As an internet marketer, you are always looking for fresh, new products
that you can use to product an income or to use as free offers to grow
your subscriber list. One way of having access to new products is to
join a membership site, which guarantees that you will always have
something new to offer your customers.

There are various types of Membership Sites that you may wish to join.
Some Membership Sites focus on releasing new Private Label Products
each month, while other sites aim to build a core base of products that
you may use for your online business.

So how will you know the best site to join? Or are there several sites
that you may want to join, in order to get the benefits from multiple
providers?

Firstly, let’s talk about the positives and negatives about Membership
Sites, then let’s consider whether you should take the next step and
join up.

Positives:
1. Membership sites provide you with e-products that you can use or
resell, without having to do the hard work of creating your own products.
2. These products are governed by rights, but most sites include
products with Master Resell Rights which you can do almost anything with.
3. You will always have access to a number of products without having
to search the web for individual products with Resell Rights.
4. If Charter Memberships are available, then you may be given the
opportunity to resell the Membership licences to “normal” members, and
pocket a recurring monthly income.
5. You save time by accessing a number of products which you can
repackage and sell as a bundle.
6. You have the ability to create offers to other people that surpass
your monthly membership costs, and hence make a profit.

Negatives:
1. Monthly membership fees are typically required, which can cost up to
$30 per month. Yearly costs can be upward from $97.
2. The number of subscribers in the Membership Site may become quite
substantial, so you may all be drawing upon the same resources.
3. Products may be released into the Marketplace and become devalued
very quickly, or given away for free.
4. If you break membership you may need to signup again later, which
may incur setup fees.
5. The products may not necessarily be in your niche area, so unless
you check this out carefully you may be paying for a service you never
use.
6. If you wish to run your own membership site and wish to resell the
products, be aware that some products may not be directly transferable
from the site you are subscribing to.

Should you join Membership Sites?
You will need to determine whether a Membership site is going to
deliver benefits to your business in the long term. eg. Do the positives
outweigh the negatives? Do the products line up with your Niche Market? Can
you afford to maintain the monthly or yearly fee? Are the products
saturating the market?

If you can safely answer these questions for a prospective Membership
Site and can see how to utilise the potential of the products for your
business, then Membership Sites are for you.

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