Monster Meltdown is an online marketplace that sells monster-sized design collections that web designers can use for inspiration in their projects. One of my first challenges when I conceived of the site was finding a membership system that would let me control access to content.
My first instinct was to consider the typical e-commerce systems, but they’re not set up to connect with user management, at least not in a complex way. Furthermore, while traditional e-commerce can sell digital content, it is by no means a practical platform for publishing large amounts of content online.
On the flip side, systems that are set up to handle user membership and management are typically geared toward ...
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