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Features Matrix

 

How does ClubExpress compare with the current way you're doing things? The following matrix lists the major features in ClubExpress. Use it to compare us with other online services or your old way:


 

Description

The ClubExpress Way

Your Current Way

Public Web Site

 

Access using your own domain name(s)

Yes

Access without your own domain name

Yes

Select look and feel from built-in templates, or use a custom template for a unique look and feel

Yes

Create web content without being a programmer

Yes

Custom page header designer

Yes

Home page designer

Yes

Home page content for non-members only, or members only, or everyone

Yes

  Interactive menu builder for public and members-only menus, including support for submenus and separators

Yes 

 
Custom pages

Yes (Unlimited)

Custom photo pages

Yes (Unlimited)

New member signup through website

Yes

Automatically optimized for search engines

Yes

 
Members Only
Login to private web site

Yes

Optional "Remember Me" on this computer - automatic login

Yes

Individual Profile screens to update member information, including photo and bio

Yes

Customizable profile fields

Yes

Membership directory with search features

Yes

  Link to a member's social networking page (Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter)

Yes

 
Automatically download info to a local contact manager

Yes

Complete transaction and payment history

Yes

Complete event history with attendance

Yes

For family or business memberships, primary member updates information on secondary and tertiary members

Yes

Members control what information to show

Yes

Recover lost username and password

Yes

 
Special Purpose Modules
Benefits of Membership

Yes

Member Interests and Affiliations

Yes

News

Yes

Committees (with support for sub-committees)

Yes

Donations (with support for multiple funds)

Yes

Frequently Asked Questions (tech-library module)

Yes

Events Calendar and online registration

Yes (see below)

Discussion Forums

Yes (see below)

Downloadable Documents

Yes (see below)

Surveys / Polls / Voting

Yes (see below)

E-Commerce Storefront

Yes (see below)

Photo pages index

Yes

Chapter Finder for multi-tier clubs

Yes

Membership Directory

Yes

 
Events Calendar
Multiple views (grid, month, week, day, filter, etc.)

Yes

Event details (description, location, directions, contact)

Yes

Automatically download events to your personal calendar

Yes

Calendar searching and filtering

Yes

Specify and track event capacity

Yes

Specify audience (members, non-members, companions)

Yes

Specify multi-level pricing and price change after date

Yes

Specify online registration options

Yes

Define event "rules" and cancellation policy

Yes

Configure events to allow partial payments

Yes

Event report and photos

Yes

Event categories with color coding and legend

Yes

Event registration and online payment

Yes

Multi-activity events, with individual pricing for each activity

Yes

Email event registrants, including sending on a future date

Yes

Track attendance

Yes

Track minimum annual attendance requirements (for community service clubs)

Yes

Event reports, including fees collected and attendees

Yes

Export event data to CSV/Excel for local processing

Yes

Optional event agreement for all registrants

Yes

  Optional member cancellations

Yes 

 
Event registration specific questions

Yes

Recurring Events and powerful event copy functions

Yes

Notifications (calendar entries that are not full events)

Yes

Major Public Holidays optionally shown on calendar

Yes

 
Discussion Forums

 

Individual forums for each topic

Yes (Unlimited)

Forum categories

Yes (Unlimited)

Threaded messages

Yes

Email list forums (listservers)

Yes

Open or restricted forums

All active members

Member opt in

Moderator defined

Based on an interest group

Based on a committee

Based on a member type

Yes

 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Automatically manage membership for forums based on all active members, interest groups, committees and member types! Yes
  Configuration settings to control forum behavior - configure forums to mimic popular listservers Yes  
Forum search to find messages

Yes

Define and display forum policies

Yes

Manage "special" members (moderators, banned, etc.)

Yes

Member handles and signature

Yes

Quote previous message in your reply

Yes

Private replies to sender (email address is hidden)

Yes

Messages can include photos and attachments

Yes

Messages can be formatted

Yes

Messages may require moderator approval

Yes

Individual member preferences for each forum

Yes

Admin. tools to edit, move and delete messages

Yes

 
Documents and Photos
Club-defined document categories

Yes (Unlimited)

Support for sub-categories (folders)

Yes (Unlimited)

Manage document visibility (public, members, committee, admins)

Yes

Upload and download club documents

Yes (Unlimited)

  Optionally allow members to upload documents  Yes   
  Optionally allow members to rate and comment on documents  Yes   
Store photos of events, collectibles, etc.

Yes (Unlimited)

  Multi-photo uploads

Yes 

 
Store & retrieve photos at multiple resolutions

Yes

Photo tags and tag management tools

Yes

Organize photos onto photo pages

Yes

Photo Page index with many display and sorting options

Yes

Allow or block download of hi-res images

Yes

Link directly to documents from anywhere on your website

Yes

       
Audio / Video / Flash Support    
  Upload files in any of the following formats:
  • SWF (Flash movie)
  • FLV (Flash video)
  • WMV/WMA/ACI (Windows media)
  • MPG / M2V (MPEG video)
  • QT / MOV (QuickTime movies)
  • MP3 (Audio standard)
  • WAV (Windows audio)
  • AAC (Apple iTunes audio)
 

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
 
  Embed audio and video files through the editor, almost anywhere on the website  Yes   
  Embed links to video files stored on external sites (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) so that they play on your website Yes  
       
Surveys / Polls / Voting / Elections
Define an unlimited number of surveys

Yes

Close surveys manually, by date or by responses received

Yes

Available to members and non-members

Yes

Require / allow anonymous voting; limit members to 1 vote ea.

