Everything Included: Why Memberkit Pro Doesn't Nickel-and-Dime You
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Everything Included: Why Memberkit Pro Doesn't Nickel-and-Dime You
Here's a scenario you might recognize: You sign up for a membership platform. The price looks reasonable. You're excited. Then reality hits.
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Knut W. Horne
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Here's a scenario you might recognize:

You sign up for a membership platform. The price looks reasonable. You're excited. Then reality hits.

"Oh, you want to send newsletters? That's an extra $49/month."

"Email automation? That'll be another $29/month."

"Premium hosting for better performance? Add $79/month."

"Global CDN? That's a separate tier at $99/month."

Before you know it, your "affordable" $99/month platform is actually costing you $350/month. And you haven't even launched yet.

Welcome to the world of software pricing where the base price is just the beginning of your journey into a maze of add-ons, upgrades, and "premium features."

Memberkit Pro said "no thanks" to that entire game.

The All-Inclusive Philosophy

When you sign up for Memberkit Pro, you get everything. Not "everything in this tier" or "everything except these premium features." Just... everything.

Newsletter system? Included.

Email automation? Included.

Premium hosting on blazing-fast servers? Included.

Global CDN with data centers across three continents? Included.

Future features we haven't even built yet? You guessed it—included.

It's like going to an all-inclusive resort where the food, drinks, activities, and wifi are actually included, instead of discovering that "all-inclusive" means you get a room and everything else costs extra.

Why Newsletter Integration Changes Everything

Let's talk about newsletters, because this is where most membership platforms show their true colors.

The Traditional Approach (Read: The Expensive One)

With most membership platforms, here's what happens:

  1. You build your membership site

  2. You realize you need to email your members

  3. You sign up for Mailchimp, ConvertKit, or similar

  4. You pay them $50-150/month depending on your list size

  5. You spend hours setting up integrations

  6. You deal with syncing issues when data doesn't match

  7. You manage two separate platforms

  8. You pay for both platforms

  9. Your members sometimes fall through the cracks

  10. You question your life choices

The Memberkit Pro Approach

With Memberkit Pro:

  1. You build your membership site

  2. Newsletter is already there, built-in

  3. You write and send emails

  4. Done

The newsletter system knows everything about your members because it's part of the same system. Who joined when. What content they've accessed. Which products they've purchased. Their engagement level. Everything.

This isn't a bolt-on integration that kind-of works most of the time. This is a native feature that actually understands your membership business.

What You Can Actually Do

The built-in newsletter system in Memberkit Pro includes:

Beautiful Email Design Create professional-looking emails with an intuitive editor. No coding required, but full control if you want it.

Smart Segmentation Send targeted emails based on membership level, purchase history, engagement, or any custom criteria. Your members only get emails relevant to them.

Automation That Makes Sense Welcome sequences, drip campaigns, re-engagement emails—all automated based on member behavior within your membership site.

Analytics That Matter Open rates, click rates, conversion tracking—all in the same dashboard where you manage everything else.

No Subscriber Limits You're not paying per subscriber or per email sent. 1,000 members or 100,000 members—same price.

The Hidden Value

Here's what most people miss: having your newsletter integrated with your membership platform isn't just about saving money on a separate service. It's about having data that actually works together.

When someone clicks a link in your newsletter, Memberkit Pro knows who they are, what they have access to, and can personalize their experience accordingly. Try doing that with a separate email service and you'll spend weeks building custom integrations that break every time either platform updates.

When someone purchases an upgrade, your newsletter system immediately knows and can adjust their email journey. No syncing delays, no missed webhooks, no members stuck in the wrong email sequence.

When you want to analyze what's working, you can see how newsletter engagement correlates with actual membership behavior—all in one place.

Premium Hosting: Not an Afterthought

Now let's talk about hosting, because this is where the "cheap" platforms really get expensive.

The Hosting Trap

Many membership platforms offer basic shared hosting that works fine... until it doesn't.

  • Your first 100 members? No problem.

  • Growing to 1,000 members? Things are getting slower.

  • Launching a popular course? Your site crashes during peak traffic.

