites charge a monthly fee, some a one-time sign up fee.

There is no limit to what the offered service can be as long as it has a value for the members and there is a recurring demand. That is, a member would have to use the service again and again.

At present very popular Membership Sites are social networking sites like MySpace and social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us which provide a platform for all kinds of online contact to their free members.

Examples for paid Membership Sites in the Internet marketing niche are memberships offering:

• a continuously updated supply of PLR material,

• support and all kinds of tools for affiliates ,

• free or cheap articles on demand for members,

• website templates ,

• resources for eBay sellers,

and many more.

Creating a paid Membership Site can be one of the most lucrative ways for an Internet marketer to make money online. Quite a common monthly membership fees are around $30. Having 1000 members would give a regular and predictable $30.000 income per month as long as the members can be kept happy with the service.

[Member is of Latin origin, membrum = limb, part of the body; the suffix –ship comes from Old English –scip = condition of being, state]

 

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