For a flat fee of $49 I couldn't find better value.( and I looked at quite a lot first)

ASP.NET 2.0, and an MS SQL database required.

DotNetNuke: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/

Currently v5, sites at v3 were supporting up to 100,000 members.

Plenty of free modules/plugins available.
Plenty of paid ones too: http://www.snowcovered.com/

Most expensive module I've seen was a complete SCORM package (online training standards) for $10K.

Configuration is completely wizard and template driven.
Completely skinnable
Built in scheduler.

Looking forward for the latest update.

To your success,

Sam O

I chose MG because it is a full-featured system with everything I needed built right in. I didn't have to install extra scripts, mix several systems, etc.

It integrates with authorize.net and my merchant account.

To me, it's important to have single source responsibility so that if something goes wrong, there is one company to support it and not the finger-pointing that often happens. Support at MG is superb.

MG has been around for years, is a full-time venture with multiple support employees, and is now about to release Version 7. Major companies like GM use it.

It has content management, affiliate program, shop cart, forum, multimedia, multiple membership models and pricing, etc. A big bonus is MG is extremely SEO friendly, bringing me lots of long-tail search engine traffic.

For small or quick sites, it is not appropriate because it does cost more up front. But if you are planning a membership site with a long term outlook, I think it should be on your short list.

Jeff Mulligan

Another vote for the Fantasos club.

Mike your comments seem a little over the top. The links are related to the topic, I personally checked out many of the sites referenced just to see what people are up to.

Hey you don't have to follow the links.

Cheers.

If you talk of membership softwares only, then there are a number of good options; and aMember is definately a good choice on many counts, including the superb (A+) support qualities of the developer.

This said, anyone full time into IM should have multiple profit lines and should have one script that will handle all business sites, not just one or two membership sites. I played with butterfly in the begining and then a few others including MemberSpeed, and was happy with my finds... until I stumbled on Fantasos

I have taken to Fantasos about a year back and although it made me mad at times (and lot of times)- now that I have successfully set my first product, I am glad that I made the best choice.

Why I call it the BEST choice?
Consider the basic structure of the script as to:

1. How it will evolve (vertically and horizontally) as your business and the technology evolves. This can be easily found out by examining the level of genius, commitment and ethical values of the designer-developer of the script. Why is this important? You don't want to be involved in shifting from one script to another year after year because your needs have evolved over the period and because the earlier scripts have fulfilled their existing capabilities.

2. How it interacts and integrates with other, third party scripts. You may at times need to communicate your existing database with/into another script, and there should be a provision to do this easily.

3. How it will provide unfathomable opportunities to replicate itself to play a fortune maker at the hands of the owner: this is something that only fantasos owners can understand best; but again as I say, its not easy ....in the begining.

In my over 2 years association with JD's sites and products, I have seen how much he is committed to continuous development of his products, and Fantasos is the pristine example of the same. Of course I cannot forget to I add that I find him unfathomingly genius and ethical.

In my opinion Fantasos is not meant for those in a hurry, but for those who have a long term comprehensive vision of where their business may take them, and are prepared to work harder now and enjoy "easy" "centralised" control for ever than to go easy now and be in mess once your business/es is/are on roll.

Hope this helps.

I use Robert Puddys LFM and Paypal. The only thing lacking as others have said is aftersales support via the forum, Puddy should be ashamed.

Version three launches in the new year though so hopefully things will change.

LFM also works with Clickbank.

The drip feed content part of the script really is a winner though. Just set it all up, tell it when to make it visible and hey presto a hands free membership site.

Haven't put any links cos I don't want Mike shouting at me!

Cheers,
Richard

Stop bloody pitching your stupid crap sites! (Even in the most indirect manner.) If you have a resource link or an example of a membership site, it's alright.

But when you keep putting up your shit, it's very obvious that you're trying to promote your shit, that's annoying.

Go spend some money to buy traffic to your sites if you promote it rather than messing up the conversation here. This is a blog, not a classified section for crap.

"dont just think about the one or two sites you have. What happens when you have 50 sales pages and 10 memberships. How do you manage that. Central control is the key." I didnt think I would have 50 sales pages but I have many more than that. LOL.

Now at http://instant.membership-sites.net I am creating memberships for others....

Something else to consider. I had an issue and had a server rebuilt. you can setup your members areas again, and tell Fantasos to refresh them.

All member accounts are reattached. Cool.

I use Fantasos + Paypal for my site http://www.QuickProfitVideos.com and planning to use Fantasos for all my sites.

Initially it seemed like a very confusing piece of script to me, and that's what kept me away from using it. But, when I decided to use it, I found it to be very easy. The reason why I like it is because it has really powerful feature. You can use this one script for different types of needs and need not limit it only for membership sites.

The best thing is it allows you to centralize your online marketing.