Membership Management Software

Membership management software is designed to add time to a volunteer's hectic day. Whether it's handling sign-ups, dues payments, scheduling, or other functions, if you're the designated geek in your civic, industry, sports, or other organization, membership management software can make your life a whole lot easier. With the right membership management software, you'll be able to handle those tedious chores like event planning and management (including online registration) with ease.

Membership management software comes in all shapes and sizes, with most products running as hosted applications. Your organization's specific needs will determine the applications that make the short list. For example, email list management is considered an essential function by most organizations. But depending on the organization, there can be a great variety of additional requirements, from fund raising and donation management through polling, bulletin boards, e-commerce, advertising, and content management.

With so many applications on the market, sifting through the products can be a difficult task.

Pricing information on higher-end membership management software solutions can be hard to come by ... the developers typically ask you to fill out a contact form to request a quote.

MemberClicks is one of the handful of membership management software providers that posts their fee schedule publicly. With MemberClicks, you'll pay a startup fee and monthly fees, based on the number of profiles in the database. MemberClicks startup fees can range from $300 to $1,500+; the monthly fees run from $35 (50 members or less) through $340+ (15,001-25,000 members).

Other developers offering membership management software include: ARC Solutions (MAP), IRM Systems, Schipul (Tendenci), Advanced Solutions (iMIS), Avectra (netFORUM), Omni Solutions (OmniSAM), CSI Software (eMember), LocalVoice, 123Signup, and Sporg.

And if you're a FileMaker user, you may want to look into ebase, a "community-built and community-supported software" that was created by nonprofits for nonprofits" ...