I have just discovered AMember and believe it is a solution to my needs. I am building a membership based site that will have at least 3 membership levels - each level will access to its own unique content. The key question is whether AMember can support manual approval process for new members. This system seems to be based on the premise that willingness to pay is the only prerequisite for membership and membership level. I need to be able to approve a new member applications manually after verifying off line that new applicants have completed the off line steps required.
Yes, ofcourse this is possible. You can not only manually approve the members but also can customise respective site-wide email templates. Did you try the demo? You will find this feature in the advanced configutaion options. I never tried it myself. So I do not know how good or problematic this feature is.