Paid membership website: a club, access tiers and recurring billing
A subscription website gives people access to members-only material and gives you regular payment without manual work. We build a club with paid tiers and recurring billing from €24,800, and the code and accounts are registered to you.
Platforms and SaaSDeadline: from 8 weeks
What a subscription club looks like
Experts, schools, media and communities want to charge regularly rather than sell each piece separately. In spreadsheets and chats this turns into manual tracking: who paid, whose access ended, who to remind. A paid membership website does this automatically: the person pays, gets access, and when the term ends access is closed or renewed.
- What a membership site is, in simple terms. A website where part of the material is open only to members. A member logs in to an account, and access depends on their tier and payment.
- What subscription models exist. Monthly and annual payment, several tiers with different content, a trial period, one-off access to a course. We choose the model for your audience.
Approximate display: images and texts are chosen as an example. In your project the features, design and architecture will be different, built for your goals.
Subscriptions and club — from €24 800
A private club with paid access levels: users subscribe, payments are charged automatically, and members-only content opens according to their level.
Life Wellness Wave has subscriptions, ranks, gamification, an LMS and an SEO blog in 18 languages. A financial planning portal (prototype) has a club, an academy, calculators and a test funnel. Trendo is a platform for AI video and avatars with an internal currency and billing. All three combine access, payment and user engagement. See also: LMS development, community and gamification.
- A club together with learning. A subscription combines well with courses and a community. If you need that, see the pages on LMS and community.
We show prices upfront and take no percentage of your sales. The design is built for your brand, with no templates. The code is in your repository, and the domain and service accounts are registered to you. Infrastructure costs €0 at the start, and you pay the payment service directly. This matters if the club grows and you do not want to depend on another platform's pricing. See also: SaaS service with subscription.
- Custom development or a subscription builder. A builder is faster at the start but limits design, roles and access logic. A custom platform pays off when the subscription is the core of the business.
Suits: Experts and authors with members-only content · Communities that want to charge for membership · Companies that sell access to materials or a service
What is included in subscriptions and club from €24,800
One price for the whole list: no extra charges for hours or individual items.
Subscriptions and club start from €24,800, with a timeline from 8 weeks. The project includes login via email, Google and Apple, personal accounts, paid access tiers, recurring billing, members-only content, an admin panel that needs no programmer and emails about actions. It is a platform with one direction: subscriptions. See also: turnkey platform.
- What members get. A personal account, subscription status, payment history, members-only material and reminder emails.
- What the club owner gets. Management of tiers and prices, a member list, closed and open content, emails to members. All without a programmer.
- Platform foundationLogin, roles, data protection and backups: what your club stands on.
- Access levelsSeveral plans with different sets of materials and durations. A free level brings in new people, paid ones bring revenue.
- Subscribing and paymentA person picks a plan and pays. We choose one payment provider to fit your customers' country and connect it.
- Automatic chargesThe subscription renews itself, and if a payment fails it is retried and the member gets an email. You do not send invoices by hand.
- Members-only contentLessons, articles and files open only to those with the right level. Everyone else sees a lock and a hint on how to get access.
- Member accountSubscription status, payment history and plan changes in one place. Fewer support requests.
- Club admin panelA member list, plans, manual access (for example, as a gift) and content. All without a programmer.
- Emails to membersPayment confirmation, a renewal reminder and an expiry notice. Emails are sent from your domain.
- Launch and handoverWe connect the domain, check test payments and renewal, and hand over access and instructions.
Approximate display: images and texts are chosen as an example. In your project the features, design and architecture will be different, built for your goals.
What to add to subscriptions and club
Optional, now or later. The price is fixed before work starts.
We connect payment systems for your country, show prices in the right currency and add legal pages: subscription terms, refunds and privacy. These are templates for your jurisdiction; your lawyer does the final check. We work with clients from Europe, the US, the UK and Kazakhstan.
- Several languages and currencies. If your audience is international, we build in interface translation and prices in several currencies from the start.
Another payment methodA second payment provider or a local payment method for members from other countries. One is already included.+ from €490Details
We connect one more payment provider for the country and currency you need. Useful when some members cannot pay through the main provider.
Timeline: 3 days
Email marketingA series of emails for visitors who have not subscribed yet, and for those who canceled, to win them back.from €690Details
We set up mailings from your domain and 3–5 automatic emails: welcome, reminder, win-back. You need it when users sign up but rarely come back.
