Membership Stack: Breaking Down Where To Build Your Community
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Every platform says you can bring your members. On the 39 platforms we checked, "import" means a working CSV button on 18, a CSV with a catch on 8, a support ticket on 6, and nothing at all on 7. The switching cost nobody puts on a pricing page, with the specifics from each help centre.
Take the Country Whole: How Three Companies Quietly Bought the WordPress Membership Market
Between 2021 and 2024, three companies bought LearnDash, BuddyBoss, MemberMouse, WishList Member and AccessAlly. The brands stayed. The pricing pages now share one template. What it means for anyone running a membership on WordPress, from someone who was a customer of two of them.
Who Actually Owns Your Community Platform (And Why It Decides Your Next Price Increase)
We traced the ownership of 39 community and membership platforms through press releases, Companies House and SEC filings. Three were owned by someone you wouldn't guess. One company is technically dead. Here's what the cap table tells you about your next bill.