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Memberstack 2.0
in progress
Duncan Hamra
We're rebuilding Memberstack, launching a small private beta for developers, and releasing a 10x more powerful version of Memberstack.
We're rebuilding Memberstack (In progress)
We've learned so much over the last 2-years, and it's time to rebuild.
1.0 was a great MVP, but it's simply not able to scale with our team. It's going to take a few months, but Memberstack 2.0 will ship with new functionality like multiple membership plans, permissions, and more advanced APIs. In addition to those massive new features, we're going to be a 100x better place (not an exaggeration) to work on features like social login, a Paypal, OAuth, more UI's, more front-end packages for frameworks like React and Vue, and so on!
During this time we'll focus our development efforts on launching 2.0, get feedback from professionals who've been building with user auth and payments for years, and invest our non-technical time into hiring more product people.
Releasing 2.0 is our primary focus
We'll need time to replicate all of Memberstack's existing functionality in version 2.0. This sucks. But it's the only path we can see at this point if we want to get to the rest of our roadmap in a reasonable amount of time.
This sucks because most of our development resources will need to go into version 2.0. It's quite likely that you, our current customers, won't see any major feature releases until migration day. Which, should feel like feature Christmas. In the meantime, we'll continue to support all of our existing customers, fix bugs, expand the team, and find other ways to be of service.
Launching a tiny Beta for feedback
We've learned a TON over the last 2ish years, and plan to incorporate all of those learnings into 2.0. We know what to build, but we also know constant feedback is essential when building a product that's usable and actually useful.
To keep things efficient while still receiving a steady stream of feedback we've decided to launch an extremely limited beta group for experienced developers who A) are currently using Memberstack 1.0, or B) Have a ridiculous amount of experience building web apps and websites.
Launch day & process
Learn more here.
Please leave your concerns, comments, and feedback below!
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Evan Joyal
This should be a game changer. Memberstack is great but it is missing a lot of key functionality, especially in the way of user authorization. (building dashboards for client-worker relationships to work together)
I assume the new memberstack should make this possible? It's not possible afaik, or at least not easily.
Most important question: WHEN? When can we expect 2.0 to come out? Of course you don't know for sure but is this something that will take a few months or a year+?
Also please... PLEASE.. will there be a way to process payments in escrow between site users?
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Please incorporate PayU or other payment gateways that do not ignore the latin American market like Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia. Big markets with payment gateways that are always ignored.
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Michael Badger
Would like to know if 2.0 will allow for more common ecommerce functionality beyond memberships? I really want to consolidate all of my single products purchased by members under one platform. I do not sell memberships but each member has a unique dashboard and gated content based on the products they purchase.
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mike gilger
We have a community going live on March 20th, and I am building everything now. How much will change between Feb. 21 - March 20th? And will 2.0 launching cause issues with 1.0 being live?
Duncan Hamra
@mike gilger: Hey Mike! We don't expect to launch Launch 2.0 before March 20th. The 2.0 launch will not cause issues with 1.0 being live. We have a few different plans at this point, but all of them are very intentional about not causing any issues for 1.0 customers who are happy with 1.0. There may be some minor website side updates required, but we'll share more as we get closer to the migration.
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mike gilger
@Duncan Hamra: thank you, very excited to see whats next
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Bruno Boehm
@Duncan Hamra: will 2.0 also integrate changes to the backend (e.g. bulk update/delete of members)? Have a specific client site in mind planned for end of March that could benefit from 2.0, hope this planning can hold!
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Alex Kisielewski
Hey - was wondering if Team Billing was going to be included in 2.0? Will be a game changer if/when this becomes available. New to Memberstack and so far been super impressed. Excited to see the new features. thanks, Alex
Duncan Hamra
@Alex Kisielewski: It won't be built in from the start, but we'll be in a much better place to add it. No ETA at this point. The speed at which we can build/release it will depend on how successfully we hire over the coming months.
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make give live
I'm keen to be part of the beta if possible. It would also be good to know if you have any plans in 2.0 to include real-time notifications; who's online, a person from NZ just signed up etc.
I'll be using memberstack in webflow btw and it would be good to see an integration of pusher if possible or something similar.
Thanks
Jonathan
Duncan Hamra
@make give live: Hello hello! First off, super excited to hear you want to join the beta 😁 If you haven't already, be sure to sign up here.
For your other Q about real time notifications, would something like Google analytics help you solve part of that problem? Or are you imagining realtime notifications via email, slack, text, etc.?
Corey Haines
Is the beta reserved for developers? E.g. I'm not a developer but would love to be an early adopter. 🤓
Duncan Hamra
@Corey Haines: Yes, the beta will be reserved for developers (for now).
We'd really like to form a more general beta once the migration is complete so we can get new stuff in front of you all the time 😁 in the meantime, I'll share prototypes & mock ups in response to new posts on this website.
I'm curious, what is it about being an early adopter that gets you excited?? I bet we can find some other ways to help each other out!
Corey Haines
@Duncan Hamra: Great! Just wanted to make sure.
Personally I'm just insanely impatient so I want all the new stuff as soon as it's ready 😅 but I also love having a say in the roadmap and UI/UX based on my use cases. Super fun!! I'm empathetic to startups so I like giving constructive feedback rather than straight criticizing. 😉
Duncan Hamra
@Corey Haines: Thanks for explaining. 😊 I knew why
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wanted you to join our beta, but figured I'd ask. You've been one of the most giving and open people we've had the good fortune to meet since starting Memberstack! We seriously appreciate you. I just hope we can find ways to return the favor! At the very least, pass it forward.
Corey Haines
@Duncan Hamra: You all are too kind! Excited to be a tiny part of the journey.
Duncan Hamra
in progress
Making steady progress toward a limited beta release.
Once the private beta is live, we'll start moving missing features from 1.0 → 2.0.