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WordPress Lightning Paywall

Readers don’t want to sign up for a long-term subscription if they want to read a particular article spontaneously.
Readers are willing to pay for high-quality content, if it is fast, anonymous and possible without login and registration.

With the WordPress Lightning Paywall Plugin, publishers can offer a paywall for almost any WordPress content, which is unlocked via Bitcoin payment through the Lightning Network.

The visitor is shown a free preview of the article. If the reader decides to read the entire article, the entire article can be activated by scanning the QR code.

The user does not have to sign up or register in advance, nor does he have to take out a subscription. The user pays in the pay-per-post method only for the content that interests him.

For the payment processing the WordPress Lightning Paywall Plugin relies on the BTCPay Server. With the help of the BTCPay server, Bitcoin and Lightning payments can be processed without the need to involve a bank or payment processor.

Publishers offer paid content

Bitcoin and Lightning are particularly well suited for settling digital content in the equivalent of a few cents.

Bitcoin and Lightning payments are final payments and therefore secure for the publisher without any chargeback risk.

The reader pays using his Bitcoin or Lightning wallet and immediately receives the desired content. The reader does not need to sign up or register, and there is no need to load credit with the publisher in advance.

WordPress Lightning Paywall for BTCPay Server by Coincharge plugin is suitable for payment of almost all digital WordPress content.

It is ideal as an addition to existing membership models. Visitors are still offered an alternative for reading paid content before abandoning a purchase.

Publishers can convert free content readers to paid content readers and then to a loyal subscriber in the medium term.

Likewise, the WordPress Lightning Paywall can also be integrated as a Bitcoin-only or Lightning-only variant on one’s WordPress site.

Advantages for the user

No login or registration required
No transmission of personal data (data protection) required
No lengthy subscription if you only want to read a single article
Fast and easy payment via Bitcoin and Lightning

Advantages for the publisher

Generate revenue for your high-quality content and make yourself independent of banner ads.
With Lightning Paywall, you can earn money without forcing users to sign up for a monthly membership.
Offer free posts on your blog and especially high-quality posts are offered for a small fee.
Each article has a free part and after a certain point the article becomes chargeable.

Features

Prices per post can be set globally or individually different for each post
Availability period of the paid contribution can be set individually
Future-oriented payment method thanks to the use of Bitcoin and Lightning
Use of the BTCPay server for payment processing and thus independent of banks and payment providers
Supports the website builder: Gutenberg, WPBakery, Elementor and via shortcode

Pay-per-Post

Payment per newspaper article, blog post or page. Instead of offering its content for free and relying on advertising revenue from banner ads and Google, the WordPress Lightning Paywall offers publishers a viable alternative.

Sell high-quality content to readers willing to pay, who don’t want to subscribe but are willing to pay for a single and high-quality article.

Publishers can make the dependency on banner ads, Google and clickbait content and focus more on high-quality content that readers are willing to pay for.

With the help of WordPress Lightning Paywall, any WordPress site can be turned into a revenue stream in no time.

Try it out for yourself on the: Pay-per-Post Demo Page

Pay-per-View / Pay per Video

Instead of offering your video for free on YouTube or Vimeo, you can use the
Pay-per-View function to sell individual videos via Lightning Paywall.

If you want to sell movies on your website, stream an event over the internet or distribute instructional and training videos, the Lightning Paywall offers you a way to generate revenue.

Integrate the video on your WordPress site and earn a few Satoshi per viewed video (pay-per-view).

Try it out for yourself on the: Pay-per-View Video Demo Page

Pay-per-File / Pay-per-Download

With the pay-per-file function, individual files can be sold as downloads.

– You have written your own software that you want to offer to your customers for download?

– You have written a manual, a handbook or an eBook and want to sell it as a PDF file?

– You are a photographer and want to market your pictures yourself?

– You have composed your own piece of music or produced a video, which you want to offer to your fans as an mp4 file for download.

The pay-per-file function is like a digital content store. You can sell any file format on the Internet and offer it to your customers for download.

With Pay-per-File you can now offer individual files for download and get paid with Bitcoin and Lightning. Sell software, images, PDF, music and video files via download.

Try it out for yourself on the: Pay-per-File Download Demo Page

Tipping & Donation Page

With a Donation Page you can receive donations, gratuities, tips and endorsements from your readers and visitors on your website.

You can receive anonymous donations or have donors provide you with additional information such as name, address, email or a note.

With Lightning Paywall you can create a separate Donation Page or have it displayed as a widget on every page.

For example, as a tipping banner in the right navigation bar, at the bottom of each page or as a smaller tipping box in the footer.

Pairing Lightning Paywall with BTCPay Server plugged

Requirement

To use WordPress Lightning Paywall for BTCPay Server by Coincharge, you need a normal WordPress installation. An additional WooCommerce installation is not required.

Besides a website based on WordPress and WordPress Lightning Paywall, a BTCPay Server is needed for Bitcoin and Lightning payment processing.

Information about BTCPay Server can be found in the section: “BTCPay Server“.

WordPress
The WordPress Plugin: WordPress Lightning Paywall for BTCPay Server by Coincharge
BTCPay Server

Further information

Documentation for publishers:

Demo Page:

Pay-per-Post Blog Post Demo Page
Pay-per-View Video Demo Page
Pay-per-File (coming soon)
Donation (coming soon)

Help for readers and users: