Making your videos and presentations available for purchase on MediaZilla is simple. All Growth plans and above have access to this feature.
Paywalls vs Dynamic Video Sales
There are two ways to monetize content on MediaZilla. A Paywall allows you to create a page where viewers can purchase access to an entire video or presentation. The paywall provides a description, background image, preview video (optional), and option to buy. This is perfect for theater and dance performances where you are selling access to an entire project to lots of viewers.
Alternatively, you can use Dynamic Video Sales to upsell add-ons and content within a delivered presentation, where the viewer initially may have access to some content, and can purchase access to one or more additional add-ons at once. This innovative marketing tool is perfect for Weddings and other Events to offer the client additional edits, raw footage, and other services upon delivery.
Using Paywalls to Sell Content
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Go into the Monetize settings of the video or presentation you want to sell by clicking the 3 dots in the lower-right corner of its tile in your dashboard and selecting “Monetize” from the menu.
Before you can monetize your content, you must first connect your MediaZilla account to a Stripe account (one-time process) using the “Connect Stripe” button at the top. If you do not have an existing Stripe account, one is created during the connection process.
Once connected, the status of your Stripe account will show as 'Active', 'Pending', or 'Not Active'. 'Pending' indicates Stripe is still verifying your information (usually takes a few minutes). 'Not Active' indicates Stripe needs information from you to complete your account setup (to be completed from your Stripe dashboard). Once your Stripe account status becomes 'Active', you can then enable the paywall for that video or presentation.
Once enabled, set the price and currency of the content in the field below.
Save the changes and use the provided paywall link to sell access to the content.
Preview
A preview of the paywall page is displayed below the monetization settings.
You can add a captivating preview to the paywall page of your videos and presentations.
Paywall Link vs Share Link
The Paywall Link is completely separate from the Share Link, which can also be enabled at the same time. For example, you could provide simple password protected access to some people using the share link, and paid access for others using the paywall link.
Customer's Purchase Experience
Learn more about the customer’s purchase experience as well as customizing the email they receive to access the content.
Commission
The commission amount (portion collected by MediaZilla) is displayed as well. The commission percentage will depend on your MediaZilla membership plan. For Enterprise pricing, please contact us through the support chat.
Collecting Presales
You can use the monetize feature to collect presales before the video is released! Learn more about this process.