Thanks for the video. If I have already designed a separate course on my website outside the member site, can I make that course available in the members site as well, or do I have to recreate the course for it to appear in the members site?
This is a very helpful video and deserves a lot more views than what is currently getting. Thanks for posting this. Question for you. What’s your take on the new in-house payment processing system from Squarespace where you don’t have to connect to Stripe directly?
I haven't really dived into it yet as it's not available in my country! It sounds good! Though I use stripe and have never found it problematic to use so I will probably just stick with what I already have set up. If you're a new user though, starting from scratch, then I guess it would be good!
Just to clarify the pricing plan options, I cannot give the options of ‘Sub for 1 year’ and ‘Fixed amount’? I’d like to offer both options at the same time.
I'm not entire sure sorry because I know that Squarespace has recently rolled out some new pricing options. Check with their resources here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404628246669-Paywalls-and-pricing-plans#toc--add-a-pricing-plan or support team on this one!
As in a link to purchase or a link to login? Product Blocks for purchase, and you can use the Login link mentioned in the video to add it to any text or button!
Thanks, very useful. Any tips for preventing members from sharing membership credentials with friends etc? Is it possible to force users to sign into the membership site with social media / Gmail, for example, or limit login to a particular MAC address?
I don't think so. Unfortunately sharing logins and passwords is generally unavoidable, but I don't think it's really something to worry about too much, most people won't do this!
@@BigCatCreative That's a shame. A lot of sites are wise to this issue and although not completely avoidable, you can make it much more difficult. A lot of sites allow an option to force people to log in via a social media account or with 2FA to limit abuse. Some sites tie a membership to a particular device through MAC address tracking. It may not be massively widespread, but if you are offering memberships of a few hundred $, it can be costly, depending on what space you are in. I offer online courses, and I've had a problem with students passing on membership details to their buddies and fellow students. If just 5 of them do it, assuming a course price of $200, I'm down $1000.
You will need to set up a pricing plan and paywall for your member site after which it will be public! You can review the steps here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050832631-Member-Sites?platform=v6&websiteId=60d9330e7ab7a92da75122ce
My login button isn't showing up on the members homepage. My customer account button is set to go but still no login showing up. I haven't set up payment processing since this is a free membership. Does that have something to do with the issue?
is there a discord/slack like community chat type of thing within the member site feature? seems like its mostly to sell courses and not really "member" or am i missing something?
There isn't! Member sites is really just a way to password protect/create logins for areas of your site, but aside from that there's no extra features really.
thank u for clarifying ! Hopefully the roll it out soon cause ppl need support in member only sites and we’d have to set up a whole other website for that feature 😅
Thanks Cat, this was amazing clear. Appreciated!
Wow - that slash (/) tip is gold! Thank you!
It's the best way to get around the Squarespace back-end!
Also - great video - thank you!
Thanks for the video. If I have already designed a separate course on my website outside the member site, can I make that course available in the members site as well, or do I have to recreate the course for it to appear in the members site?
This is a very helpful video and deserves a lot more views than what is currently getting. Thanks for posting this.
Question for you. What’s your take on the new in-house payment processing system from Squarespace where you don’t have to connect to Stripe directly?
I haven't really dived into it yet as it's not available in my country! It sounds good! Though I use stripe and have never found it problematic to use so I will probably just stick with what I already have set up. If you're a new user though, starting from scratch, then I guess it would be good!
Just to clarify the pricing plan options, I cannot give the options of ‘Sub for 1 year’ and ‘Fixed amount’? I’d like to offer both options at the same time.
I'm not entire sure sorry because I know that Squarespace has recently rolled out some new pricing options. Check with their resources here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/4404628246669-Paywalls-and-pricing-plans#toc--add-a-pricing-plan or support team on this one!
This was really helpful. Thank you. But how do you add your member site link to your homepage?
As in a link to purchase or a link to login? Product Blocks for purchase, and you can use the Login link mentioned in the video to add it to any text or button!
Thanks, very useful. Any tips for preventing members from sharing membership credentials with friends etc? Is it possible to force users to sign into the membership site with social media / Gmail, for example, or limit login to a particular MAC address?
I don't think so. Unfortunately sharing logins and passwords is generally unavoidable, but I don't think it's really something to worry about too much, most people won't do this!
@@BigCatCreative That's a shame. A lot of sites are wise to this issue and although not completely avoidable, you can make it much more difficult. A lot of sites allow an option to force people to log in via a social media account or with 2FA to limit abuse. Some sites tie a membership to a particular device through MAC address tracking. It may not be massively widespread, but if you are offering memberships of a few hundred $, it can be costly, depending on what space you are in. I offer online courses, and I've had a problem with students passing on membership details to their buddies and fellow students. If just 5 of them do it, assuming a course price of $200, I'm down $1000.
The newer squarespace isn't showing any way to make this membership public...
You will need to set up a pricing plan and paywall for your member site after which it will be public! You can review the steps here: support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360050832631-Member-Sites?platform=v6&websiteId=60d9330e7ab7a92da75122ce
@@BigCatCreative thanks I appreciate the help!
My login button isn't showing up on the members homepage. My customer account button is set to go but still no login showing up. I haven't set up payment processing since this is a free membership. Does that have something to do with the issue?
I recommend reaching out to Squarespace so they can help you troubleshoot this :) Squarespace.com/support
is there a discord/slack like community chat type of thing within the member site feature? seems like its mostly to sell courses and not really "member" or am i missing something?
There isn't! Member sites is really just a way to password protect/create logins for areas of your site, but aside from that there's no extra features really.
thank u for clarifying ! Hopefully the roll it out soon cause ppl need support in member only sites and we’d have to set up a whole other website for that feature 😅