Three Scopes, Chosen Honestly
A membership website,
scoped to what you actually need.
A public marketing site, a configured third-party membership platform, or a custom member portal — three genuinely different scopes. We help you pick the right one instead of defaulting to the most complex.
Prateeksha designs membership websites in Mumbai across three distinct scopes: a public membership marketing website, configuration of an existing third-party membership platform, or a custom member portal requiring separate application discovery. Payment details are handled by an appropriate payment provider, not Prateeksha, and we do not certify PCI or other regulatory compliance. Member-data migration requires mapping, consent, reconciliation, rollback planning, and client acceptance — not a guaranteed downtime figure.
Where membership projects go wrong
Most membership-site conversations default to the most complex option before anyone checks if it's actually needed.
- 01
Scope blurred from day one
A public information page, a plugin setup, and a custom portal get treated as the same project — until the budget and timeline don't match.
- 02
Payment compliance misattributed
Builders sometimes claim their own "PCI compliance" — not accurate, since we do not certify PCI compliance ourselves; that certification belongs to the payment provider.
- 03
Migration risk understated
"Minimal downtime" promised for member and payment-record migration without a real mapping and rollback plan.
- 04
Authentication treated as an afterthought
Login and access control bolted on rather than built with real threat consideration and testing.
- 05
Subscription economics assumed, not scoped
Revenue and retention outcomes implied by the build itself, when they actually depend on the offer and how it's run.
What separating the scopes changes
Three real options, named honestly, so you commit to the right one.
We name the public marketing site, third-party platform configuration, and custom member portal as three distinct engagements — and recommend the smallest one that actually meets your need. Need a fully custom portal built? See our custom web application development page.
- A named, distinct scope — not a default "membership package"
- Payment handling by your chosen provider, never claimed as our own compliance
- A real migration plan — mapping, consent, reconciliation, rollback, your acceptance
- Authentication scoped and tested to the actual sensitivity of the platform
- Honest expectations about subscription economics, not a revenue promise
What's included
What a membership website engagement actually covers, per scope.
Feature detail varies by which of the three scopes fits your project.
Public marketing site
Public site
Third-party platform setup
Configuration
Custom portal (separately scoped)
Custom build
See application developmentPayment provider integration
Your provider
Migration planning
Migration
Authentication & access control
Security-scoped
Ongoing maintenance
Care plans
Explore maintenanceHow we scope a membership project
Identify the real scope first, then build only what's needed.
The same honest sequence whether you land on the public site, a plugin setup, or a custom portal.
Discover
We ask what the membership actually needs to do before proposing a platform.
Name the scope
Public site, third-party configuration, or custom portal — named explicitly, not assumed.
Plan migration & payments
If needed: a real migration plan and a chosen payment provider, not a guessed-at process.
Build & test
Authentication and access control tested to the sensitivity of what you are protecting.
Launch & support
Ongoing updates through our standard maintenance service — no invented SLA figure.
What changes
A default 'membership package' vs. a scope chosen for your actual need.
Both can end in a working membership website. The difference is whether you paid for — and got — the right one.
Choose your starting point
Three genuinely different scopes — pick the one that matches your need.
Naming the right scope upfront avoids paying for complexity you don't need, or under-scoping something that does need a custom build.
Smallest scope
Public membership marketing site
Information, pricing, and sign-up links — no member login system required.
- Membership information & pricing pages
- Sign-up links to your chosen platform
- CMS access for content updates
- SEO foundations
Recommended
Third-party platform configuration
Configuration of an existing membership plugin or hosted tool to your requirements.
- Platform selection and configuration
- Payment provider integration
- Migration planning, if needed
- Access control matched to your content
Separate scope
Custom member portal
Bespoke authentication, gated content logic, and a member database — a distinct application project.
- Application discovery, separately scoped
- Custom authentication and access control
- Member database design
- See our custom web application development page
What's confirmed before any membership engagement begins
A named scope
Public site, third-party configuration, or custom portal — stated explicitly, not defaulted.
Payment provider clarity
Your chosen payment provider handles payment details and certification, stated plainly.
A real migration plan
Mapping, consent, reconciliation, rollback planning, and your acceptance — not a downtime guess.
Access control matched to risk
Authentication and authorization tested to what the platform actually protects.
CMS access
A way to update pricing, tier descriptions, and content without developer help, per scope.
An honest scope statement
Clarity on which of the three scopes you are paying for, so expectations match reality.
Not sure which scope fits your membership project?
Tell us what you're building — we'll recommend honestly, not sell the most complex option.
Share your current setup or a new project brief. You'll get a scoped estimate for the right one of the three membership scopes — with payment, migration, and access-control specifics confirmed in writing.
FAQs
Membership website design — frequently asked questions.
Straight answers on scope, payments, migration, and access control.
Need a custom member portal built, not just a platform configured? See our custom web application development page.
No — and treating it as one default package is a common mistake. We separate it into three real scopes: a public membership marketing website (information, pricing, sign-up links), configuration of an existing third-party membership platform (a plugin or hosted tool), or a custom member portal with bespoke authentication and gated content. We help you identify which one you actually need before quoting anything.
We won't promise that outcome. Subscription economics depend on your offer, audience, pricing, retention effort, support, and operations — not just the platform. What we deliver is a properly scoped site or portal; the business results depend on how you run the membership.
Payment details should be handled by an appropriate payment provider, not by Prateeksha directly — PCI compliance is certified by that provider, not by us. We integrate with the payment provider you choose, but we do not certify PCI or any other regulatory compliance ourselves.
We don't guarantee a downtime figure. Member-data migration is a genuinely careful process — it requires mapping your existing data, handling consent correctly, reconciling records, planning a rollback if something goes wrong, and your explicit acceptance of the migrated result before we consider it complete.
These are real options within the third-party-platform and custom-portal scopes, but we won't claim any of them as a guaranteed working integration in advance — the right fit depends on your existing stack and requirements, and needs to be confirmed during discovery before we commit to a specific tool.
Authentication and authorization require a threat-appropriate implementation and real testing — we don't assume a login system is secure by default just because it exists. The right approach depends on what you're protecting and who the platform serves, and is scoped accordingly.
For the public marketing site and most third-party platform configurations, yes — you get access to update pricing, tier descriptions, and content. For a custom portal, the same applies, scoped to whatever admin tooling is built as part of that project.
That's the smallest of the three scopes, and often the right starting point — a public membership marketing site with pricing, sign-up links, and information, without building a member login system at all. Tell us your situation honestly and we'll recommend the right scope rather than the most complex one.
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