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It seems really cool, and has a ton of features and integrations. But there's little to no support for it. And it's a pretty complex component. I'm a Joomla seasoned vet and I've run into at least 3 roadblocks on it and can't even get a response. If they stepped their support game up it would probably be 5 stars all the way.

Very complete membership component, with lot of features and integration with others.
Further, support is fast and competent.

This product fits your needs perfectly in a way that makes you feel like you should've developed it yourself long ago. It is rich in features, well-designed and highly customizable. In my search I haven't come across any product that comes close to what AEC can do.

We have just started using AEC on our site for memberships and it is fantastic. We looked at several other options, but just couldn't go past the features of AEC. The Micro Integrations make it such a powerful extension.

It is a little bit of a learning curve, to get set up correctly, but it is worth the time and effort.

Support from David was great. We had a question about intergration with another module (magebridge)and he answered our question and got us on the right track straight away.

Highly recommended.

We had a fairly basic need for a membership extension and AEC more than filled the bill. I installed it over two years ago and it has worked without any more thought. That is a tremendous PLUS for any piece of software - to go so long with no intervention. We had one minor customization that Jake helped implement - fast, easy, painless. Can't reommend this product enought. Since it *is* so comprehensive it does require some thought to use it but again, it is rock-steady.

Hi all,
Here, in many African countries, Paypal does NOT allow us to RECEIVE payment, so it was quite difficult when I decided to start a membership website.

The difficulty was in finding a script that could support integration with other payment processors.

This script made that possible for me.

Needless to say that with AEC you can have different permutations for protecting your site and contents. And everything works.

It does take some getting used to IF you just follow ONLY the documentation on their website, because some videos are outdated.

My fast start guide would be to set up the content on your site BEFORE installing the script. That way you can then:

1. Enable feature A
2. Then go to your front page and see how it works;
3. Enable feature B
4. Then go to your front page and see how it works; and so on.

I do not do reviews unless I have something good to say and mean it.This is a component with a learning curve. Having said that, the documentation is good and the training videos are great. The service I got is of outstanding quality and friendly as well. The reaction time was always within 24 hours, most of the time within 6 hours, which is the time difference between South Africa and AEC home.
I bought and tried similar components, but AEC is head and shoulders above them in my opinion.
Thank you very much to Jake and David as I built a multilingual site and you never hesitated to be of service.
As far as recommendations go, I will not even consider anything else at this point because it is a top quality product and the functionality is way beyond what most users would need. Great job AEC!

I purchased this extension to manage a fairly complex Joomla/ JomSocial site.
It took a bit of time to get my head around how it works ... but the support on this product was outstanding. Jake sat with me via Skype for 20 minutes and showed me exactly what to do and where.
This is addition to the very extension help on their site. Highly recommended.

This component is the obvious choice for anyone who runs a membership/subscription based website.
The component is very intuitive and powerful on all levels. It supports a bunch of different payment gateways and if someone is missing, you can write one yourself fairly easily.

So if you're looking for a good alternative to your website is AEC is the obvious choice. It is worth its cost many times over.

Also, fantastic support!

Using this for 3 years now, I can say I am really satisfied with the extension and the developer support. With the latest additions in charts and other features, other extensions are no way near the competition. Well done AEC team.

I have never written a review before... but this time I just HAD to!

Jake is a lifesaver! The support that I was given for this extension is amazing and it is definitely 100000% worth purchasing! Not only were my idiotic mistakes fixed but I was walked through everything with screen-sharing and he made sure that I completely understood everything before he finished. AEC/Jake went WAY above and beyond.

As for the extension...

PRO: I can't see what it DOESN'T do. There are so many ways to setup how I want my subscriptions to run and so many Micro Integrations for LOTS of other plugins like AlphaUserPoints, JomSocial, 3rd-party affiliate managers... It's a wonder that this thing can't feed my puppy when I'm not home!

CON: It doesn't feed my puppy when I'm away! HAHAHAHA! But seriously... I can't find a single thing to put on my wish-list for AEC. I'm sittng here thinking but nothing comes to mind.