  • Members in Asia trying to access content? They're seeing loading spinners for days.

At this point, the platform helpfully suggests you upgrade to their "Premium Hosting" tier for an extra $79-199/month. How convenient.

Built for Performance from Day One

Memberkit Pro includes premium hosting as standard. Not as an upsell, not as a "pro feature," just as the way it should be.

This means:

  • Enterprise-grade servers from day one

  • Automatic scaling when you need it

  • 99.9% uptime guarantee because downtime costs you money

  • DDoS protection included

  • Automatic backups so your data is safe

  • SSL certificates handled automatically

  • Server monitoring 24/7

You never have to think about hosting. It just works. Fast.

The Global Infrastructure Advantage

Here's where it gets really interesting: Memberkit Pro serves your content from data centers strategically located around the world.

Our Global Network

Asia-Pacific: Singapore Serving members across Asia, Australia, and the Pacific with lightning-fast speeds.

Europe: Multiple Locations

  • Germany for Central Europe

  • Netherlands for excellent connectivity across the EU

  • Norway for Nordic regions and as a backup European hub

North America: Coast to Coast

  • US-East for the Eastern seaboard and Latin America

  • US-West for the West Coast and Pacific connections

Why This Matters

When a member in Tokyo accesses your content, they're connecting to the Singapore data center—milliseconds away. Not to a server in Virginia that's halfway around the world.

When someone in Oslo watches your video course, it streams from the Norway data center. Fast, smooth, no buffering.

Your member in San Francisco? US-West has them covered. Boston? US-East. Berlin? Take your pick of three nearby locations.

This isn't just about bragging rights. This is about real-world performance that affects your members' experience and your business success.

The Performance Impact

Let's talk numbers:

Loading a page from a nearby server: 50-200ms Loading the same page from across the world: 500-2000ms

That's a 10x difference. And that difference compounds:

  • Slower page loads = higher bounce rates

  • Higher bounce rates = fewer conversions

  • Fewer conversions = less revenue

Meanwhile, fast page loads mean:

  • Better member experience

  • Higher engagement

  • More course completions

  • Better retention

  • More word-of-mouth referrals

Your global infrastructure isn't just a technical detail—it's a competitive advantage.

The Real Cost Comparison

Let's do some honest math and compare Memberkit Pro to a "cheaper" alternative:

The "Affordable" Platform

Base membership platform: $99/month Email marketing service (for newsletters): $79/month for 5,000 subscribers Premium hosting upgrade: $99/month (needed once you grow) CDN service: $49/month for global delivery SSL certificate: $10/month Backup service: $20/month Email deliverability add-on: $29/month

Monthly total: $385/month Annual total: $4,620/year

And you're managing six different services, dealing with five different support teams, and hoping everything stays integrated.

Memberkit Pro

Everything included: One price

  • Newsletter system âś“

  • Premium hosting âś“

  • Global CDN âś“

  • SSL certificates âś“

  • Automatic backups âś“

  • Email deliverability âś“

  • All membership features âś“

  • Future updates âś“

Bonus: You manage one service, work with one support team, and everything actually works together.

The value isn't just about the money saved (though that's significant). It's about the time saved, the headaches avoided, and the peace of mind knowing everything just works.

Why Don't Other Platforms Do This?

Great question. Why doesn't every platform include everything?

The SaaS Upsell Model

Most platforms are built around the "upsell ladder" business model:

  1. Get you in the door with a low base price

  2. Wait until you're invested (time, content, members)

  3. Start charging for features you actually need

  4. Make switching painful so you stay and pay

It's not necessarily malicious—it's just standard SaaS business strategy. But it sucks for customers.

The Integration Excuse

Some platforms will tell you: "We integrate with best-in-class email services, so you get more choice!"

Translation: "We don't want to build it ourselves, and we've got partnership deals with email providers."

Sure, you get "choice"—the choice of which additional monthly fee to pay.

The Complexity Tax

Others say: "We keep our core platform simple and let you add what you need."

Translation: "You get to spend hours setting up integrations and troubleshooting sync issues."

