Squarespace Membership Guide
Want to create and sell member-only content from your Squarespace site? We created this guide to help you launch your membership with confidence.
A membership site is a great way to establish your expertise, monetize your content and grow recurring revenue. But getting started with memberships can be overwhelming and confusing. We created this guide so you can learn everything you need to know to build a membership site on Squarespace and start generating extra income in no time.
How to Build a Membership on Squarespace
There’s more than one way to build a Squarespace membership site, but it’s important to choose a platform that will grow with your business plan. It’s not enough to just have a paywall. To grow your membership business revenue, you need ways to market, upsell, and manage your plans with ease. This guide breaks down the two main ways to create a membership business with Squarespace — find out which one is right for you.
Squarespace Member Areas: Is It Right for You?
Squarespace Member Areas is an add-on option that allows you to manage your membership business directly from the Squarespace dashboard. It's a convenient way to add a membership area to your site, but it comes with some functionality trade-offs. If you're interested in building a profitable membership business, it's important to explore whether or not Squarespace Member Areas can support your goals.
Squarespace Membership Sites: 3 Awesome Examples
Whether you want to sell access to content, provide one-on-one coaching, or build a community, Squarespace is a great way to build membership sites. Take inspiration from these three successful membership business owners who use their Squarespace sites to offer free and paid content — including online and offline coaching!
How to Build a Squarespace Membership in 5 Steps
Now you want to launch a membership site but aren’t quite sure how to start. And truth be told, thinking about it makes you feel a little overwhelmed. The good news is that creating a Squarespace membership site isn’t hard or complicated. In this guide, you’ll learn how to create your membership site in 5 simple steps with MemberSpace.
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How MemberSpace works with Squarespace
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Why choose MemberSpace?
1. Designed for non-technical people
We believe anyone should be able to build and run a membership site. You shouldn't need to hire a developer or have technical skills. So we've designed MemberSpace to be easy and simple for non-technical people to launch and grow a membership business on Squarespace.
2. You don't get locked into a CMS
With most membership systems, you get locked into a content management system (CMS) like Squarespace and it's really hard to change. MemberSpace works with all popular CMS options, so you can easily move to a different one without impacting your members or their billing details.
3. We're obsessive about customer support
Our success truly comes from providing great customer support. You can talk with us via live chat or email (under an hour response) and our team is also available for live support hours with you! But don't just take our word for it, read our excellent Trustpilot, Capterra, and other MemberSpace reviews.
4. Everything happens on your website
With MemberSpace, you have 100% control over the design and member experience because everything occurs on your Squarespace website without your members having to leave. They can sign up, login, access your content, or manage their account - all seamlessly within your Squarespace site.
5. We offer a free migration service
We understand that migrating your membership to different software can seem like a daunting task. We want to make it as easy, simple, and painless for you as possible. So if you already have an existing membership system, we'll help you migrate to MemberSpace for free (including billing details if possible).