Every file still goes out by hand
Without a members-only shelf, the same PDF is mailed again and again. People who have left, or whose access has expired, still receive it.
Membership & Matching
A place only members can read — and listings that connect people.
Members-only files for professionals, sign-up and roles, and sites where people meet through listings and applications. We draw the member boundary first, then the screens. Who may see, who may edit, and how far operators step in are cut down to a version you can start small.
Sign-upRolesMembers-onlyList & apply
Problems that show up in practice
Login exists, roles do not
If everyone sees the same screen, operator editing reaches members. A membership site that does not split viewers from editors leaves room for accidents.
Connecting people still depends on introductions
Professionals, or buyers and suppliers, are meant to meet, but the real system is introductions and a spreadsheet. Without a listing-and-apply shape, there is no history either.
Functions that are usually needed
The member boundary
Sign-up, email check, login, password reset, leave. Members and visitors see different pages. Time-limited invites and operator approval before an account goes live are available. For professional libraries, what you can read can follow role or affiliation.
Listings and applications
When people should meet, listing, search, apply, and operator approval sit in one sequence. Messaging does not have to open wide on day one; a handoff of applications is enough. Roles, an audit log, and personal-data handling are decided before screens.
Cost, in outline
- Build
- Quoted after we hear the brief
- Sequence
- The member boundary can ship first; listings and apply can wait for a later stage
If a figure is listed, it excludes tax. Expected members, kinds of roles, and whether a member list already exists change the scope.
What the first call covers
Who may become a member, what only members may see, whether operators approve, and whether a roster or payments already exist. Before the word “matching,” we put the boundary between people and information into sentences.
Questions we hear
Can you start with members-only files and no matching?
Yes. We can start with sign-up, login, roles, and members-only pages, and add matching later.
Can members contact each other directly?
We set the intensity: listing and apply handoff, optional messaging, or operator approval before anything is public.
Do you publish a starting price?
We quote after we hear the brief. Expected members, kinds of roles, and whether listings exist change the scope. We cut a smallest useful version in the first call.
We cut the member boundary with you.
First consult and a rough quote are free. We look at the files you send today and who should become a member, then decide what to build first.