One last comment... if you're looking for subscription management and you've been looking at all of the extensions here like I was, starting with the free ones and then wondering if you should spend money on one, I have a suggestion... Install a few others, see how little they do, like I did... and then get AEC. You'll be amazed!!!!

i would like to say thank you... very interesting component for the first time i cannot say something is missing from here!!! flexibility, dynamic and moreover great support!!!!

Thanks Jake and David

Keep up the good work!

I've been using AEC for several clients' sites, including my own, for a number of years now. I worked with David and Jake (their support guys) with customizing AEC to work specifically for one of my client's projects a few years ago, and they did a great job. They built it so that it worked perfectly for my client out of the box, they even built it so that it could adapt to my client's needs without going back into any code.

Fast forward to a few years later, and the AEC product has been further polished and improved. The interface is much easier to use, there are many more graphs and helpful visuals for site managers (e.g. my client).

tl;dr: Happy customer, still happy after 4 years, and would recommend to anyone who needs to control access to (portions of) their Joomla site.

This component is amazing! It's so flexible and vast, I have not come across an extension like this before. If you give it some of your time, it will give you all of it's power, and there's plenty of it. The new version is a huge leap forward from the previous version. Professional and modern styling, with great statistics for admins to review in the backend. I'd recommend this extension to anyone who is serious about wanting a complete account membership solution.

great tool, excellent support! thanks to David and Jake. many features and easy to use!

I have been using AEC for almost 5 years. The component is extremely powerful and flexible, but because of that, it will take even an experienced Joomla! user some time to figure out all the ins and outs. Any new installation should be thought out and planned carefully before implementation.

I have had a few problems over the years, but the authors have been very good about responding to questions and finding solutions. I just updated to version 1.0 and found it's even better than before. Some users have reported problems with support, but that has not been my experience.

The one weakness I have experienced, which the author acknowledges has been a problem, is documentation, and although they have made progress in that area, the docs are still continuously under construction.

I deployed AEC for a classic car club membership site, and my word, does it have power! The extension is as comprehensive as anything could possibly be; I can't imagine any membership plan NOT being able to be handled by this software. They have thought of literally everything.

Deployment is easy, once you think deeply about what you want for it to accomplish. You will probably need a bit of support to get it working *optimally*, but David and team have been very responsive and hands-on in getting things tuned just right. I recommend contacting them for a quick once-over of your deployment prior to production (through the ticket system).

Pricing is extremely reasonable. I am very pleased with this developer.

I am not good at English and PHP programming, support of the AEC gave me to resolve the problem.
I have also tried other extensions, but to live without wasting time and money can be the first to AEC · · ·
It is recommended that you try out if you're wondering if the AEC.
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We used the AEC software for a membership site on the Joomla platform. At first, we were disappointed because we could not use WordPress and our our favorite membership software because the project required the Joomla platform. Soon after starting to work with the Joomla platform did we realize that AEC was the right solution at the right time. It allowed to go in depth and configure all aspects of the system to our specifications to launch a great site.

Their customer support is amazing as well as they have gone out of their way to make sure we were taken care of.

Thanks so much!

We decided to provide a subscription base model to our clients and I was thrilled to see that AEC had built a integration with iProperty, who seemed to do exactly what we where looking for.

So, I contacted AEC with some specific questions and within an hour David form AEC answered all of them. Long story short, I purchased AEC and went on my way. After I installed it, which was done right out of the box, I got a bit intimidated with all those available functions, but since the purchase also includes a 30min Support session I wasn't worry at all.
Next day I got contacted by Jake, who runs the AEC support. He helped me getting the basic stuff setup, but i couldn't get it running as planned.

Now I could write a book about the coming days, me struggling with this system, but I guess you get the point....

A few days later, after sending numerous emails to David and Jake, I'm a happy camper with a fully working iProperty Subscription site.

So my recommendation is simple: If you are looking for a way to sell subscription based real estate listings, then go with AEC. It is not an easy system to setup by yourself (if you are not an VERY experienced programmer) but with their support it is a brise to get it done

Thanks so much to Jake and David, who showed an incredible patience with me ;) and helped me to get this done

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