# Building a WooCommerce membership site?
*Published: 2015-01-05*
*Tags: membership-sites, ecommerce*
*Source: https://chrislema.com/woocommerce-membership-site-2*
---I can't tell you the number of posts I've written about creating a [WooCommerce](https://chrislema.com/wooCommerce) membership site. It's a great solution when you want to do more than just a membership site.

I wrote about building what I call a "**Platform**" before. It's more than a website.

- Part One: [You need more than just a website](https://chrislema.com/you-need-a-platform/)
- Part Two: [You need to start with a plan](https://chrislema.com/building-your-platform-wordpress-first-steps/)
- Part Three: [You need to pick the base of plugins you'll use](https://chrislema.com/building-your-platform-base-plugins/)

And I showed you, in detail, [how to create a membership site with WooCommerce](https://chrislema.com/membership-site-with-woocommerce/).

But you'll notice that if you follow these steps, you'll be using the free Groups plugin, and the [WooCommerce extension for Groups](https://chrislema.com/wcGroups).

And that's where things get a bit challenging - because you might think you're done when you've done all the steps.

### The challenge you might face

Only, you're not. Not done at all.

Because people who aren't members of your site, and show up to protected pages, will get a 404. That's the error code for a page that's not been found.

The reality is that it's there. It's just hidden from non-members.

### Help for your WooCommerce membership site

So what you need is one more free plugin that helps you redirect 404 errors.

Here it is: [**Groups 404 Redirect.**](https://wordpress.org/plugins/groups-404-redirect/)

When you have that installed, you can route people who aren't members to a new sign up page, to a login page or more.

Nifty right?

I just didn't want you to forget about that one step (which I did a while back) and find out the hard way when people start complaining.

I caught the mistake in not sharing this with you when I got it in a comment / question today. So now you know and can mitigate that risk right up front.

Good luck.

And if you ever want to talk about your specific situation, [we can always connect on Clarity.](https://clarity.fm/chrislema)