Can I build this site easily in WordPress?

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  alexanderfsmi · Member · Feb 10, 2023 at 1:28 am

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  Hi,

  My company is interested in making a website with the functionality of this site: https://fanthejam.com/, and I was wondering if you can let me know if this would be possible to build on WordPress?

  We need to create a page for each of our artists, where they can sign into the page (e.g. https://fanthejam.com/theabrams/register-login/).

  The artists must be able to somehow post content onto their site.

  The artists need to be able to charge subscribers a custom amount, and then the subscribers get an account where they can log in and view the page with the artist’s content.

  Thanks,
  Alex

  WP.com: Yes
  Jetpack: No
  Correct account: Yes

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  staff-95percentghost · Staff · Feb 10, 2023 at 1:11 pm

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  Hi Alex! Thanks for posting. Just so we understand correctly, you’d intend for each artist to be able to set their own custom fees? Were you also thinking of charging some kind of commission for the artists to host their content with you?

  In general on WordPress.com you’d generally want the Business plan so you can take full advantage of installing plugins which add functionality to the site (e.g. membership functionality):

  • https://en.support.wordpress.com/plan-features/business-plan/
  • https://wordpress.com/support/tutorials/decision-guide-to-build-a-membership-website/#third-party-plugins

  There are a lot of plugins out there, all made by different people! There are both membership plugins as mentioned above, and ‘vendor’ plugins exist too, to allow other people to sell their content via your site – it’s important to make sure that your membership/subscription and vendor plugins work together.

  As an example, the WooCommerce plugin has extensions which can take it from a store to a membership website with recurring subscriptions and restricted content:

  • https://en.support.wordpress.com/introduction-to-woocommerce/
  • https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-memberships/?aff=80393
    • Also integrates with bbPress, a forum plugin for WordPress, so certain forums/topics can be restricted: https://woocommerce.com/document/woocommerce-memberships-bbpress-integration/
  • https://woocommerce.com/products/woocommerce-subscriptions/?aff=80393

  I should also mention in case it might be useful for you, we do have a Built by WordPress.com service to get the site set up for you, it includes a consultation process to find out what you’d need in more detail so we can make sure to get all the ‘moving part’s nailed down:
  https://builtbywp.com/?utm_campaign=happiness