The Top 5 Benefits of Using iGrOOps to Build Your Membership Site
- All in One Membership Website. Why pay for other applications and waste time with different username/passwords when they are all integrated in iGrOOps? Replace over 12 pieces of software with iGrOOps! We offer dozens of tools that all work seamlessly together, saving you time--and frustration. Tools like email autoresponders, email newsletters, blogs, podcasts, membership forums, private messaging, video gallery, photo gallery, web video chat and even online file storage...to name just a few.
- Make Money From Your Social Network or Membership Site. Others claim that you can use their platform to make money but we make it EASY. Want to offer free memberships, limited access memberships and paid memberships? Maybe you want to have a promo code or a free trial? We've got you covered. Choose any combination and up to three levels of different paid membership that you control. Simply include your PayPal business email address in one box and you're done. We also integrate with Authorize.net and the process is just as simple. How about setting up an online shop and selling physical items in your membership site? No problem. We have an ecommerce system that allows you to sell physical items or downloadable products like ebooks or videos/audios. Add your own shipping schedules, coupons, or member discounts with just a click. Because everything is integrated you can use the 'shopping cart' icon to place products for sale on your webpages, blog posts, articles, autoresponder messages, etc. It won't take long before your site will be making money for you! There are plenty of other ways to make money as well--use Google Adsense, PayPal donate buttons or rotating sponsorship banner ads--all built in and as easy as cut/paste.
- Membership Website Flexibility. Why settle for a cookie cutter design? We allow you control of your header,footer, background, color scheme, one column, two column or three column format. You can show column or page borders--or not. You can even use flash in your header, footer or menu bar if you wish. We integrate with thousands of widgets and if you have custom javascript code you can add that as well. We also offer lots of fun design tools like pagepeel ads, top floating message bars and bottom slide up ads that you can customize fully. Literally check off a box and activate some fancy stuff on your custom membership site! We make it easy to design your site from scratch on your own but you can also start with your membership site design by using one of our many templates and customize it or if you are on a time schedule and need to get things going quicker, we also offer in house custom design packages where we do the work for you. Our design services cover nearly every design aspect of your website and in our premium, managed plan it also includes two hours of development/design/consulting services every month from one of our professional web developers. It's like having your own personal assistant there to help you each and every month!
- Security and Support. Don't make the mistake of hosting your own membership site. Your members information and your ecommerce financial details need to be totally secure and private without the risk of hacking. Our background is in hosted solutions--our experience in IT infrastructure and architecting custom, enterprise-class solutions ensures that your information is safe and secure on the iGrOOps platform. We take care of your hosting, maintenance, security, upgrades, back ups and more. However, we also allow YOU to backup and download your entire membership database and website content with a single click. Your content is always YOURS.
We use our own platform for dozens of projects we run and regularly add new membership software applications and enhancements. In 2009 alone, we added over 130 new upgrades and enhancements to iGrOOps! Perhaps you need some custom programming to make your membership site run specific to your organization. No problem, we can do that. The founder and CEO of iGrOOps is also the developer behind the platform. Our service and support is world class--we answer forum posts promptly and are just a phone call away.
- Engage and Energize Your Community. The secret to a successful social network or membership site is the quality of your member relationships. At iGrOOps we take this seriously. We have built in a number of unique tools to help you with this. Your members are empowered to update their own information, add their own member webpage, blog, video, photo album--even start their own forum subgroup if you allow it. You can assign roles to members if you want them to co-administer the site with you as well. We also offer you the flexibility to display your most active members on the homepage and create a point system to reward them for their activity--you can even choose to active a payment feature if you wish to pay them for activity! Your members are empowered to find each other via a member directory and can define if they want information public or private--including their name. How about including your Facebook badge or Twitter stream into your website? Absolutely! We have custom HTML boxes where you simply copy and paste the code the social media platforms provide you and now your social website worlds are connected. We also offer a special Twitter Tools application where you can post, reply or direct message your Twitter followers--all from within your membership website. The Twitter application includes some time saving tools like auto following, auto unfollowing and auto replies. You can even set it up to automatically send your pre-made tweets out at various times throughout the day! We understand what a true social network website is and provide you the tools to engage your community.
iGrOOps Membership Websites are Ideal For
- Membership Subscription Websites
- Businesses looking to build a social network
- Associations needing a place to come together and interact
- Sports Clubs
- Chamber of Commerce Membership Groups
- Board of Directors
- Speciality Hobby Clubs
- Churches and Faith Communities
- Support Groups
- Internet Marketing Membership Websites
- Student and Alumni Groups
- Charities and Non-profits
- Political Groups and Campaigns
- Civic Activism Groups
- Support Groups
- Social Clubs
- Recreational Clubs
- Homeowners Associations
- ...and MANY MORE
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