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Paywoll Help Guide

Learn how to monetize your content with paywalls in minutes. No technical experience required.

What is Paywoll?

Paywoll is a simple service that helps content creators, bloggers, and businesses make money from their content by adding payment gates. Think of it as a digital bouncer for your premium content.

Instead of letting everyone access your valuable content for free, Paywoll creates a payment page that visitors must complete before they can view your content.

How Does It Work?

1

You Create

Create valuable content and put it anywhere online

2

We Protect

Create a paywall that sits between your audience and your content

3

You Earn

Visitors pay through Stripe, money goes directly to you

Perfect For:

  • • Premium blog posts and articles
  • • Online courses and tutorials
  • • Exclusive videos and podcasts
  • • Digital downloads and resources
  • • Members-only content

Getting Started

Step 1: Sign Up

Create your Paywoll account using just your email address. We'll send you a magic link to sign in - no passwords to remember!

Step 2: Connect Stripe

You'll need a Stripe account to process payments. Don't have one? Don't worry - Stripe is free to set up and is the most trusted payment processor used by millions of businesses.

New to Stripe? Visit stripe.com to create your free account. You'll need to create "Products" and "Prices" for your content.

Step 3: Create Your Content

Upload your content anywhere you like - your website, Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube (unlisted), or any other platform. Just make sure you have a direct link to your content.

Creating Your First Paywall

What You'll Need

  • Content URL: The link to your premium content
  • Stripe Price ID: From your Stripe dashboard (looks like "price_1234...")
  • Paywall Name: A unique name for your paywall (used in the URL)

Creating the Paywall

  1. Go to your dashboard and click "Create New Paywall"
  2. Enter a unique name for your paywall
  3. Paste your content URL
  4. Enter your Stripe Price ID
  5. Choose your payment mode
  6. Click "Create Paywall"

Success! 🎉

Your paywall is now live! You'll get a link like paywoll.com/your-paywall-name that you can share anywhere.

Setting Up Stripe

Why Stripe?

Stripe is the world's most trusted payment processor, handling billions of dollars in transactions for businesses of all sizes. When someone pays through your paywall, the money goes directly to your Stripe account, not ours.

Setting Up Your Products

In Your Stripe Dashboard:

  1. Go to Products → Add Product
  2. Name your product (e.g., "Premium Blog Post", "Video Course")
  3. Set your price (one-time payment or subscription)
  4. Save the product and copy the "Price ID" (starts with "price_")
  5. Use this Price ID when creating your paywall

Sharing Your Protected Content

Once your paywall is created, you'll get a special link that you can share anywhere instead of your direct content link.

❌ Don't share: https://yoursite.com/premium-article
✅ Share this: https://paywoll.com/your-paywall-name

Where to Share Your Paywall Links

  • • Social media (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram)
  • • Email newsletters
  • • WhatsApp/Telegram groups
  • • Discord servers
  • • Your website or blog

Plans & Pricing

Starter

Free

  • • 1 paywall
  • • Basic analytics
  • • Paywoll branding
POPULAR

Pro

$19/month

  • • 3 paywalls
  • • Advanced analytics
  • • Priority support

Agency

$49/month

  • • 15 paywalls
  • • Custom domains
  • • White-label branding
  • • Multiple team members

Need More Help?

We're here to help! Pro and Agency plan users get priority email support with faster response times.

Still have questions? Email us at support@paywoll.com