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Adding subscription plans

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Subscription plans allow you to set up pricing plans for content that you have behind a paywall. Visitors then must purchase a subscription plan to view this content. You may also want to have differing tiers of subscription levels that provide more access to those visitors who purchase a higher subscription level. By setting up subscription plans in Brightspot, you can achieve this.

To add a subscription plan:

  1. Click menu > Admin > Sites & Settings.
  2. Click the name of the site to which you want to add the subscription plan.
  3. Click Front End > Access.
  4. Under Subscription Plans, click  to add a new subscription plan.
  5. Using the following table as a reference, enter values for the subscription plan.

Subscription Plan fields

Field
Description
Internal Name
Enter the name of the subscription plan as it is known within the Brightspot CMS.
Display Name
Enter the name of the subscription plan as it is to be displayed to your visitors.
Accesses

Specify the content this subscription plan has access to.

See Setting the content access for a subscription section below for more information.

Duration
Enter the duration of this subscription plan in days.
Price
Enter the price of this subscription plan.
Note
You will want to set the Access setting to direct visitors to your site to the desired content when they try to access any content that is contained in a subscription plan. See Configuring the Access settings for more information on directing your visitors to the appropriate content.

Setting the content access for a subscription

As you set up a subscription plan, you must specify what content or content types are available to your subscribers. There are two types of access you can set up: Individual Content Access or Tagged Content Access.

  • Individual Content Access—This option requires that you select specific assets that have been previously created within Brightspot to be available to subscribers of this subscription plan.
  • Tagged Content Access—This option requires that you select from a variety of filters to determine which content is available to subscribers of this subscription plan.

To set Individual Content Access:

  1. Click the Accesses field and select Individual Content Access.
  2. Under Content, click add_circle_outline to open the content picker to select the assets that you want to put behind the paywall for this subscription plan.
  3. Select the individual assets that require this subscription plan in order to view.
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  4. Once you have selected all of the individual assets, continue with creating your subscription plan.

To set Tagged Content Access:

  1. Click the Accesses field and select Tagged Content Access.

  2. From the fields that display, select (or tag) those content traits that you want to be available for purchasers of this subscription plan.

    • Type(s)—Select the content type(s) from your site that you only want available to purchasers of this subscription plan.
    • Author(s)—Select the author(s) who provide content to your site that you only want available to purchasers of this subscription plan.
    • Section(s)—Select the section(s) on your site that you only want available to purchasers of this subscription plan.
    • Package(s)—Select the package(s) on your site that you only want available to purchasers of this subscription plan.
    • Tag(s)—Select the tags that have been applied to content on your site that you only want available to purchasers of this subscription plan.
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  3. Once you have selected all of the content traits, continue with creating your subscription plan.
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