Business membership setup

synature

2 parts, first to clarify what happens on my renewal date. I looked on SM and see that I will be converted to a Business level and my initial assumption was that on my May 2012 renewal date, I would be charged $200, and annually at that level after that. Is this correct?

Second part: If I use SM as my CMS (oh, don't you love acronyms?), what would be a reasonably priced membership (plug-in, service, ???) functionality that I can use to not only control which galleries can be seen, but can also handle subscription fees, membership periods and so forth?

Events seem to be a good starting place, but managing members of an event is not what I would call simple, nor does it allow for any real membership control mechanisms that I can tell. I realize that is not what it is designed for, just saying that setting up events is very similar to what I would be doing when creating a members only gallery (or category).

Thanks, and good luck during this next period of development,

TheOnlooker

synature wrote: »

2 parts, first to clarify what happens on my renewal date. I looked on SM and see that I will be converted to a Business level and my initial assumption was that on my May 2012 renewal date, I would be charged $200, and annually at that level after that. Is this correct?

-- Yes, in May you would begin paying the new price. Your renewals after that would be at whatever the current rate is. Seeing that there was a price increase this year, should rates go up again in the future, we would notify you beforehand and charge you at that rate.

synature wrote: »

Second part: If I use SM as my CMS (oh, don't you love acronyms?), what would be a reasonably priced membership (plug-in, service, ???) functionality that I can use to not only control which galleries can be seen, but can also handle subscription fees, membership periods and so forth?

Events seem to be a good starting place, but managing members of an event is not what I would call simple, nor does it allow for any real membership control mechanisms that I can tell. I realize that is not what it is designed for, just saying that setting up events is very similar to what I would be doing when creating a members only gallery (or category).

Thanks, and good luck during this next period of development,

-- For content management, you would want to check our API and Terms of Service

-KevinW
Support Hero

synature

TheOnlooker wrote: »

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-- For content management, you would want to check our API and Terms of Service

-KevinW
Support Hero

I'm not sure what those have to do with my question about membership functionality. are you saying it can't be done or that I'd have to roll my own?