I run my own sites in a network installation. You have the same possibilities to customize the sites but you will have the advantage that you can enable plugins network wide. But if you want, you can just enable a plugin per site. So as long as it's data stored in the database, you can customize...
Wordpress is widely enough used that you can do almost anything with it! You can manage others sites in terms of cheap hosting and managing their backend; manage Wordpress security; Wordpress specific consulting; create plugins that generate revenue; give talks on Wordpress; the list goes on and ...
Sounds like you need help with your messaging. Might be a good idea to hire someone to help with that, not just a content writer but someone that can help you craft the message your audience needs.
As every membership site is unique in its needs & requirements, it's a hard question to answer with one plugin. I would start with Paid Memberships Pro (which is free) and consider alternatives based on your site's needs.
There is a lot of points in your question which unless someone has the exact same setup as you - I don't think you will get the answers you are looking for. I believe you should limit it by asking yourself: What is the ONE thing the MLM plugin I am looking for can do so that it achieves the max...
This is more of a subscription rather than a membership. In you mind, what are the benefits of "membership" that differentiate it from a simple subscription?
Purely from a blogging perspective, there is no question WP has the better CMS and overall controls/backend for non-programmers. Shopify is recommended more for expanding your ecommerce options with plugins, promo offers etc. Obviously would need more context here as far as feature scope and wh...
The primary distinction is: 1. A theme implies a ready-to-launch WordPress theme with design, back-end functionality, and anything else you might need (according to the theme author's discretion). "Theme" can be roughly equated to "plug-and-play" in the WordPress world. 2. A framework is a set...
Well this totally depends what your MVP is? What's the functionality? I'd suggest something like http://www.squarespace.com/ our designers with very little technical knowledge have had great success with this. Another option if it's just for demos/feedback is to use something like http://www.in...
If you have not tried buddypress have a look at it and see if it can do for you what you are looking for.