Paid Community / Membership

Product-Based (Digital)

Barrier to Entry

2/10

Short-term Potential

1/10

Long-term Potential

4/10

Risk

2/10

Big Audience or Ad Money Required

No

Income Potential

$$$

Salary Research

$0 - Unlimited

Pros

  • • If you’re successful, can be a lucrative income stream
  • • Fairly passive
  • • Can curate a really cool community of people

Cons

  • • Not really passive, requires tons of maintenance (customer support, fulfilling on the membership, doing marketing and sales, keep members happy + deal with churn)
  • • Requires a lot of experience in order to get to the point where you can create a valuable membership community that people will pay for
  • • Requires traffic / time building audience