# What is a Membership?

## Question

What is a Membership?

## Answer

A membership plan is a paid 1-year subscription that gives Openprovider resellers the benefits of:

- Access to the same purchasing price on domains that Openprovider receives directly from the registries.
- Possibility to participate in product promotions, with marketing support from Openprovider.
- Discounts on SSL certificates, Plesk licenses, and SpamExpert spam filters.
- \*\* Free WPP (Whois Privacy Protection).
- \*\* Free Domain Forwarding.
- Dedicated transfer specialist.

\*\* Activation and renewals are free as long as you have an active membership.

There are 4 types of plans:

- **Basic**, **Professional,** and **Expert** plans:   
    give access to the cost prices on 165 ccTLDs, legacy TLDs, and all new gTLDs.   
    Also includes [various levels of discounts](https://cp.openprovider.eu/account/prices.php) on SSL certificates, Plesk licenses, and SpamExpert spam filters.
- **Supreme** plans:   
    give access to all domain products at the same cost price Openprovider receives from all suppliers.

<span>Curious why Openprovider decided to pass on the cost price to the resellers? Read the explanation [in our blog.](https://www.openprovider.com/blog/openproviders-price-transparency)</span>