Squarespace Membership Sites
Squarespace Member Sites is a feature that allows you to create specific members-only pages. The content on these pages can then be accessed by those who pay for a membership. It's essentially like a VIP section on your site for paying members only.
You can have course pages within your Member Site, but while Member Sites can be used to host all kinds of content like special blog posts or podcast episodes, or libraries of videos or e-books, Courses is specifically designed for teaching and learning with content set up into modules and lessons.
To have a membership on your Squarespace site, you will need to have a Squarespace website Business plan or above starting at $23/month. This includes 30 minutes of video storage and a 9% transaction fee.
If you would like to increase your video storage and lower your transaction fees, you can purchase a Digital Product Add-On subscription which starts at just $9 per month in addition to your regular Squarespace website subscription.
Depending on the plan you choose, you can get up to 50 additional hours of video storage. Each website comes with 30 minutes of video storage for files uploaded directly to video blocks, video pages, and section backgrounds. You might reach this limit with your member site so you will need to upgrade your Digital Products subscription to get additional video storage, OR host your files on a third-party site like YouTube or Vimeo and embed them into the page.
Here’s how it goes:
Customize the home page
This homepage is your membership's landing page which your students/participants land on when they log in. It should provide important information about the membership including what is included, upcoming classes or events, and anything else that might be helpful for your students.
Create a pricing plan
Choose between subscription model, a fixed price membership, or even free!
Choose if you want to include any other Digital Products as part of the Pricing Plan (for example as bonuses)
Add set Enrolment Dates if you like
Configure your Member Site settings
Payments: Select your store currency and connect a payment processor like Stripe or Paypal in order to be able to actually receive payments from your customers.
Customer Accounts: Set up so that your customers can create their login details at checkout
Checkout: Customize the checkout process, including receipt details, store policies, cart recovery, and newsletter sign up options.
Taxes: Set up the tax information for your store and whether you would like to charge a tax to your customers.
Customize emails
All outgoing communication can be customized to be on brand and informative.
Truncated navigation and sales page
Adjustments to the main navigation while within the members area can keep things simple and focussed. A dedicated sales page is recommended to help sell your content.
From virtual classes and workshops to newsletters, podcasts, and video series, Squarespace helps you build, harness, and monetize the power of your online community.
