This was a presentation at the WP Melbourne User WordPress meetup, in August 2015. I show how you can create a membership site using WooTheme’s WooCommerce & Membership plugins. Although there are a number of different membership specific plugins around, WooCommerce brings with it a number of benefits. I outline these benefits, along with showing you how to set everything up.

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@maddisondesigns
Building a
Membership Site
with WooCommerce
Memberships
#WPMELB
User Meetup

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What’s available

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What’s available

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Things to Consider
Ease of setup/use

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Prorated charges

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Content dripping

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eCommerce Support

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Upsells/Downsells

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Support

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Receiving Payments
9/10 support PayPal* 3/10 support eWay*All support Stripe*
*Out of the 10 previously mentioned membership plugins

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Receiving Payments
Only 1 out 10 supports all 4 major Australian Banks*
(and PayPal, Stripe, eWay and many others)
*Out of the 10 previously mentioned membership plugins

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Benefits of WooCommerce
Most popular eCommerce plugin (powers 30% of all eComm sites*)
*http://trends.builtwith.com/shop

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Fully security audited by leading WP security firm Sucuri

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Extensive range of add-ons

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15+ different Australian Payment Gateway add-ons

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Extensive range of reports

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Ability to sell products easily (digital, physical, affiliated etc.)

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No need for separate membership & shop logins

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Easy to setup and use

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What you’ll need
WooCommerce (free)
WooCommerce Memberships (paid)
WooCommerce Subscriptions (paid)
PayPal, Stripe or some other Payment Gateway plugin (free/paid)

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Getting Started
Install and activate all your plugins

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After Activating WooCommerce, install the WooCommerce Pages
Getting Started

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Install & activate the free WooThemes Helper plugin for updates
Getting Started

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Configure Base Location & Currency
WooCommerce > Settings > General
WooCommerce Setup

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Turn off Manage Stock as we’re dealing with digital products
WooCommerce > Products > Inventory
WooCommerce Setup

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Turn off Shipping Calculations as we’re dealing with digital products
WooCommerce > Settings > Shipping
WooCommerce Setup

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Turn off Enable guest checkout
Enable Force secure checkout (ie. SSL) if required
WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > Checkout Options
WooCommerce Setup

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Enable our Payment Gateway (eg. Stripe)
Add API Keys if required
WooCommerce > Settings > Checkout > Stripe
WooCommerce Setup

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If your payment gateway doesn’t support subscriptions, you may
want to enable the option to Accept Manual Renewals
WooCommerce > Settings > Subscriptions
WooCommerce Setup

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Choose to hide your membership content completely,
show excerpts only or redirect to a landing page.
WooCommerce > Settings > Memberships > General
WooCommerce Setup

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You can also hide restricted products from your shop catalogue
WooCommerce > Settings > Memberships > Products
WooCommerce Setup

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Add some content for our Members
and assign them Categories
Posts > Add New
Content Setup

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WooCommerce
Subscriptions
WooCommerce Subscriptions
makes it easy to create and
manage products with recurring
payments“

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WooCommerce Memberships can be used
with or without WooCommerce Subscriptions.
WooCommerce Subscriptions enables you
to sell recurring subscriptions
(e.g. Monthly, Yearly memberships)
Creating Subscriptions

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Creating a subscription is just like creating a regular product
Products > Add Product
Creating Subscriptions

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Make the product a Simple Subscription and Virtual
Set your Subscription Price per Day/Week/Month/Year
Set how long the subscription should last
Creating Subscriptions

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Memberships
Memberships is a WooCommerce
extension that allows you to
restrict your content so that it’s
only accessible to members on
your site
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Create a new Membership Plan and select the product that
members need to purchase to get access to this plan
WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans
Creating Memberships

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Restrict the content that members get access to
WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans
Creating Memberships

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You can also restrict specific products so they’re
only available for plan members
WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans
Creating Memberships

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Provide discounts to plan members without having
to set up coupons
WooCommerce > Memberships > Membership Plans
Creating Memberships

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You can also restrict access on each Page or Post
using the Memberships panel
Creating Memberships

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Our Subscription Products

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Our Subscriptions
View all your subscriptions in the Dashboard
WooCommerce > Subscriptions

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Our Members
View all your members in the Dashboard
WooCommerce > Memberships

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Our Members
If you need to, you can also edit a member’s membership

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Our Product Orders
View all your orders in the Dashboard
WooCommerce > Orders

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WooCommerce
http://woocommerce.com
WooCommerce extensions
http://www.woothemes.com/product-category/woocommerce-extensions
Subscription Payment Methods & Gateways
http://docs.woothemes.com/document/subscriptions/payment-gateways
WooCommerce Memberships
http://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-memberships
WooCommerce Subscriptions
http://www.woothemes.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions
Links to remember

50. I’m Anthony Hortin
You can find me here
@maddisondesigns
maddisondesigns.com
@easywpguide
easywpguide.com
Thanks!
Questions?