...... Later I will be offering a full membership site. The way I'm hoping this will work is this: I will have mainly 3 levels. Something like Bronze, Silver & Gold (haven't named them for sure yet, trying to come up w/ something creative and creativity in naming things is *not* my strong point). Anyway, I will be releasing (at least) one main product a month.
When the main product is purchased outright (non-members), there will also be an upsell product and a backend sale product. Basically going through an entire sales funnel. For the members, Bronze will get just the main product for one monthly fee. Silver members will get the main product and the upsell product for a little higher fee and then of course Gold Members will get all three - main product, upsell product and backend sell profit for a little higher fee yet but cheaper than buying outright to encourage folks to join a membership rather than outright purchase monthly. I will also give silver and gold members 'extra products' here and there as well as some regular stuff that will always be in there download area. Is the way I want to set up the membership site portion later feasible?
I'm not 100% sure I understood the entire process you plan to use in the future, but I think I've got a decent picture of your intent. From my perspective the answer to your question about it's feasibility is -
yes. Or maybe (since I'm not completely clear on your explanation) I should say -
most likely.
-- Although the SMP script was not created for multi-level membership sites - it is actually possible to have such a site. I have several SMP sites set up with what my members understand to be multiple membership levels. The IT reality is that each membership level is simply set up as a separate product. You can create multi-level sites by using one SMP database or set up multiple SMP database "sites" one for each level - then integrate them so (to the user) everything looks 'connected'. There's a fair amount of upfront time investment to set up a multi-level site. It's tricky, but doable.
-- You can set any product to be a monthly subscription type product
-- You can deliver your info/files/ etc - as you described for each of your membership levels
So the three things you mentioned you intend to do - is doable and that's why I say yes to it's feasibility.===========================================
However..... you've got one portion of a sentence that is throwing me off a bit and I want to just clarify in case you didn't understand how purchases work through the SMP script. Your sentence: "...for a little higher fee yet but cheaper than buying outright to encourage folks to join a membership rather than outright purchase monthly." is the one I want to clarify.
To clarify: If a person wishes to purchase any product from your SMP membership site - they will automatically become a member when they make the purchase. There is no way for them to purchase something from your SMP "site" without becoming a member before the purchase goes through. Their member profile is established in the database before they finalize their purchase via PayPal.
Sooo..... if you want to give them an option to make an "outright purchase" without becoming a member, then you'll need to offer that product purchase from outside of your SMP "site." Since you indicated the SMP membership portion is merely an additional element of your overall site - I would say you could simply offer your "non-membership" option elsewhere as maybe you already do.
============================================
Hope that helps.