Most membership systems are either rigid SaaS that boxes you in, or a tangle of plugins no one wants to maintain. Membersites is the platform we built specifically for academic associations and learned societies: it streamlines the day-to-day, joins up the systems that never talk to each other, and gives volunteer-led organisations room to focus on members instead of admin.
Why Membersites
The best of all three worlds.
Membership platforms usually force a trade-off — power or flexibility, capability or cost. Membersites gives you all of it on WordPress, backed by an industry expert who has spent years in this exact sector.
The power of SaaS
Every capability you’d expect from a polished, professional membership SaaS — memberships, payments, conferences, analytics — all done properly.
The flexibility of WordPress
Built natively on WordPress: no lock-in and no ceiling. Customise it, integrate anything, and genuinely own it.
At a lower cost
All of that without the enterprise-SaaS price tag — sustainable for volunteer-led and funded organisations.
What you get
Membership management
Member types, levels, and categories organised with ease — joining, automated renewals, and a self-updating directory.
Payments & finance
Membership fees, invoicing, and finance that integrate with everything else — not a separate spreadsheet.
Conferences & events
Conference sites, abstract submission and management, delegate registration, and digital programming — one system, reused every year.
Communications
Newsletters, announcements, and member communications, sent from the platform your data already lives in.
Analytics & insights
A clear dashboard across membership, events, and finance — so you can see what’s actually happening.
Multilingual & compliant
Six languages out of the box, data hosted in the US, EU, or APAC, and internationally compliant by design.
Who it’s for
Learned societies, professional bodies, and academic associations who want a membership platform that fits how they actually work — easy for their own team to run, with their members and data firmly in their control.
Two products
Two ways to put it to work.
Whatever your organisation runs on, there’s a Membersites product for it — explore each on the Membersites site.
Pricing lives on the Membersites site — see plans & pricing.
The platform seamlessly integrates all functions in relation to our society’s membership, finance, communications, and conference abstracts and registrations.
Membersites has its own home.
Explore the platform in full, see what it costs, or book a walkthrough with the team who’ll run it with you.
Start a conversation
Tell us about the work you’re doing.
The best projects start with understanding the academic work behind them. Book a 30-minute call — no pitch deck, no pressure, just a conversation about what you’re trying to do.
Or email oc.ygolocet@ofni — we reply within one working day.