Membership packages, promotions & handling

Hi folks,

After playing around a bit with D7RC, I have started molding my site. In process, I decided to write my first blog and seek some help from the community. In this blog. I would like to focus on 'memberships'.

So, I put some thought process on what kind of 'membership' packages I should create for my site, which I would like to share and would also like to know from experienced/other members what kind of 'membership' packages they are currently using on their sites or they plan to use in future. What works or what does not works? What kind of promotions they use? What are the choices for names? How do they handle it? etcI know at the end of the day the package depends upon the site niche but let's talk about the generic packages that can apply to most of the sites.

I am planning to make a music based site and here are the packages i am thinking to start with -

Package - A

Free - This would be a view-only privilege on all modules and user would also be able to chat, use whiteboard, shoutbox etc.

Premium - $10/month. View + Upload privileges on all modules.(maximum upload limit of 10 items per month for each module e.g. store, sites, ads etc).

V.I.P - $30/month - Unlimited privileges on all modules.

Package - B

Free - This would be a view-only privilege on all modules but user will not be able to use chat,shoutbox,whiteboard etc

Basic - $5/month. View + Upload privileges on all modules.(maximum upload limit of 5 items per month for each module e.g. store, sites, ads etc).

Premium - $10/month. View + Upload privileges on all modules.(maximum upload limit of 10 items per month for each module e.g. store, sites, ads etc).

V.I.P - $30/month - Unlimited privileges on all modules.

and so on...

Regarding promotions, I was thinking something about this to start with:

Promotion A for Package A-

VIP membership would be $10 for first 100 users.

VIP membership would be $20 for first 100-500 users.

Promotion B for Package B-

Pay $10 for 1 month premium membership and get 1 month free for first 100 customers.

and so on....

My main concern is how do you guys handle it? What's the easiest way to handle 'memberships'?

So folks, throw in your packages/promotions etc that makes sense to you and I am sure it would help the community a lot.