Member Areas in Squarespace grant exclusive access to subscribers and support a wide range of uses. This specialized subscription area helps grow your audience and manage member pages all in one place as it is only accessible to eligible members who pay a recurring fee, a one time fee, or have free access.

Member Areas support a wide range of uses:

• promote exclusive content

• share online classes

• provide personalized learning experiences

• protect content

Only members who create an account and sign up for membership can see the specialized Member Area content.

I’m interested in a Member Area for my website. What do I do now?

• Make sure you have a Squarespace website. At this time, the Members Area can only be used on a Squarespace website.

• Member Areas are available on all Squarespace pricing plans at an additional charge.

To add a Member Area:

Home Menu > Settings > Member Areas

Select a Plan (monthly or annual)

Save and Continue

Confirm and Purchase

Let’s Talk about Member Area plan information:

You can allow members to sign up for membership:

1. Recurring membership plan

2. One-time fee membership plan

3. Free membership plan

How can this be incorporated into E-commerce areas of Squarespace Websites:

• Customer Accounts

• Save payment information securely

• Save shipping address

• Save shopping cart

• Offer promotional discounts

Squarespace has three Member Area pricing plans (Starter - Core - Pro) that each include:

• Integrated Analytics

• Unlimited members

• No ads

• No Squarespace branding

• Ability to offer discounts

• Ability to offer promotions

The difference between the Starter, Core, and Pro pricing plans is:

1. the number of member areas

2. transactions fees

Once you have successfully added a Members Area to your website you can manage your website account:

Home Menu > Settings > Billing & Account

Billing

Members Areas

In this area you can see information related to your Squarespace website account for Member Areas:

• Review subscription details

• Change plans

• Review your website invoices

• Disable auto renew

• Cancel subscription

Depending on how you want to restrict your information, Member Area is an effective way to add subscription services to specialized pages. May Web Design, LLC would be happy to discuss the use of Member Areas and let you know if it’s a good fit for your organization. Let’s talk!