Members & pricing
Membership tiers, benefits, and what to charge for dues.
Tiered vs flat vs usage-based membership pricing
Before you agonise over how much to charge, decide how to charge. A plain look at flat, tiered and pay-as-you-go pricing - who each suits - carried through a community volleyball club torn between a flat season fee and pay-per-court-night.
Free vs paid membership: should you charge?
Free grows your numbers and funds nothing. Paid funds the thing and puts a wall at the door. The honest tradeoffs, the hybrids that get you both, and how to decide - with an urban sketching club weighing it up.
How to build and price membership tiers - the complete guide
Most organisations that agonise over tiers would do better with one flat membership, at least to start. Here's how to decide whether you need tiers at all, how many, how to structure them, and how to price each without a revolt.
Membership tier examples: real ladders for real organisations
Bronze, Silver, Gold is everywhere - and rarely the best you can do. Here are five worked tier ladders for clubs, associations, hobby groups and alumni bodies, plus honest notes on how many tiers you actually need.
Membership level names: 50+ examples and ideas
The name on a tier matters less than what's behind it, but a good one signals in a word what a tier is for. Here are 50+ ideas, grouped and ready to borrow.
Membership benefits ideas: what to actually offer members
A committee can brainstorm thirty perks in twenty minutes, and most will go unused. Here's a practical menu of benefit ideas by type, with an honest note on which actually keep members and which just look good in a brochure.
How much should you charge for membership dues?
There is no perfect number, and anyone who gives you one without asking about your organisation is guessing. Here is how I would work it out.
Run your whole membership in one place
Anggota keeps your members, renewals, payments and events together, so the admin looks after itself and you can get back to the community. Have a go - it is free to start, no credit card.