What do you use to create a membership site?

I would recommend checking out Webflow for the front-end as nothing really compares in terms of design flexibility. Plus they have an incredible CRM to manage all of your content.

I would then hook this up to Memberstack which will allow you to manage subscriptions and lock/unlock pages depending upon sign in status. I use both of these for DesignJoy.co, though it isn't a membership site like the one you're creating.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Come check out https://trypico.com! Lots of options for signups and payments – no need for a website yet either (we're CMS agnostic but have pre-built signup and payment/user account landing pages).

Our Crowdstack platform could be a fit! https://crowdstack.com

I'm a big, big fan of Circle.

I haven't created any sites as such but heard good things about Memberstack and Memberspace. If you are planning to build a community around your course, getting people to talk and looking to have support conversation between people, try using Circle (circle.so) and Memberstack/Memberspace. It's a great combination.

I guess if you are thinking of course or so you should definitely try to sell on Gumroad. People love Gumroad.

https://memberful.com/ is worth a look I think. Also, the courses could live on a standalone service like https://teachable.com/ 😊

It's worth having a look at:
https://playgroup.community/
https://comradery.com/
http://circle.so/
https://www.mightynetworks.com/

What sort of features are you looking for?