3-6 weeks for typical 500-2000 member community
Migrate from Circle.so to Reign.
Why people migrate
Circle migrations are driven by the cost ($49-$399/mo recurring), the desire to own the URL + SEO equity, and integration with WordPress stack you already use.
What you land on
Reign is the design layer at $99/year or $249 lifetime, and it is the only thing you have to buy. The plugins that rebuild your community here are ours: BuddyNext for members and groups, Learnomy for courses, Jetonomy for forums and Q&A, MediaVerse for member media. 11 of them install free, each with its own Pro plan for when one part of the community starts earning. No monthly platform fee replaces the one you are leaving.
What you keep + what you rebuild
Set expectations before you start.
Migrates cleanly
- Member list + email addresses (CSV export).
- Member profile fields (Circle API export).
- Post archive (manual export or API scrape).
Requires rebuild
- Subscription billing via Stripe + MemberPress.
- Space structure (recreate as BuddyNext groups).
- Course content (manual recreate in Learnomy, or your third-party LMS).
- Custom fields (BuddyNext profile fields, or BuddyPress xProfile).
7 steps
The migration walkthrough.
Export members from Circle admin
Circle admin > Members > Export CSV. Includes email, name, profile fields.
Set up Reign on staging
The theme plus BuddyNext, our community engine, which installs free. Add Learnomy free for course-driven Circle migrations. The BuddyPress Community Bundle and LearnMate kits are the third-party routes.
Recreate Circle spaces as groups
Each Circle space becomes a BuddyNext group. Match names and privacy levels.
Set up Stripe + MemberPress
Create membership tiers matching Circle plans. Connect Stripe.
Migrate or announce billing change
If you can migrate Stripe customers, do so. Otherwise announce billing reset 30 days out.
Run 2-week dual-platform period
Announce migration. Existing members get invitation. Circle stays live as fallback.
DNS cutover + Circle archive
Cutover day: members migrate. Circle becomes read-only. Cancel after grace period.
FAQ
Migration questions.
Will I lose Circle SEO?
You will lose any inbound links to Circle URLs. Set up 301 redirects from Circle subdomain to Reign URLs where possible (Circle Pro allows custom domain that you can redirect).
How long do members get to migrate?
30-60 days. Send 3 reminder emails: 30 days, 14 days, 3 days before Circle shutdown.
Done-for-you migration
Have us migrate you from Circle.so. $699 flat.
Wbcom team handles every step. You wake up to a live community on Reign with members migrated + billing on Stripe + welcome emails firing.