The longer answer.
A membership site is the older term for what's now often called a paid community or subscription-content product. The defining feature is recurring billing in exchange for ongoing access — distinct from a one-time course purchase. Membership sites exist on a spectrum from content-heavy (Substack-style) to community-heavy (Skool-style) to service-heavy (mastermind groups). Kavieo handles all three through its subscription-content + paid-community product types.
Priyanshu Kumar — Founder of Kavieo
Part of the Kavieo Creator Economy Glossary, written from inside the platform. Cross-references to related terms below.
A subscription or one-time-purchase community where members pay for access to channels, conversations, or curated content — like Discord, but monetized.
Recurring-billing content — paid newsletters, premium feeds, member-only video drops — opposite of one-time purchase.
A platform that lets creators run subscription-content businesses without Patreon's 8-12% take rate.