What are User and Membership Sites?
You may be familiar with user and membership sites and just not realise it. For example some of the most popular include: Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.
User and Membership sites are simply a stage for users or members to interact across one platform.
Whilst it may seem scary offering a site with similar functionality to such online giants, user and membership sites do not actually require an infinite budget to succeed. With a combination of agile development, integration of existing open source technology and best practice, websites with similar features but tailored to your requirements are very affordable.
Any developer can buy a script and upload it to a website - the skill is in taking the requirements that you have for your idea and melding the correct combination of new, old and best to create the sort of site you require. We can with confidence suggest the best ways forward to inorporate your ideas into an interactive site.
Why use User and Membership sites
The modern internet is all about allowing people to interact - either with your business or with each other. Below are a just some of the advantages for implementing user or membership websites.
- Offers a simple platform for people to interact either with your business or with each other
- Allows a quick forum for questions and answers
- Provides a forum for discussion
- It is a simple and cost efficient way to promote your products/services
- Whole communities of users can be harnessed and brought together on your site directly or indirectly promoting your business