Paid communities only
537 membership site examples
Every community on this page charges money, and the price is published. That is the filter: no free rooms, and nothing where the price only appears after you click through. What is left is 537 working membership businesses, each with its price, its member count and what it sells alongside the membership.
Two questions are worth carrying while you read. What does the price buy, and who is already paying it? A $100-a-month room and a $9-a-month one are different businesses with different work in them, and the small premium ones show that a large audience is not the requirement it is usually assumed to be. When you can picture which one you would run, the Idea Finder prices it against this same data.
01 / The premium end
What the most expensive memberships charge.
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The paid memberships the most people pay for.
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03 / By model
How a paid membership actually makes money.
High-ticket communities72
$100 a month and up, and people are paying it.Small and premium84
Under 500 members, $50 a month or more. A business without a big audience.Big and cheap12
Under $25 a month, 5,000 members or more. Volume as the model.The middle band62
$25 to $99 a month with 1,000 members or more. The most common way this works.Busiest rooms7
Three or more posts per member, 500 members or more. Activity as the product.One-off pricing35
Sold once rather than billed monthly.04 / By category
What a membership charges, by subject.
The median published price in each category, dearest first.
SalesMedian $182/mo91E-commerceMedian $98/mo80Coaching & MentoringMedian $49.92/mo7MarketingMedian $49/mo111Money & InvestingMedian $25/mo92Real EstateMedian $25/mo89SpiritualityMedian $25/mo96Personal DevelopmentMedian $15/mo119Health & FitnessMedian $13.50/mo108Hobbies & CraftsMedian $11.50/mo103Content CreationMedian $9.50/mo108AI & TechMedian $9/mo113BusinessMedian $7/mo128
Idea Finder
Seen enough to know what you would build?
Six questions and you get an opportunity report for it: the gap in your category, what comparable communities charge, and where to build it.