Why Start an Internet Membership Site?

People are willing to pay for on-line content. In fact, the "On-line Publishers Association" said that pay-for-content is a hot revenue model. Business content, personals/match making, and entertainment are the hottest niches. But even smaller niches, like DVD authoring, sports coaching, marketing services, and dieting are producing profits.

You can sell subscriptions for on-line content with your own membership site.

Selling on-line content by way of a password protected website has become big business. Not only is it fast to set up, but the start-up and running costs are minimal. Work-from-home entrepreneurs and big businesses alike are tapping into this revenue source.

Less than 9% of on-line users currently pay for on-line content. This means the market is wide open for the clever entrepreneur. Paying for content is increasing by the day.  It is showing significant year-on-year growth! Those who capture the market first in their niche will have the obvious advantage and it’s an international market, so anyone can play.

One of the great things about starting a membership site is you can take your hobby, specialized knowledge or profession and turn it into a profitable business. Your challenge will be finding exclusive content. You can start it part time but it will likely develop into a full time business.

Planning for and setting your site up for auto-responders, automated sign-ups, credit card processing, automated cancellations, etc. is all part of a successful membership website. Starting and running a membership site can be a lot of fun and very exciting, however you need to know what’s involved in setting one up, and then managing it effectively.

This whole process may appear somewhat scary. However, as complex as this appears to be, many companies offer a low cost, easy-to-use software solution. This makes it possible for almost anyone to start and market a membership site at a very low cost. What about you?