Is member area included with my Squarespace plan or is it extra cost to me?

Hello,

I can't find this information doesn't matter how I search it. 

Is member area an extra cost to my website? I'm on the business plan, do I have to also pay for the member area if I want to have it or is it included in my plan?

I can't find this information anywhere and I'm starting to think this doesn't work for what I want to do. I appreciate any insights.

Please see Member Areas.

There are also support articles available on member areas that you can search for. Your favorite search engine may also be of help.

The answer is very vague and I still have no idea. Instead of simply answering my question you tell me to do what I've been doing for two days. thanks!

On 7/27/2023 at 6:35 PM, rsca said:

Is member area an extra cost to my website?

Member Areas (MA)  - now renamed Member Sites (since August 2023) - requires a separate Digital Products subscription. It is not included in website plans. You can view the pricing of Digital Product add-on plans here.

4 minutes ago, paul2009 said:

Member Areas (MA) requires a separate subscription. It is not included in website plans. You can view the MA pricing plans here.

Thank you very much for clarifying that. It's not clear because it appears in my website builder, but it doesn't say I need to pay or subscribe to anything else. Thanks!
 

On 7/27/2023 at 9:40 PM, rsca said:

It's not clear because it appears in my website builder

When you're building your site on a free trial, you can try out Member Sites for free, but your visitors can't become members until you've got both a Website Plan (Personal, Business or Commerce) and a Digital Products plan (Starter, Core or Pro).

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again Squarespace clearly thinks every new person to the platform just knows stuff automatically.  That link that paul2009 answered with, just says a bunch of stuff about courses and what it costs to use that feature.  It says nothing about the difference between Member sites and courses... just way to confusing and pushing me towards Kajabi by the minute.  Also why do people take the time to say "go google it" when answering in a forum.   This really makes a forum useless if members just say go google it.  We are not all professional site builders and don't all speak developer-ese 

11 hours ago, Turbiville said:

That link that paul2009 answered with, just says a bunch of stuff about courses and what it costs to use that feature.  It says nothing about the difference between Member sites and courses.

Correct @Turbiville. The original poster was asking about Member Areas (now called Member Sites). At that time, Squarespace hadn't launched or even announced Courses. 

Now that the Digital Products ecosystem has been expanded to include Courses, there's now a lot to wrap your head around. I've already replied to your other post about Courses. I hope that provides you with some useful context.