A membership site is a website where, in order to gain access to the content, you have to register first and become a member. There are two common types of membership sites: those that allow you to register for free and those that charge you membership fees which could be a one-time fee or a monthly/annual fee. These sites are also often referred to as subscription-based websites. There are two common ways upon which new content is delivered to the members or subscribers. The members can simply login to the website with their account and view the content there or the website delivers the new content to the subscribers via email.

Creating your own membership site is a very good way to make money online. In order to make money with membership sites, you will have to choose the subscription-based site route. You charge a monthly or annual fee from interested subscribers before they can gain access to your content. The amount of money you make here can be huge if you can build your subscription-base to a huge number.

A membership site has a lot more benefits compared to other make-money-online systems. One, content is not a problem since more often than not you will be writing only a few times a week. Daily content can be very overwhelming not only to you but to your readers as well. Thrice, twice or even once a week is enough. Make sure that you follow the schedule though or you will lose subscribers. Two, you have the chance to be able to sell extra products and services to your members. See to it though that these products you offer them are relevant to the topics and contents of your membership site. Third, it is not very time-consuming and you can manage the business right at the comforts of your home. And last but not the least, you can leverage the members of your site to grow yet another web property like a blog or another website. Imagine, if you have a thousand established members, that’s a thousand instant new readers for your new site if you introduce your site to them.