The whole category in one page.
CHOOSING THE MODEL
- Membership: ongoing value, recurring payment, and it must be sustained.
- Course: a specific outcome, sold once.
- Booking: time slots, and the calendar must reflect reality.
THE HONEST TEST FOR MEMBERSHIP
Could you produce value every month for two years?
If not, sell a course.
FOR ALL THREE, TEST THE FULL CYCLE
Join or book, pay, access, cancel.
The cancellation path is the one people forget to test.
THE MOST COMMON TECHNICAL MISTAKE
Files in public_html. Restricting a page does not restrict the file.
Serve downloads through the system or store them outside public_html.
THE DEPENDENCY THAT BREAKS THESE SITES
Cron. Renewals, reminders and drip release all depend on it.
HTTP wp-cron is blocked here; a real cron job is required.
FOR PERFORMANCE
Logged-in pages are not cached. Members experience the slow version.
FOR CHURN AND NO-SHOWS
Failed payments and forgetting are the largest causes.
Retries and reminders fix most of both.
FOR VIDEO
Never host it on your hosting account.
