Offer Restrictions for Non-Members

[jhmcglobal]

We are looking to implement a membership subscription to our shopify store which will give members access to:
1. Free delivery 
2. Access to subscribe to monthly product subscription offers 
3. % off each product price

My question is, what apps or features would I need to add in order to make this possible without making the site slow/clunky etc. Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated 

[goldi07]

Hello @jhmcglobal To implement a membership subscription with the features you're looking for without compromising your Shopify store's performance, there are several apps and features you can use to achieve a smooth and efficient setup. Here's a breakdown of the key components you'll need:

1. Free Delivery for Members
To give members access to free delivery:

. Shopify Plus: If you're on Shopify Plus, you can set up free shipping as part of your membership benefits directly through the shipping settings.

. App Options:

. "Advanced Shipping Rules": Allows you to set up specific shipping rules based on customer tags or membership plans.

. "Better Shipping": Custom shipping rules that could also enable free shipping for members.

These apps allow you to create shipping rules based on customer tags, which can be assigned to members.

2. Access to Monthly Product Subscription Offers
For managing a subscription system:

. "ReCharge Subscriptions": A highly popular and powerful app for offering product subscriptions. It integrates well with Shopify and offers flexibility for monthly subscriptions.

. "Bold Subscriptions": Another great subscription management app that offers recurring orders and discounts, plus it works seamlessly with Shopify.

. "Smash Subscriptions": Another subscription app that focuses on ease of use and also integrates well with Shopify for offering monthly plans.

These apps allow you to control subscription-based offers and let members have exclusive access to these products. They also allow for product-based subscription options.

3. Discounts for Members (e.g., % off each product price)
To offer exclusive discounts to members:

. "Discounted Pricing by SpurIT": This app allows you to create different pricing tiers, including discounts for members based on their membership plan.

. "Bold Custom Pricing": Great for creating specific discounts for members while keeping the store speed optimized.

. "Shopify's Built-in Discounts": You can manually create discount codes for members based on customer tags, though this would require more manual setup than an app like the ones mentioned above.

General Performance Tips:
. Avoid Overloading Your Store with Too Many Apps: Stick to the essential apps that serve your core functions and optimize your store for speed.

. Use Fast, Optimized Themes: The theme you use will have a significant impact on your store’s performance. For instance, the Dawn theme is optimized for speed and can work well with most apps.

. CDN and Image Optimization: Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and optimize your images using tools like Shopify's built-in image optimizer or apps like "TinyIMG" to keep your store fast.

. App Performance: Make sure to check the reviews and do a performance check (either through Google PageSpeed or Shopify’s Performance tools) to ensure that the apps you choose won’t slow down the site.

Extra Features to Consider:
. Membership Management: For managing your members, apps like "Memberships by Bold" or "Gift Memberships" could help control access to exclusive content, discounts, and other benefits.

Final Considerations:
. If you're aiming for a smooth, fast user experience, choose apps that are highly rated, well-maintained, and lightweight. Also, test for performance regularly, especially after installing new apps.

By combining these apps and setting up the membership system carefully, you can ensure a smooth experience for your members and avoid any performance issues.

Thank you 😊

[Beast_Boy]

if you want to roll out your membership perks seamlessly, u can pair a membership app like Bold Memberships or AAA Memberships to handle tiers and tagging.

also add a subscription tool, Recharge or Shopify’s native Subscriptions to power those monthly offers.

some of the app use an auto-discount/free-shipping solution (Shopify Functions or Scripts on Plus) that tags members and applies their benefits at checkout.

These options are lightweight and battle-tested, so your site stays zippy. Let me know if you’d like help setting any of them up! 😊

[jhmcglobal]

Thank you for taking the time to answer our question! It is really appreciated. 

[Abel_Lesle]

@jhmcglobal , 

Lesle this side from the Dollarlabs team, we help brands run better promotions and solve for repeat purchases. A membership is quite a battle-tested approach to drive repeat purchases on the store and the benefits you listed are pretty significant and adds value to the customer.

You'd need the following tools / apps to get such a program setup. 

• Subscription app - Shopify subscriptions / Loop subscriptions (ex) / any other app 
• Discount app - Dollarlabs Ultimate Discounts

The steps you'd need to follow with each are listed below 

1. Set up a product on a subscription selling plan using the subscription app of choice - and set it so that it tags the customer based on the plan purchased. (tag is auto removed when the subscription is cancelled)
   
   Reference screengrab attached from Loop Subscriptions which already has this option inbuilt.
   

   
   You could also use other options like recurpay / subify and others which might have similar functionality out of the box

2. Configure a automatic discount on "Dollarlabs: Ultimate Discounts" - which automatically gives a % / $ amount based on the customer tag set, Here's a screengrab that shows how it works. You can even setup tier break discounts on top of the membership discount and show the final price on collection/product / cart/checkout pages
   
   
   

   For the special subscription offers, you can set these up as well as a extra discount on top of the regular subscribe and save for the members only.

If this guide is helpful, please feel free to give it a like / mark as a solution so others can also find value from the same.

Thank you

[Abel_Lesle]

@jhmcglobal since this reply, I was actually able to record a video walkthrough of how one can set up membership pricing on their Shopify store. 

It's hosted on YouTube and also has a bit of code that helps you achieve most of the functionality for free. 

[jhmcglobal]

Thank you for taking the time to answer our question! It is really appreciated.

[Abel_Lesle]

@jhmcglobal , hope you were able to get an answer from the forums / someplace else.

Wish you the very best,