Member chat for marketplaces, coaches, courses and communities. Private messaging between members, on the site they already log in to.
If your members already log in through Memberstack, Midway gives them a way to message each other one to one. Here is where it fits, and which settings each kind of site uses.
Messaging from listing and directory pages. Buyers contact sellers, freelancers and hosts straight from the listing.
- Put the inbox on a listing page and it opens one chat with that listing’s owner.
- On the Studio plan, both people confirm the deal before phone numbers and emails are shared.
- Set the button text to Hire, Accept reservation or Agree sale.
- Turn the Members tab off so people reach each other from listings, not a list of everyone.
Private messaging for coaching practices. Voice notes between sessions, inside your member portal.
Clients message you from the page they already log in to. Between sessions you can answer with a short voice note instead of typing it all out.
- Voice messages are on the Studio plan.
- Set it up as a private inbox with you: turn the Members tab off and every client gets a single chat with you.
- Unread message alerts email clients about replies they haven’t seen.
Chat for course students and cohorts. Students message each other when they’re stuck, without a separate Slack or Discord.
Course sites often link out to a separate chat app. With Midway the chat sits inside the course, behind the same login.
Students approve who messages them.
Chat requests are on by default, on every plan.
Classmates find each other by name.
The Members tab lists everyone in the course, with search.
Blocking stays with the student.
Anyone can block a member, and that member can’t reach them again.
Chat as part of a paid membership. Make member-to-member chat a perk of your premium plans.
Gate the messages page to your paid plans in Memberstack. Members chat with the login they already have, so there’s no second account.
- Only members on the plans you pick can open the inbox.
- Every conversation ties to a real Memberstack member.
- Chat requests and blocking let members set their own boundaries.
Member chat across client sites. Run up to 3 projects on the Studio plan, each themed to the site it lives on.
- One dashboard, one project per client site.
- Each project has its own logo, colours and theme, and up to 2,500 monthly active members.
- The inbox only loads on the domain you set for that project.
Direct messages for alumni networks. Graduates find each other and stay in touch on your own domain.
- The Members tab lists everyone synced from Memberstack, with search by name.
- Member sync can run daily, weekly or monthly, so new graduates show up on their own.
- Turn online status and typing indicators off if your network prefers it quieter.
Why site owners pick Midway. Over building their own or pasting a Discord link.
One-on-one messages only, no group channels. It handles direct messages between members inside your site.
No backend to deploy.
Message delivery, storage, voice notes and the sign-in bridge are hosted by Midway. You add the embed and Midway hosts everything else.
Memberstack-native sign-in.
Midway reads your member list. Every conversation ties to a real account. No second login, no second profile to maintain.
Members run their own boundaries.
Member-to-member blocking is built in, and chat requests keep strangers out of DMs. You decide whether new chats need one.
Themed to your site.
Your accent colour and header title from the Starter plan, your logo and full theme on the Studio plan, and the embed size set per project.
Add member chat to your site today. Free for your first 50 monthly active members.
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