Constellation for WooCommerce
by
Kestrel
A flexible, WooCommerce memberships platform to support publishers, purchasing clubs, online learning, associations, and more.
Create and grow your community
Build purchasing clubs, trade associations, online learning centers, content paywalls, member directories, and more — create your community exactly how you envisioned it. No need to use a separate app for member management: create perfect harmony between your website, online store, and membership platform.
Constellation is a powerful, all-in-one WooCommerce membership solution — one that can work alongside thousands of WordPress plugins to create a site that’s truly unique.
Your brand, content, and products — unified
Whether the membership “perk” you offer is content access, exclusive event tickets, course access, listings in a directory, store discounts, or special products (or something we haven’t even imagined yet!), you can create that membership with WordPress + WooCommerce.
Just some of the ways Constellation is used…
- Retailers drive recurring revenue by offering store discounts for members. Sell a $99 per year membership and give members 10% off your store — use memberships to create loyal customers and dependable recurring revenue.
- Publishers create content paywalls to sign up new subscribers for access to articles or blog posts. They can even use content dripping for access to older content, so members unlock access over time, vs getting everything at signup.
- Podcasts can protect their recordings or videos to provide extra content to subscribers, boosting support for a free podcast or show.
- Communities or companies create locked, member-only stores (or categories) that require membership to make purchases. Use exclusivity to keep your members happy, or to drive new subscriptions that unlock special access.
- Online educators protect their course content and drip out access to new lessons over time. They can even offer products, forums, supplementary videos, or certifications only to learners.
- Guilds or hobby communities connect their members by creating private listings of all members who have signed up, with their content information. Some even create private forums, boards, or direct messages1 to help members get in touch with one another.
- B2B sellers can create discounts for wholesalers, to give them a percentage discount on all purchases throughout the store. Constellation works seamlessly alongside tiered discount plugins, too (like Dynamic Pricing) so you can also create quantity-based discounts.
- Event sites can require free sign up to get early access to tickets, or keep the best seats available to members only by protecting product purchases.
1We recommend using bbPress or BuddyPress (both free!) to offer enhanced member communities. Constellation supports both of them out of the box.
Top capabilities
Highlights that are most-used in Constellation for WooCommerce membership sites:
Flexible billing
Sell products via one-time or automatic recurring billing, including free trials.
Profile fields
Add custom fields to let members build their profile, or keep admin-only records.
Member discounts
Create product, category, or store-wide discounts for members.
Content dripping
Schedule access to content or perks over time to improve member retention.
Tools for your memberships toolbelt
Constellation’s full set of features helps you build the membership site of your dreams.
- No limits: create an unlimited number of plans, sign up an unlimited number of members
- Sell memberships with one-time payments, recurring billing, or installment plans
- Give away memberships for free by granting access for registration or for free purchases
- Use free trials to let members try before buying — you can even delay some perks until after the trial period
- Compatible with WooCommerce Subscriptions to enhance recurring billing even more, adding prorated upgrade & downgrade paths
- Create paywalls for blog posts, pages, products, and custom content types (like forums, videos, portfolios, podcasts, and more)
- Use content dripping to unlock member perks over time, retaining members for longer
- Reward members with discounts store-wide or for specific products
- Show a directory of members publicly on protected pages to advertise your roster
- Enrich member profiles with custom fields (for admins only, or to display in your directory)
- Save churn and win back expired members with baked-in member emails
- Easily manage members in bulk through your member list or import / export tools
- Offer free shipping rates specifically for active members
How to Get Started
- Buy this extension 🙂
- Download and install the Constellation .zip file into your WooCommerce store
- Complete the onboarding wizard to create a plan for member access and perks
- That’s it! Sit back and enjoy building your community!