I am looking for a membership site for a client.   It needs to do payments, auto renews, newsletters, export capable and the usual basics.  Does not need affilate info.   What have you found?

I use Amember, but am not sure about the export capable.  Since this is a non Wordpress site we are not looking at Wishlist.

Thanks so much.

I’ve played with http://www.wildapricot.com/ while setting things up for one of my clients and – for a membership site – I think it works quite well. Once you get your bearings, it isn’t too bad to work with (relatively speaking).

Hi, Susan @mycommcoach

Thank you for sharing your experience.  Finding the right membership site is not as easy as it sounds.

 Does wildapricot offer auto renews, newsletters, and is it export capable?  Would you mind telling us why you choose it? 

Hi Randi @randithompson

re: Wild Apricot:

It does offer auto-renews & email newsletters (although only in a basic form, from what I’ve seen) — and also online contact management which you can certainly export.

In this case – I didn’t choose it; my client did. I just came on board to help design some pages, add some links, etc.

That being said, if I were looking for a membership management site with which I didn’t have to worry about the back-end work, Wild Apricot would be at the top of my consideration list. It also offers event management, auto-email reminders — all-in-one packaging with what appears to be a reasonable price. Though I’d still probably use ConstantContact as my email manager. (Each tool for it’s purpose & all that)

Hope that helps!
Suzan