Yes

Define "preamble" and "postamble" pages

Yes

Define survey questions across multiple pages

Yes

15 different question types, including scale questions

Yes

View results at the survey or question level, incl reports/exports

Yes

Powerful enough to run board elections and voting!

Yes

 

E-Commerce Storefront
  Define any number of products, organized into categories

Yes

  Products can have variations based on color, size and other criteria

Yes

Products can consist of digital content which can be downloaded

Yes

Product images, including click to show a larger image

Yes

Manage product availability and visibility

Yes

Define different pricing for members and non-members

Yes

Define "special" pricing

Yes

Track inventory of products on-hand

Yes

Manage orders and fulfillment, including backorders and partial fulfillment

Yes

Control shipping and handling fees and sales tax

Yes

Powerful shopping cart

Yes

Checkout process, including gift option and alt. addresses

Yes

Full integration with the ClubExpress transaction/payment systems

Yes

 
Club Administration
We import the member and non-member databases for you

Yes

Multiple membership types (club defined)

Yes (Unlimited)

Support for secondary members (attached to a primary but with login privileges) and tertiary members (attached to a primary but cannot login)

Yes

Manage fees for secondary/tertiary members

Yes

Club-specific questions - expand the database and filter by member type

Yes (Unlimited)

Trial memberships

Yes

Optional Board Approval for prospective members

Yes

Membership renewal schedules

Yes

  Configure the member signup and renewal wizards Yes   
Membership additional charges

Yes

Member joining agreement

Yes

Automated renewal notices

Yes (up to 3)

Automated member expiration and notice

Yes

Process member credits and partial payments

Yes

System emails can be customized for each club/assoc.

Yes

Separate non-member database (prospects, benefactors, etc.)

Yes

Convert/upgrade non-members to members

Yes

Manage module visibility (public vs. members)

Yes

Manage module name on menus

Yes

Multiple levels of security

Yes (up to 8)

Specify coordinators for each module or page

Yes

Domain names pointing to your site

Yes (Unlimited)

Quick Links to jump to specific pages

Yes (Unlimited)

Data Export to local Excel or CSV

Yes

 
Emailing and Communication Tools
Send HTML or plain text emails to members, committees, interests, subgroup members, members of a type, members with a pending payment, non-member mailing list, etc.

Yes

Email event registrants (all, paid or unpaid)

Yes

Support for templates

Yes

Track email delivery statistics, bad and bounced email addresses

Yes

Send emails immediately or schedule for later delivery

Yes

Club-level email accounts

Yes

 
Multi-tier Organizations (chapters, districts, regions, etc.)
Up to three levels of subgroups below the main club

Yes

Custom names for "chapter", “district” and “region”

Yes

Control individual fees for each member type at each subgroup level, and including secondary/tertiary member fees

Yes

Automatically distribute membership and event registration fees to separate bank accounts for each subgroup

Yes

Chapter Finder module with many options

Yes

Subgroup Administrators see a filtered view for their group only

Yes

Subgroup filtering for committees, document folders, discussion forums, events, custom web pages, the non-member database and blast emails

Yes

Subgroup filtering for reports and data exports

Yes

 
Reports (more than 140 built-in reports)
Club reports

Yes

Chapter, Region and District reports

Yes

Event reports

Yes

   E-Commerce Storefront reports

Yes 

 
Member and Contact Information reports

Yes

Mailing labels

Yes

Financial reports (incl. user and club transactions)

Yes

Bank reconciliation reports

Yes

Web Site traffic reports

Yes

Module reports (Interests, Committees, Donations, Surveys, etc.)

Yes

Bad Email and Opt-out Email reports

Yes

Non-member Database reports

Yes

Output reports to PDF, HTML, Word or Excel

Yes

Download, save and forward reports

Yes

Report filtering on various criteria

Yes

 
QuickBooks Export
Export transactions, payments, creditt, fees, and "customers"

Yes

Control which QuickBooks accounts are used

Yes

Control date range and view export history

Yes

 
Logistics Features
Members join the club online (or at an event or by mail)

Yes

Renewal notices by email or letter

Yes

Fully automated expirations

Yes

Signups and renewals by credit card or check

Yes

Automated deposits into your bank account

Yes

Automated fee payment from your account

Yes

Optional printing & mailing services (newsletters, membership cards, etc.)

Yes

 
Security Features
High security data center with multiple firewalls

Yes

One-way encrypted passwords

Yes

Encrypted credit card and bank information

Yes

SSL for all member pages

Yes

 
Ownership and Privacy
You own and control your data at all times

Yes

No advertising

Yes

No selling/trading of user names/email addresses

Yes

We will never contact your members except for an official club purpose

Yes

 
Other Features
Comprehensive documentation for club administrators and users

Yes

On-line help system and technical library of tips and techniques

Yes

Free 60-day trial for board members

Yes

Straightforward pricing based on your membership. (You don't need a math degree to work out what ClubExpress costs!)

Yes

 

 


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“We are having great success with our ClubExpress website. It's really saving us a lot of work.”
Frank Schnetz
Vice-President
Big Bear Trail Riders
(170 members)