That's not simplicity—that's offloading complexity onto the customer.

The Memberkit Pro Difference

Memberkit Pro takes a different approach: Build it right, include it all, charge fairly.

This philosophy means:

No surprise costs. You know exactly what you're paying from day one.

No nickel-and-diming. Features don't get locked behind arbitrary upgrade tiers.

No integration headaches. Everything works together because it's built together.

No choosing between features and budget. You get everything you need without compromise.

What This Means for Your Business

Let's get practical. Here's what the all-inclusive approach means for you:

Faster Launch

You don't need to:

  • Research email marketing platforms

  • Compare hosting providers

  • Set up CDN services

  • Configure integrations

  • Test everything together

You just set up your membership content and go. Days or weeks faster to launch.

Lower Overhead

No more:

  • Managing multiple subscriptions

  • Dealing with multiple support teams

  • Reconciling bills from different services

  • Updating payment methods in six places

  • Wondering which service is causing the problem

One platform. One login. One support team. Simple.

Better Member Experience

Your members get:

  • Fast loading times (global CDN)

  • Relevant emails (integrated newsletter)

  • Seamless experience (everything connected)

  • Reliable access (premium hosting)

Happy members = better retention = more revenue.

Predictable Growth

As your membership grows:

  • No sudden hosting bills

  • No email subscriber tier jumps

  • No surprise infrastructure costs

  • No performance degradation

Scale with confidence knowing the infrastructure can handle it.

The Anti-Upsell Commitment

Here's something radical: Memberkit Pro commits to the anti-upsell philosophy.

When new features are added, you get them. No "upgrade to premium to access this." No "available in our enterprise tier only." Just... you get them.

Because you're a customer, not a revenue optimization opportunity.

This doesn't mean Memberkit Pro is a charity—it's a business. But it's a business built on fair pricing and actually delivering value, not on squeezing customers with endless upsells.

"Too Good to Be True?"

If you're thinking "This sounds too good to be true," that's fair. We're all trained to expect the catch.

But here's the thing: there is no catch. This is just what fair pricing looks like when a company decides to compete on value instead of on clever pricing tricks.

Memberkit Pro can offer all this because:

Efficiency of Integration Building everything as one system is actually more efficient than maintaining dozens of third-party integrations. What saves development time can be passed to customers as value.

Infrastructure at Scale Hosting hundreds or thousands of membership sites allows for infrastructure costs that individual site owners couldn't achieve alone. Those savings benefit everyone.

Long-term Thinking Happy customers stay longer, refer others, and grow their businesses. That's more valuable than short-term upsell revenue.

No Middleman Margins When you're not paying separate companies for email, hosting, and CDN, those middleman margins disappear. The savings go to you.

Making the Switch

If you're currently using a platform where you're paying separately for email, hosting, CDN, and various other "premium features," doing the math might be painful.

But here's the good news: switching to Memberkit Pro is straightforward.

Migration support helps move your members and content. Included newsletter system means you can cancel that email subscription. Premium hosting means you can finally stop worrying about server costs. Global CDN means your members worldwide get better performance.

The ROI often pays for the migration effort in the first month.

The Bottom Line

In a world where software companies compete to see who can split their pricing into the most tiers and charge for the most features separately, Memberkit Pro chose differently.

Everything included isn't a marketing gimmick—it's a philosophy. It's a commitment to treating customers fairly and building a platform that actually delivers value.

Newsletter? Included. Premium hosting? Included. Global CDN across six strategic locations? Included. Peace of mind? Priceless. (But also included.)

The question isn't "Why is so much included?"

The real question is: "Why don't all platforms do this?"

And once you experience what "all-inclusive" actually means, you'll never want to go back to the nickel-and-dime world.

Welcome to Memberkit Pro, where everything you need is actually included, your emails reach members instantly, and your content loads fast whether your members are in Singapore, Stuttgart, or San Francisco.


Ready to stop paying for features that should be included? Discover Memberkit Pro and experience what all-inclusive membership software really means.

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Knut W. Horne

Full-stack Developer & Tech Writer

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