SubHub

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Published 12/20/2010 and rated 3 out of 5 stars by AppAppeal Editor

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Some website owners want to allow users to create memberships and may have content they wish to charge for but do not know how to begin doing so. Setting up a membership website can be a challenge. SubHub helps website owners by providing a service that builds the membership functionality for them. Users can offer visitors the chance to create accounts or designate content as paid membership only and require a fee for access using SubHub. SubHub also has affiliate capabilities for websites that wish to generate revenue by partnering with other site owners and businesses. Users can select their choice of payment options, including Paypal, Diners Club International, MasterCard, Visa, Discover, and American Express. SubHub offers built in shopping carts, pay per view video functions, and offline event promotion. Users can allow their site visitors to set up recurring subscriptions and add Google AdSense and banner advertisements to maximize website profits.

SubHub was founded in January of 2005 by Evan Rudowski and Miles Galliford. The corporate headquarters is located in Cardiff, Great Britain with a U.S. office in Huntersville, North Carolina. Today, the SubHub team consists of about ten individuals, including Head of Marketing Mark Ramskill.

Creating a membership website is not easy, especially for someone who is not a site designer and programmer. While many applications offer site layout and design features, SubHub focuses primarily on setting users up with membership capabilities. The available features make SubHub flexible, allowing users to sell digital or physical merchandise or offer recurring subscriptions with numerous payment options on their websites.

SubHub uses a pleasant blue and green color scheme and organized layout to welcome visitors. The site is focused on helping users who need to set up a membership site and have no idea how to do it on their own. This works well because SubHub is very clean and neat, which makes it easy to organize. The user only chooses their desired features and SubHub does the hard set up work. SubHub even offers unique templates so users can get a customized look that is easy to use with their website.

A new user can begin creating a SubHub account by clicking on the large, green “Try it Today!” button found along the right hand side of the homepage. The user is asked for a valid email address, desired website URL, and Captcha code entry to verify that they are human. A phone number is also provided for users who wish to receive a free 30 minute phone consultation. After submitting the information, the user must check their email inbox for a confirmation message about their free trial and new account.

SubHub users are given the choice of two paid memberships after their 14 day free trial is over. The first is the SubHub Pro which costs about $100 per month and includes a choice of more than 40 template designs, 5 GBs of storage, 15 GBs of monthly bandwidth, unlimited pages and members, forums, member profiles, member management tools, password protected areas, multiple membership levels, Google AdSense ready advertising, automatic and recurring subscription features. The SubHub Max membership costs the same, but includes 20 GBs of monthly bandwidth, 10 GB of storage and the option of a personal template design.

Website owners who are searching for a way to set up and manage their user memberships could appreciate SubHub. The site simplifies the set up and management process. Users are given many options, from templates to accepted payment types.

• Set up multiple membership levels
• Offer automatic and recurring subscription services
• Choose from more than 40 template designs
• Create password protected areas
• Allow member profiles and forums

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