Gail Zahtz
With the changes in media, there has also become a change in what is possible with software that was traditionally reserved for typical real life associations. However, many sites thrive on directories, online membership and often have at least one event. They share many of the same needs and the cost of buying off the shelf SaaS cloud software that is billed monthly and updated at the same speed as our technology, may be even significantly less and much faster than getting your unique site up with traditional design and development techniques. Association software now almost all comes with a built in CMS so there is no need for a Wordpress, easy to use front and back end and a host of other features. This is a video list of membership and association software and a list of features and price.
Accept membership payments, manage profiles, deliver digital content, integrate with your blog, CMS, send newsletters, run affiliate program with this software that has been on the market for 14 years. You can find specialists for customization.
For $180 for lifetime use and 6 months of support you receive:Free installation included
Business directory software review of Brilliant Directories. Easily create a business directory website using the Brilliant Directories business directory.
All plans include
some cool extra features not mentioned on website
For all levels:
$ 97/ month or $297 / year averages $24 / month
Starting at Business Level
$97 / month or $497 / year- averages $41 / month
Starting at Premium Level
$297 / month or $997 / year (averages $83 / month paid yearly)
See real-world example of Business Directory Plugin in action--dozens of sites with plenty to draw new ideas from. While the base is free, you may find that with the cost of many of the additions, it is more economical for you to purchase the plug-in to have all of the features that you need. If you look at the showcase (direct link here) you will see the wide range of how the functionality is used. The interface of the backend videos also appear that it is quite easy to set-up. Membership is also included. This may be the all-in-one solution for those seeking to stay with wordpress while creating a membership and/or directory site.
Features (mostly by modules)
Back office
Charge by number of members- minimum start $20
*Set up fees- *
Starts free and has paid packages, templates and extensions. Works with x theme.
Get all extensions and themes for $75 for single site.
Template Examples from choice of 7 - $20 each
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CMap
cMap is a box that features the business logo to make their entry instantly visibly recognizable to your sites visitors. The important contact information is displayed making it easy for your users get the information they need while providing additional information they may want about the business in nicely animated expanding content trays.
Excerpt Plus
A rectangle with the photo on the left and information afterwards. When you click the entry name or read more link a fade-out effect will hide the bio excerpt and use a fade-in effect to reveal the full bio. The second is profile display mode which removes removes these effects. Clicking on the entry name or read more link will take you to the entry’s profile page where the full bio is shown
Gridder
Gridder put a large focus on the photo of the person in a grid display. This template was designed from the ground up to be the perfect fit for displaying small teams or small staff directories.Over 70 shortcode options to customize the template.
Free Extensions
Premium Extensions
Publish an online directory that maximizes advertising revenue, quick deployments, gorgeous design, easy to setup, customize and use. It is a truly beautiful directory system but you may have to pay more or have customized for some features that others have. It definitely has the "hot button" features that are strongly recommended based on all of the research we've done, but again, you will have to know which features you really need versus what you can go without as the pricing is fine for the monthly or the license, but can get costly when you start adding "mocs".
The included features are:
the basic cost for the events, classifieds, deals, articles, banner ads, payment processing, open API, wordpress integration, email and chat support, cloud hosing, 10 hosted email accounts, style sheets and "upgrades" is $149 / month
Or you can buy an unbranded license for about $2,000 and then you have access to the PHP code.
Where you have to pay attention is in the modification store
An advanced and scalable WordPress directory plugin. GeoDirectory turns any theme into the Listings Directory.
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Association Member Database
The database securely stores all your association member and prospect data and lets you easily search through it. Plus it fully integrates with other features, so email marketing and event registration becomes a breeze.
Features
ENCOURAGE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR SOCIAL COMMUNITY
Offer private networking to members, allowing them to make their own friend and peer connections, share photos, and send member-to-member messages.
Allow members to quickly share info and photos with interest groups via user-created circles.
Enable sharing / displaying and tagging of photos with full-featured profile photo galleries.
EMPOWER MEMBERS WITH A POWERFUL MEMBER DIRECTORY- searchable online directory with varying levels of public, password-protected or specific group-based access.
COMMUNITY FEATURES
COLLECT REGISTRATIONS & AUTOMATE EVENT MANAGEMENT
MANAGE REGISTRANTS, VIEW REPORTS & PROMOTE YOUR EVENT
COLLECT PAYMENTS & OFFER CUSTOM OPTIONS
Level 1- $221 / month annually or $258 / month monthly
Leval 2- $325/ month or $276 a month when paid annually
Leval 3- $415/ month or $353/ mo annual billing
Level 4- $488 / month
Level 5- $620/ month
$2,2495: Complete setup with web templates, members only landing page, customized search layout, search filters customized, 4 event detail pages, 4 bulletin board categories and associated forums, 2 email templates, 25 saved searches, upload of database, configure form and database attributes,
Web design and content:
Features and Pricing
Member Directory
Membership Management
Event Calendar
Payments
Store which can have members only products
Integrations
Website / hosting
Maximum SEO
Membership Management
Website features
CMS
Social Media Suite
Communities with ListServs and Forums with Lyris Integration
WordPress Membership Plugin. Strong and low cost for membership, to pay affiliates, coupons, accept payments and more. Not a directory or committee site. It does work with wordpress bbpres forums however. Meant to build an online membership site and sell digital download products.
Business Addition and above - one site $99 / year
Additional with Developer Edition Unlimited Sites at $199/ year
Other features included
A brief introduction to MemberSuite and key concepts.
Built in widgets including:
Modules
s2Member® | s2Member® is a plugin for professional WordPress® membership management, integrating with User Roles & Capabilities for WordPress®.
While they have a free version, you are probably going to want to pay for the premium features would means the plugin is $89 for a single site or $189 for unlimited multiple sites which includes if you are using Wordpress multisite even if you're using sub directories rather than different URL's. Any of the premium include unlimited updates free and 12 months of support. Additional support per year is $19 for single site and $29 for multiple sites.
With free you receive:
With Premium You Also Receive:
With the case of Timberlake's program, they even include all the costs of the website design, development and hosting. So we are sharing this and all the features and pricing as another option when you're looking at whether you piece together solutions for your content, membership, online sales, events, directories and more and see if your needs are better met by an all inclusive solution. We have also included them in our list of content management, marketing and curation software as an example of many cross-overs.
As with most programs, Timberlake (run by Naylor Association Solutions) has three levels of service and product. Unlike most sites, they are willing to put out your full first year (with set up fees being more) and second year pricing on the website in addition to all of the features and individual fees.
The entry is "GO" at $295/ month licensing, a $2,495 setup and thus first year costs total $5,035 and second year $3,540. This is designed for associations migrating from manual processes and older databases to an AMS, Website CMS and training. Unlimited staff users and up to 10,000 contact records.
The middle level PRO at $595/ month, a $2,495 setup comes to $9,635 your first year and $7,140 your second year in monthly fees. Timberlake says this is their most popular edition and provides a full featured AMS, Website CMS and unlimited support. Unlimited staff users. 30,000 records.
Enterprise level is $1,495 / month, $8,750 setup for first year cost of $26,690 and second year monthly of $17,940. This includes every module offered by Timberlake and features can be completely customized to meet any association needs. Unlimited Staff Users. Up to 75,000 contact records, the "Sandbox Environment."
Features for all Editions
Added with Pro
Included only in Enterprise
Established in 1998 YourMembership.com is a software company that helps member-centric organizations around the world provide more value to their members. Acquired by Riverside and doubled in size.
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