Membership Sites - The Next Big Thing in Online Marketing

Online, April 17, 2010 (Newswire.com) - EBooks. Software. Affiliate commissions on physical items such as pencil erasers all the way up to flat screen TVs. It would seem that pretty much everything that can be sold online--and in mass quantities. But there is one "final frontier" of Internet marketing that so far has gone (mostly) overlooked--membership sites.

This buzz about membership sites has been slow but steadily building in the online marketing community. These websites range from how-to sites, to dating sites, to professional networking sites that collect a fee.

One similarity that these membership sites share in common is their ability to provide for their owners a relatively passive stream of income.

So, how do people profit from online membership sites. Various sites collect monthly membership fees in exchange for information, the ability to freely network, and other services.

Online membership sites that can deliver the goods find a number of members willing to pay in the range of $17-$25 a month for services.

Other websites have found methods of monetization that allow for free memberships to users. MySpace and Facebook are two examples of this type that were started by lone individuals and afterward valued in the billions, all because they discovered how to leverage advertising.

But even minor membership sites earned enough money for a small cadre of savvy internet marketers to rake in vigorous profit each month. Whereas no more than a handful of individuals have made their living with the membership site model so far, increasing buzz has many IM experts anticipating a rise in membership sites in 2010.

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