Paid membership with annual fee and renewal

Elements

The pieces this function usually contains in a large organisation:

• Member types (individual, business, household card)
• Annual fee billing and renewal
• Upgrade tiers with reward
• Membership card at gate and lane

Catalog items that already cover part of it

• Subscription / recurring sale RET-0037

What is not described

annual membership fee and renewal.

Classification

Status

Present partially

Fit

Element candidate

Suggested module

New module (suggested): Paid membership

Suggested attributes

Pro; priority Optional; optional online action. Starting points only.

Cluster

Loyalty, membership and customer data

Public excerpts

S01, S02, S25, S12

Archetypes and companies

Membership and subscription businesses; Big-box, warehouse club and mass merchants; Online marketplaces and subscription commerce.

Example companies in these archetypes: Costco, Sam's Club, Walmart+, Amazon Prime, Planet Fitness, Walmart, Target, BJ's Wholesale Club, Meijer, Amazon, Wayfair, Chewy. These come from general knowledge unless a source code is shown on the archetype page; it is not a statement that each company runs every element, and it implies no relationship.

Closest industry pages

• Fitness, sports clubs and recreation
• Salons, spas and personal care services
• Vending, kiosks and unattended retail
• General merchandise and big-box stores
• Grocery and supermarkets
• E-commerce and omnichannel retail

Previous: Loyalty liability and breakage accounting. Next: Membership benefit bundles (delivery, fuel, scan-and-go).

Status is a hand review against catalog names and descriptions and can be wrong. See the method.