In reviewing Paybox – and actually working with it – I’d say that the first impressions are excellent. It has strong capabilities and functionality and the price is very affordable.

But second impressions are a little different. The manual leaves a lot to be desired. It tells you how to install the plugin, but it doesn’t tell you how to use it, or what to watch out for. And if you’ve never installed this kind of thing before you could soon get overwhelmed.

I’ve been installing software for over 30 years and I struggled with this. Not because the plugin is badly designed, or doesn’t work, but simply because the information you need isn’t readily at hand. And the hints and tips that are promised are ‘coming soon’. I don’t know when soon is, but I do know that if I want to buy a plugin today, I want to use it today.

I have more to say about the plugin in the other posts, but despite these initial apparently negative comments I would recommend this plugin to anyone who is looking for a cheap way to create a membership site.

Later posts will compare this solution with other membership scripts.

It’s no surprise that blogs are very popular these days. Almost everyone has one (or more) and almost everyone else will have one. But when you get past the fact that they’re good for telling the world about your hobby, or getting some search engine love from the likes of Google, can you make money from a blog?

Well, lots of people already do.  And there is a plugin called Paybox that aims to help you make more money by making some parts of your blog only available to your paid members.

After all, if you’re offering valuable content it has a worth and Paybox aims to make the process of getting paid for that content easy and automatic.

This blog reviews the Paybox membership plugin for Wordpress from start to finish, warts and all.