Timeline: 1 week
Second languageThe club opens in a second language, so members from other countries do not need a translator.+ €290Details
We add a language switcher and translate the interface and emails; after translation a native speaker or you check the texts. You need it to enter a neighboring market.
Timeline: 1 day
Analytics and reportsHow many new subscribers, renewals and cancellations there are by month, and which materials keep people in the club.from €590Details
We build a dashboard with key metrics and show you how to read it. Useful when the owner or investors need the numbers regularly, not on request.
Timeline: 1 week
Paid separately, not by us: Domain, about €10–15 per year · Payment provider fees on every payment · Service subscriptions at their own rates once the project outgrows the free limits. All add-ons →
Turnkey promotion: where your customers will come from
A platform does not attract users by itself: channels bring them in.
A platform earns when people sign up and pay. Turnkey promotion: search and articles, emails for new users, ads and partners. The report shows the path from visit to payment for each channel.
Most often we start with search and an email sequence: they keep working after the ads are switched off.
Turnkey promotion: stages and prices
Every month you get a report: how many requests came in and what each one cost. You pay the ad budget directly to the platforms.
So customers keep coming every month, not just on launch day
We will choose 1–3 channels for your business and budget, launch them, and show you every month what a request costs.
How we launch a subscription club
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First we describe the tiers, prices and access rules. Then we build the design and the platform foundation, connect a payment service and recurring billing, and fill the members-only section. We launch first with a small group, check payment and emails, and then open the club to everyone. We name the timeline in the plan after the architecture session. See also: architecture session, landing page to sell a subscription.
- How to set a subscription price. Start with the price members are willing to pay for a specific result and test it on a small group. Prices and tiers can be changed in the admin panel.
1. Brief
A short 15-minute questionnaire: what the business is, who it is for, what you need and by when. By voice, text or a call.
- We ask only what affects the result and the price
- Materials (logo, photos, texts) can be sent later
- We reply the same business day: what we offer, what it costs and how long it takes
2. Quote and contract
We fix the scope, price, deadline and payment schedule. The amount does not grow without your written consent.
- A contract between our company and yours, or with you personally
- Inside: the scope item by item (as on this page), deadlines, payment stages, warranty fixes
- The code, domain and service accounts are yours: it is written in the contract
- We sign online: a PDF with an e-signature, no paper and no couriers
3. Payment
We invoice your company. Pay by bank transfer or by card.
- No hidden fees: you pay for the domain and service subscriptions directly to them, with no markup from us
- Every payment is tied to a stage: you pay for what you can already see
- Closing documents: invoice and acceptance certificate
4. Trabajo con vista previa
At every stage you get a preview link: you see what is ready and leave your edits right away.
- First the product map and structure, then design, then the build
- We collect edits in one place, so nothing gets lost in the correspondence
- Questions for you come as a list with answer options: reply when it suits you
5. Review and approval
Before launch we check everything ourselves, then you approve the work against the list from the contract.
- Phones and computers, loading speed, forms and emails, payments in test mode
- Legal pages and the cookie banner are in place
- You go through the scope list and sign the acceptance certificate
6. Launch and handover
We publish on your domain and hand everything over to you: access, instructions, source files.
- Domain, email on the domain, analytics and Search Console
- Access to all accounts goes to you, we stay on by invitation
- A short guide: how to edit texts, photos and prices yourself
- After that, if you wish: support, promotion, new modules
FAQ
How much does a paid subscription website cost?
Subscriptions and club start from €24,800, with a timeline from 8 weeks. The final price depends on the number of tiers, access rules and integrations. We give an exact estimate after the architecture session for €3,500, which is credited toward the project.
How do I build a paid subscription website?
You define tiers and prices, then set up login, a payment service and members-only content. We do this turnkey: from the access scheme to recurring billing and emails to members.
What is a membership website?
A website with a members-only area. A person logs in to an account, pays for a subscription and gets access to the material for their tier.
How do I set a subscription price?
Start from the result the member gets and test the price on a small group. In our admin panel prices and tiers change without a programmer, so testing is easy.
Do you take a commission on payments?
We take no percentage of sales. You pay the commission to the payment service directly, and the accounts are registered to you.
Can a subscription be combined with courses or a community?
Yes, a subscription is often built together with learning, ranks and a members-only chat or feed. Details are on the LMS and community pages.
Who owns the member data and the code?
You do. The code is in your repository, and the database and service accounts are registered to you.
Is the platform suitable for an international audience?
Yes, we connect the payment systems, currencies and languages you need. We make the legal pages as templates for your jurisdiction.
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