New in MemberGate 7


MemberGate - An all-in-one web publishing solution for building and managing membership and subscription web sites.The newest version of MemberGate is packed full of desirable and even profitable enhancements. Coming straight from our 1,000+ customers requests, there are many amazing new features to take your membership site to a whole new level.

The newest release of MemberGate includes:

  • Social Media Enhancements
    MemberGate - An all-in-one web publishing solution for building and managing membership and subscription web sites.
  • Marketing and Upsell Options
  • Recurring Billing Recovery Logic
  • Membership Retention and Reporting
  • ... and much more (see below)

    NOTE: Click on any headline below to find out more detail about each new option


    MemberGate 7 New Features
    Member Profile feature - Click here for video

    A social networking profile feature where members can post their photos, have mini-blog entries, send messages to each other and search for other friends on the site.

    BENEFIT: Encourages more interaction on your site to increase member retention.

    1 Click Upsell

    1 click upsell Create upsell products or membership plans after a customer has committed to a purchase.

    After confirming they want to buy, they are then presented with what ever product(s) or member plan you wish to give them a one time offer for. One click and its added to their purchase.

    BENEFIT: Can be a dramatic revenue increase for your site as a portion of purchasers will also opt for the offered upsell products as well.

    Timed Release Content
    Prefer to release content to your members based on how long they have been a member? No problem with the new time release content option. You can now specify that specific departments don't release its content until someone has been a member of your site for x number of days.
    Recurring Billing Recovery - Click here for video

    The Membergate rebilling system intelligently retries failed credit cards several times. It attempts to correct expiration date issues automatically in order to recover failed past billings. The result is more members are kept active and paying on your site.

    BENEFIT: Recover a significant portion of customers who would have normally been lost due to billing failures.

    [Note: due to technical restrictions, this is unable to be applied to 3rd party billing systems such as Paypal where that third party retains the customers information.]

    Reviews and Ratings - Click here for video
    Easily allow members of your site to leave comments and rate articles on your site on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.

    A review can also be commented on itself, flagged as inappropriate and notify the webmaster when a new comment is left.

    BENEFIT: Helps to encourage more interaction and social networking for your MemberGate site.

    Advance Forum Enhancements - Click here for video

    MemberGate now offers a more robust forum module with integrated social networking features. This includes:

  • member avatars

  • private messages

  • subscription to be notified of all or certain forum threads

  • youtube videos appear in forum posts

  • ability to make sticky threads

  • ability to close threads to new replies

    ... and many other requested options. All designed to make your forum even more desirable for members, thereby increasing member retention.

    BENEFIT: Encourages more interaction on your site to increase member retention.

  • Promo Codes - Click here for video
    You can now offer specials based on promotional codes that you create. Entering a valid promotional code can redirect the visitor to a special offer or membership plan that you choose.
    Member Referral Bonus Time Option

    Easily encourage your members to send you referrals without having to actually join your affiliate program. Mentioning an existing member during signing up will automatically credit the existing member AND the new member with the amount of time that you have specified.

    BENEFIT:Virally help spread the word about your site. Now your members don't have to feel uncomfortable recommending someone to your site. Their friends they refer also benefit from the referral as well. Its a true win/win/win situation.

    Social Bookmarks - Click here for video

    Easily add social bookmark links to articles on your site. With a click they can recommend the article to Digg, Reedit, Facebook, Stumbleupon or any other service that you wish.

    BENEFIT: Allows readers of your articles to virally spread the good articles that you are creating on your site.

    Keyword Rich URLS
    You can customize your site's page URL with your desired keywords for maximum search engine optimization.
    Custom Cancellation Page

    Now when a members cancels, you can specify a custom cancellation page based on their member plan. They are redirected to that page after they cancel. This allows you the opportunity to try and "save the cancellation" with a better offer or perhaps direct them to a survey page to find out why they are cancelling.

    BENEFIT: Retain more members who would have cancelled anyways or at least find out what improvements can be made to make your membership site even better by getting feedback.

    1 Click Order

    When a member is logged in to your site, you can now offer them the option of 1 Click Ordering shopping cart items. The site will use the information on file and immediately process the shopping cart item without them having to go through all the steps of putting in their information again.

    BENEFIT: Make it as easy as possible for members to order and your site's revenues are likely to increase. Note: due to technical limitations, this is only available to sites using direct c.c. process and not through a 3rd party processor such as Paypal. Contact MemberGate support for any questions.

    Trial Plan Abuse Prevention

    You can now prevent people from signing up for a trial period only to cancel and sign up again for another trial period. Each member plan is now configurable as to whether to allow existing members to be able to benefit for a trial period if they renew their account.

    Custom Member Page Based on Member Plan

    You can specify what page a member lands on now based on the member plan that they are on. For example, Gold members can have one page as their main home page while Platinum members can be directed to another page upon logging in.

    BENEFIT: Help differentiate and market to your members based on what plan they are on. You can acknowledge their particular plan and offer specials just for them on that plans main member page.

    Autosubscribe to Email Lists

    If you use Aweber or 1Shoppingcart for your email lists, you can automatically subscribe members onto one of your lists when they join your site. The same can be done for purchase of a product or even when affiliates come on board. Canceling members can be unsubscribed or moved to a different list if you wish as well.

    BENEFIT: Easily control email lists automatically.

    Members Can Become Automatic Affiliates

    Your members can be automatically enrolled in your affiliate program if you wish. As they join your site, you can encourage them to spread the word about your site and earn money at the same time.

    BENEFIT: Your site earns more money with members who are encouraged to share it with their friends.

    Turn Off Top / Bottom Headers or Logo
    Want to create a custom sales page on your MemberGate site? Its easy to disable the top or bottom graphics while still using the built in content management system.
    Member Retention Warning

    MemberGate will automatically inform members when their card is within 60 days of expiring. They log in and a hover-in box explains the need to update their information and then provides the link to do it.

    BENEFIT: Proactively save a significant portion of customers who would have normally been lost due to billing failures

    Easy YouTube Video Posting

    To post a video in one of your forums, all that has to be done is to paste the direct link to the video. Our software does the rest. The Youtube video will be embedded right in the forum post without anything further needed to be done.

    BENEFIT: Makes it easier than ever for your members to share and social with each other.

    Unlimited Membership Levels
    You can set up various membership levels that allow (or prevent) access to certain content on your site. Perfect for site's wishing to have bronze, silver, gold and platinum type memberships.
    Very Robust Reporting

    MemberGate has some of the strongest reporting features available. This includes such advanced reporting
    features as these...

    Recurring Billing Predictor:
    Find out how much future income the site is likely to generate at its present member level.

    Google Tracks:
    Reports which pages Google's spiders have visited.

    Referral Report:
    shows how people are getting to your site and what keywords are being used to find it in the search engines.

    Customizable Advance Member Reports:
    Search membership details based on a variety of different criteria. And many more reports as well...

    Additional Updates in MemberGate v7

    MemberGate - An all-in-one web publishing solution for building and managing membership and subscription web sites.
    • Save custom Advanced Member Reports

    • Security updates on various aspects of code

    • Adjustable timeout for the auto logout function

    • Adjustable affiliate cookie length

    • Better affiliate reporting

    • MP4 (ipod) Video format supported

    • Improved search engine optimization

    • ... many, many tweaks and enhancements

     

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