CCBill, Epoch, or Verotel will provide a basic setup for people to join
and log in. It works fine to start. f you want to have an affiliate program,
where you pay people to advertise your site, CCbill will provide a basic
one which lots of people use. For a better affiliate program, look at
NATS and MAS. NATS and MAS cost a few bucks, so only get them
when you're read for a bigger affiliate program. If you didn't already
know what NATS and MAS are, you are NOT ready for them. Slow down,
save your money right now, and spend that money later when you know
the business better and know what you need to spend it on. Despite what
was suggested above, MAS doesn't have anything to do with people logging
in, really, it' s an affiliate program system, which you won't be ready for for at
least six months, probably for two years.
What's lacking with the basic log in system provided by CCBill and
other processors is any kind of security. After a few months people will
start posting user names and passwords to your site on password sites.
Also people will use programs which keep guessing user names and
passwords until they get one that works. This can be stopped with a
secure log in system. That'll run you $150 and we don't know how tight
your budget is starting out. We do know that people can;t post your members'
user names and passwords when you don't yet HAVE any members, so if
the budget is super tight put this on the calendar for three months from now
when you really need it.. See this thread:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showthread.php?t=876712
Ray