Monetize your live streams or hosted videos with the Paywall feature. Castr will generate a URL linking to the newly created Protected Player Page, featuring an activated Paywall for your stream. This page can be directly accessed via the URL. Once a viewer registers and completes a payment using a credit card, Stripe will handle the processing of your revenue generated through the Paywall.

To learn more about Stripe's payment process, please check out their guides.

To create your paywall, first you must connect it with your Stripe account.

Once connected, click on Create Paywall and fill up the necessary fields:

Note: Currently, we support only the Pay Per View payment option. We plan to introduce Subscription-based payments in the near future

Note: After the paywall has been established, the currency setting cannot be modified. However, you have the flexibility to adjust the amount and the source

The paywall can be applied to live streams, Video On Demand (VOD) content, or playlist sources. After completing the required fields, click on 'Create paywall' to proceed.

The paywall will be presented like this.

The paywall link can then be shared to your audiences.

The different tabs of Paywall are described below:

Company name and website can be added here. You can also set the support email here for the viewers to reach out in case of issues.

All the customers for this paywall will be listed here.

For livestream and playlist sources, you'll see an additional 'Protected Player iFrame' option. This feature allows you to embed the paywall-protected player directly on your website.

When you enable this option, it activates the paywall for your livestream player and provides an iframe link for embedding the protected player on your site.

Once activated, you'll see a notification on your livestream dashboard confirming that the paywall is now active.

Posters for this paywall players will be grabbed from the source itself. For Playlist sources, the poster first content on the playlist will be shown as the poster for the player.

Only one paywall can be activated for a livestream player. If you want to add another paywall with the same livestream source, the toggle for the protected player iframe will be turned off.

Temporary access can be generated from here.

By setting an expiration date and time, a link will be generated that grants free access to the paywall until the specified expiration date and time.

To grant access to the content bypassing the paywall, add the email addresses of the desired recipients. The system will generate a password for each email added. Share these credentials with the recipients. They can change their passwords while retaining access to the content.

To revoke access, simply remove the email address.

If you wish to prevent anyone from accessing the paywall, you can disable it using the option provided here.

If you wish to switch to a different Stripe account, you can disconnect the current one by turning off the toggle in this section.

Note: Detaching your Stripe account will result in the removal of all existing paywalls and their associated information. However, your transaction and customer details will remain accessible through the previous Stripe account, but they will no longer be available on Castr

For example, if you make a sale of $100, Castr takes a 10% commission ($10), so you get $90. Then, Stripe's processing fees are deducted from the $90.
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