Before you Start
Before uploading your Content, let’s discuss who and how you want your audience to access your content. Do you want Content to be free, free with a login, paid subscription, one-time-payment, or private in a secret space?
Keep this in mind
If you want to have paid or secret content, make sure to first create the product as explained in this section of the Help Center before you begin uploading and curating your content. This will make it easier further down the line in the process. Your store setup and actually giving your product a price can also be done afterwards.
The four types of content
Choose how you want your audience to access your content. There are four options:
Free without login
anyone visiting your site/app can read and play your content without logging in.
Free with login (gated)
content can be accessed for free by registering/logging in. Collect email addresses in return for content access.
Good to know
By default, we have created a Free Member and Free Visitor product for your website so you can use those on content straight away. go straight to ‘upload your content’ if you are not planning to add a paid product
Paid access
Add a paywall to your content. This can be a subscription on your website/apps or a one-time-purchase on your website. You can create lots of paywalled products e.g. a course, a members subscription tier, sell an audiobook, etc. Each piece of content can be in more than one product if you want.
Secret access
Create a private space for content that you want hidden from public view. This content is invisible unless you give your user a unique invitation link to access the secret space, e.g. zoom recordings from a training session.
Top Tip
If you want comments on your free blog/podcast you can add your podcast to two products (‘Free without login’ and ‘Free with login’) which will mean it will be free to play the podcast without logging in, but to comment they’ll need to login, so it’s a great way to deepen the relationship by getting their email address, in a natural organic way!
Next step
Follow the steps for creating your Paid Product or Secret Product to get started with paid/secret content.