[Resolved] Charging Subscription Fee by the Number of Posts

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[chrisG1876]

Hello,

I'd like to get an advice from you on whether this is possible with toolset and if you can recommend a membership plugin that would best meet my needs.

I'm building a membership/directory/classified ad website. Visitors can create an account to be a member for free, but they will be charged a recurring subscription fee based on the number of ads they post.

To make it simple, I will create different membership packages with different numbers of ad allowances. For example:

Package 1:
1 ad - $50/month

Package 2:
Up to 5 ads - $150/month

Package 3:
Up to 10 ads - $200/month

There will be several different types of ads created with different custom post types using toolset. Members should be able upgrade or downgrade their package anytime and receive proration. They should also be able to pause and republish any of their ads anytime

At my website's launch time, however, I'd like to offer Package 0 with free ads as a way to build my memberships. Each member can post up to 10 ads for free for 1 year. Once I have traction with my site, I will remove this free ads package and begin charging members with the package pricing above.

So my questions are as follows:

1. Can I use toolset to accomplish all of the above?
2. Which membership plugin would work best for me? Can you recommend one?
3. Can you recommend the best way for me to do the above? Any tips or possible issues I should be aware of?

I guess to make this work, the membership plugin and toolset must somehow know the total number of ads currently published by each of my members, and the number of ad allowance they have based on the package they are subscribing to. If they're trying to post or republish another ad over the limit of their allowance, the program should deny it, or tell them to upgrade their package first.

Can this be done easily?

Thank you.

chris

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - we have detailed tutorial available on how you can build membership sites using Toolset plugins:
=> https://toolset.com/learn/create-membership-site-wordpress-using-toolset-plugins/

We are using "WooCommerce Subscriptions plugin":
=> https://toolset.com/learn/create-membership-site-wordpress-using-toolset-plugins/how-to-use-the-woocommerce-subscriptions-plugin-with-toolset/

I suggest you should go through above Docs carefully and check what you can accomplish with Toolset and find alternatives which is not covered within above Docs:

Also, you can use our test platform discover-wp.com where you can create free test site for you to test Toolset plugins features:
=> https://toolset.com/faq/how-and-why-to-create-a-test-site-in-discover-wp/

Also, we have readymade site available namely "Classifieds" site that may help you as well:
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=> https://toolset.com/reference-site/toolset-classifieds/

[chrisG1876]

Hello Minesh,

Thanks for your reply.

Instead of WooCommerce Subscription, can I use MemberPress?

WooCommerce requires you use 3 plugins (Core, Membership and Subscription) and they cost $300/year! With MemberPress, you just need 1 plugin and it costs only $120/year.

What are the disadvantages of using MemberPress instead of WooCommerce? What WooCommerce can do that MemberPress can't as far as the integration with Toolset?

Thanks.

[Minesh]

Well - you need WooCommerce and its addon plugin (WooCommerce Subscription) if you want to charge your user for registering and also for handling reoccurring payments (WooCommerce Subscription).

I do not know much about memberPress and also we do not have any integration to offer you so you may need to work on that and play around and check which plugin will be the best fit for you.