Build Community with Squarespace Member Areas

Introducing Squarespace member areas.

The intuitive solution to hosting exclusive content right on your Squarespace site.

Adding a Member Area to your site is like creating a VIP room for your most loyal fans, customers, or students. Depending on your business model, Member Areas can be used to monetize premium content, host free or paid courses and blog posts, or host up-to-date information for employees or volunteers. And of course, constantly syncing email lists allow you to alert your members about new content.

At Studio Rubric, we’re super excited to start utilizing this feature for our clients. In the past, we’ve been able to cobble together solutions by creating password-protected pages for individual users, directing people to third-party providers like Patreon or Teachable, or simply building the site on WordPress or another platform if member areas were an important part of our client’s business model.

Now, new and existing Squarespace users can seamlessly integrate Member Areas into their site, setting free, one-time, or monthly payment options. We see a lot of potential for the businesses we work with to utilize Member Areas whether they’re nonprofits, startups, or artists.

How can you use member areas?

For Nonprofits

• Give donors an inside look at your work with exclusive content and events

• Create a central hub of information for program participants or volunteers

• Encourage newsletter signups by offering premium blog articles or video courses

For Startups and Small Businesses

• Create an ambassador program to give loyal customers a preview of products and services

• Monetize your area of expertise by hosting webinars, product demos, or exclusive e-books

• Streamline onboarding by giving employees access to training materials and how-to videos

For Culture Creators and Artists

• Offer tutorials, courses, live talks, and virtual events to members

• Create a virtual gallery opening for subscribers with downloadable prints and never-before-seen work

• Give exclusive studio tours, live concerts, and Q&As to loyal fans

For Podcasts

• Offer ad-free episodes to paying subscribers

• Monetize uncut interviews or never-released episodes

• Create a freemium model to give listeners a free preview of your exclusive content

Squarespace Member Areas offer a whole host of new ways to build community with your audience.

If you’re as excited as we are (read: very excited) to start offering exclusive content to your users, let’s talk ideas!