Sell access to your resource library

Anything you can put on a WordPress page or upload to the media library. Common examples: design templates (Figma, Canva, Notion), copywriting swipe files, business frameworks and SOPs, PDF guides and workbooks, video tutorials and archives, code snippets and starter projects, photography and illustration packs, prompt libraries, research databases. If members can read it, watch it, or download it from your site, you can put it behind the paywall.

Members can do both. Upload files to the WordPress media library and link to them from a restricted page; only logged-in members can reach the page, and from there they download files normally. For larger video archives, most resource libraries embed video from a host like Vimeo or YouTube (unlisted) on a restricted page. The mechanism is “page is restricted, contents flow naturally from there” rather than per-file access control.

This is the core advantage of the subscription model: as long as a member’s subscription is active, they get access to everything in the library — including everything you add later. New resources you publish to restricted pages or categories are immediately available to existing members, with no extra purchase. That’s also the pitch to potential members: “Subscribe today and get the current library plus everything I add for as long as you’re a member.”

Yes, but as one tier — not as multiple paid tiers. The clean approach is to leave free resources on public pages (anyone can find and use them, often a great way to attract new members) and put premium resources on restricted pages (only paying members can access them). If you need three or more paid tiers with different content per tier, a more complex membership platform is a better fit.

Different business model. Selling templates one at a time is transactional: each customer buys once, you stop earning from them, and you have to keep finding new customers to keep revenue flat. A subscription library compounds: customers pay every month or year as long as they find value, your revenue grows as you add resources and members, and your relationship with members is ongoing rather than one-shot. The trade-off is the upfront work — you need enough resources at launch to justify the subscription, and you need to keep adding to keep churn low.