aMember PRO for multiple sites?

Discussion in 'Installation' started by lakshay, Apr 11, 2009.

  1. lakshay

    lakshay New Member

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    Hi!

    My name is Lakshay and I am kinda new to Amember. Just saying hi to all you guys.

    I have a small question though- Will I need to buy it again adn again for every membership site I set up? I ask this question because in my members area I see two licences. 1 is for the particular domain I entered during payment, other one is for localhost.

    Please answer this question as it will make me decide between this script and others. I do have other paid subscriptions, and I have been comparing options. I have to decide which one I will be going for in the next couple of years. I like aMember's flexibility and ability to integrate with Wordpress. I will check out AWeber addon too, and if it works just about OK, I will be way more inclined towards Aweber.

    All your responses will help me make the decision.

    Best Regards
    Lakshay
  2. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    The license is for a single domain.
    You can use copies of amember on subdirectories, but for each new domain you will need a new license.

    David
  3. powerkeys

    powerkeys Member

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    David is right in that for each domain you install aMember on, you'll need a separate license.

    However, if you get the Remote Plugin from the support desk, you can use that to run other domains from a single installation. I'm not sure if you have to buy a separate plugin copy for each remote domain, but even if you do, it's a lot cheaper than buying multiple copies of aMember itself.

    The only 'drawback' to this (and I put it in quotes because I personally see it as a benefit) is that all of your domains are managed from a central location.
  4. deafdavid

    deafdavid Member

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    Alan,

    I'm a member of a small national group with chapters around the country. They did asked me a few years ago about having each chapter managing their own membership on a single membership database. Several questions:

    1. How does this work with each chapter having access to aMember using remote? How will it be listed in database? Will it list the chapter name or chapter code in the database record that this individual is a member of the chapter?

    2. If an individual a member of a chapter, but want to be a member of national group, is that possible to have two membership in same record?

    3. If above is do-able, would it be best that there be signup.php and/or member.php for each chapter?

    4. What about Administration restriction? Surely, we don't want each chapter's administrator having access to full database. I want them to have access only to their records.

    I'm sure I will have several more questions in the near future. It been a few years I have asked about this (was informed this was not possible -- I don't think remote plug in was available back then).

    FYI -- I'm talking about non-profit community and social based group. So our needs are different than most people posting online.
  5. powerkeys

    powerkeys Member

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    Well, with the remote plugin, your administrators will have access to the full database, so I guess that won't work for you.

    Since you're setting up non-profit groups online, the question must come up about whether you are charging for memberships, and if not, why not use a CMS like Drupal to handle your websites?
  6. miso

    miso aMember Pro Customer

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    Wait, with the remote plugin, can you have different templates for different websites and such?

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