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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 Developer Program
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 a waitlist and solicit feedback from experienced developers who A) are currently using Memberstack 1.0, or B) are industry-leaders in building web apps and websites.
Launch day & process
Learn more here.
Please leave your concerns, comments, and feedback below!
Naitik Mehta
in progress
Hey all!
Big Update:
We are moving full-steam ahead with inviting Developers from our waitlist into the 2.0 Beta. 🔥🔥🔥The Webflow package is also underway and in development.
We'll be sending out
thousands
of 2.0 invites to everyone on the waitlist (starting with developers) and the Beta invites are already on the way. Keep an eye out on your inbox! 😍Activity
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Aaron Rolston
If you guys manage to launch this before Webflow's Memberships feature, you'll secure TONS of new customers, guaranteed (myself included) — stoked for this!
Matthias Solberghe
Been waiting for this for such a long time, wondering why I haven't received a beta invite after being on the list for months? :/
Naitik Mehta
Matthias Solberghe: I understand that it's been a while – we're trying our best. We're starting to send out Webflow invites in the next week or two, so I'll note down your name to fast track 🙌
Matthias Solberghe
Naitik Mehta: Thanks for the reply and the work you all are doing, didn't mean to sound so pushy!
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Johan Karlsson
Naitik Mehta: Could you add my name too? :)
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Crowdbuilding Tech
Naitik Mehta: could you add my name as well? We've been waiting for months :(
Naitik Mehta
in progress
Hey all!
Big Update:
We are moving full-steam ahead with inviting Developers from our waitlist into the 2.0 Beta. 🔥🔥🔥The Webflow package is also underway and in development.
We'll be sending out
thousands
of 2.0 invites to everyone on the waitlist (starting with developers) and the Beta invites are already on the way. Keep an eye out on your inbox! 😍John Matias
Naitik Mehta: Super excited for the update! 🤓
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Timothy Rochon
Naitik Mehta: This is fantastic news! I knew you'd pull it off. I have been waiting for Webflow to release their membership system, but we may not see that for a while and I'm becoming more and more impatient, so hearing this very reassuring. Keep up the good work!
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Crowdbuilding Tech
Any news on 2.0? Would love to join the developer beta if possible.
Naitik Mehta
Crowdbuilding Tech: Invites are on the way through our waitlist! Webflow package is also under development — keep your eyes peeled for invites over the next month 💯
Naitik Mehta
in progress
Quick progress update: We're officially in a private
Developer Beta
with a handful of developers starting this week. 💯Our next milestone is to move into a private
Alpha for Webflow users
, so we'll keep you posted on updates. Thank you all for being patient, we promise it'll be worth the wait! 🙌T
Timothy Rochon
Naitik Mehta: You guys have done a great thing! I never lost faith that you'd pull this off!
Naitik Mehta
Timothy Rochon: Ah thank you for your support, Timothy Rochon! We're super-duper excited.
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RC Powers
Naitik Mehta: Amazing communication! That's so refreshing!
Naitik Mehta
Ankit R: We're actively in a Developer Beta with 90 early users in our Slack channel for Developers that are testing out Memberstack 2.0 and actively sharing feedback so we can roll it out publicly once it's stable. 👍 Also inviting new folks from the waitlist each week, so keep an eye out on your inbox! :)
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Shem Freeze
Naitik Mehta: Anymore updates now that we are into December?
Naitik Mehta
Shem Freeze: No further updates at the moment, still testing in Beta with developers and working on our Webflow package now. I'd estimate that we'll be able to share more updates in Jan! 🙌
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Dhawal Nayak
Naitik Mehta: Keen to hear if we've had any process on this front?
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William Barber
Dhawal Nayak: same, am making some decisions about my own no code tech stack and would love to see what memberstack 2.0 has to offer before I go with a different option
Naitik Mehta
Dhawal Nayak: ✅ 😎
Naitik Mehta
William Barber: Make sure you're signed up on the waitlist — I don't think I see your name on it yet. Invites for developers are rolling, shortly followed by Webflow invites.
Naitik Mehta
Merged in a post:
Launch modals via JavaScript
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Ryan Smith
Since I'm using a client-side rendered react app, I need to call the "MemberStack.reload()" function in order for your js to properly register to elements that react adds to the page.
This works, but probably would be a lot cleaner/easier if I could just launch the modal directly via JS instead of having to reload memberstack every time react re-renders a new button that has a link to MS functionality.
Naitik Mehta
Ryan Smith totally understand — which is why we're building 2.0 that comes with a lot more support for developers building React apps.
Have you signed up here yet? :) https://www.memberstack.com/developer-program
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Stephen Mahadeo
Will MemberStack 2.0 have the ability to use JS Frameworks like Gatsby, VueJS, Angular, and React etc. ? Currently you can with MemberStack 1.0 but its sorta hacky when it comes to routing. Memberstack needs to be reloaded every time and its not a smooth process when it also some to hiding and showing gated elements or pages. Hopefully MS2.0 can address this.
Naitik Mehta
Stephen Mahadeo: Totally agree, Stephen! Good news is...yes, yes and yes! Be sure to sign up for the Developer Program if you haven't already. 😁
Meanwhile, this article has a handy tip that might help integrate 1.0 with React, Vue, etc. 🙌
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Stephen Mahadeo
Naitik Mehta: I did sign up! Can't wait for MS2.0
Naitik Mehta
Stephen Mahadeo: Us too! We're working super hard on bringing it to life. 🙏
Naitik Mehta
Merged in a post:
Improve development speed by migrating our dashboard to React.
Duncan Hamra
1) The problem/situation → Memberstack's dashboard lives inside of Webflow. This was useful when Tyler and I were a 2-man team with plenty of time for things that didn't scale. This is no longer the case!! It's impossible to scale, testing is difficult, there are workarounds for days, and most importantly it's slowing us down.
2) Why is this important → Our product roadmap and development speed have a huge impact on our users' product roadmaps.
We need to be able to release features as quickly as possible.
3) Possible solutions →
✅ Raise money to hire people
✅ Hire another backend/full stack engineer
✅ Hire a frontend engineer
🤔 Hire more engineers (leaning yes)
⏲️ Rebuild the entire front-end in React (In progress)
Naitik Mehta
in progress
2.0 is currently in Developer Alpha, with a goal to move into Developer Beta over the next quarter. 🎉
View more details on our rollout plan in the post below. 🙌
- We are currently in Developer Alpha, and have pushed some major updates internally with a plan to move into Developer Beta in the next quarter.
- Once we’re in Developer Beta, we will iterate on the experience for a few weeks to months (relative to initial feedback from developers) to have a rock-solid foundation before we move into a 2.0 Alpha for Webflow users.
- We are also actively hiring 2 more TypeScript engineers (links) to speed up development — would love to get your help to find the right folks quickly. 🙏
To align everyone on expectations — a public launch of the full release product will definitely not be before August. We’ll be slowly letting folks on the waitlist (Developer Program) try the Alpha & Beta versions of the product to actively collect feedback from the community.
As we’ve mentioned before, it’s really difficult for us to promise any exact timelines. In building product, we’ve learned that ‘unknown unknowns’ or trickiest cases/bugs are bound to come up in the 11th hour, so we’re being careful to not set false expectations by trying to predict a moving target.
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