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Selling Clip Access

Tip: A new status filter ("On Sale") has been added into the Clip list.


1. The first thing you need to do is set the Privacy for the Clip:
Important:
Content on sale must be private; otherwise it will be freely available.
• Public/Inherit from Channel: If you select this option, make sure the Channel where this Clip is included has privacy.
NOTE: If the Clip is not included in a Channel with privacy, you must select any of the other privacy option.
• Restricted: (...): If you intend to sale the access to this Clip individually (without depending on a Channel sale/privacy setting). In case of selecting "Restricted: Per Access Level" make sure the selected access level does not match the default access level for registered Users. In general, it is better to use "Restricted: Per User".


2. The Store tab: Master "On Sale" setting.
In order to sell any of the Clip products, you must first set the first (master) "On Sale" drop down as Yes.
Please, note that if the master setting is set to No, all Clip products (see below) will stop to be available.


3. The Store tab: Clip "Products".
Clips have two related products: content access "with expiration date" and "during time period". If you wish, you can put on sale both products.

3.1. Clip product 1: Access with expiration date.
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• On Sale: Whether you want to sell this product or not.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Expiration Date: Select the expiration date for the content access grant.
• Allow Content Download: If set to Yes, you must make sure the Clip has the following settings for "Show Download Menu" (Video File Download) on Media tab:
   Condition: "Depending on Purchase"
   Allow Download: "Yes, (...)"


3.2. Clip product 2: Access during time period.
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• On Sale: Whether you want to sell this product or not.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Period: Enter the time period (from the time of purchase) during which the content access will be granted.
• Allow Content Download: If set to Yes, you must make sure the Clip has the following settings for "Show Download Menu" (Video File Download) on Media tab:
   Condition: "Depending on Purchase"
   Allow Download: "Yes, (...)"


4. The Store tab: Trailer.
• Play Trailer if not purchased: Select Yes if you want to provide a Trailer/Preview so that the Users can get an idea of the content on sale.Trailers are, normally, a shortened and/or lower quality version of the actual content that the Users will have access to after purchasing.

Purchase banner on embedded Clips: Since WS.WebTV 2.0, when a Clip which is "on sale" -and has a trailer- is embedded in another Website, the trailer will be played back and a purchase banner will appear over the video, directing the users to the WebTV for purchasing the access to the Clip.

Selling Channel Access

Tip: A new status filter ("On Sale") has been added into the Channel list.


1. The first thing you need to do is set the Privacy for the Channel:
Important:
• Content on sale must be private; otherwise it will be freely available.
• When an User purchases access to a Channel, it will also have access to all of the Clips included in the Channel's playlist.
• Select any of the Restricted options. In case of selecting "Restricted: Per Access Level" make sure the selected access level does not match the default access level for registered Users. In general, it is better to use "Restricted: Per User".


2. The Store tab: Master "On Sale" setting.
In order to sell any of the Channel products, you must first set the first (master) "On Sale" drop down as Yes.
Please, note that if the master setting is set to No, all Channel products (see below) will stop to be available.


3. The Store tab: Channel "Products".
Channels have two related products: content access "with expiration date" and "during time period". If you wish, you can put on sale both products.

3.1. Channel product 1: Access with expiration date.
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• On Sale: Whether you want to sell this product or not.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Expiration Date: Select the expiration date for the content access grant.
• Allow Content Download: This applies to the Clips included in the Channel's Playlist. If set to Yes, you must make sure the Clips have the following settings for "Show Download Menu" (Video File Download) on Media tab:
   Condition: "Depending on Purchase"
   Allow Download: "Yes, (...)"


3.2. Channel product 2: Access during time period.
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• On Sale: Whether you want to sell this product or not.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Period: Enter the time period (from the time of purchase) during which the content access will be granted.
• Allow Content Download: This applies to the Clips included in the Channel's Playlist. If set to Yes, you must make sure the Clips have the following settings for "Show Download Menu" (Video File Download) on Media tab:
   Condition: "Depending on Purchase"
   Allow Download: "Yes, (...)"


3.3. Channel product 3: Access subscription.
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• On Sale: Whether you want to sell this product or not.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Period: Enter the renewal time period (from the time of purchase). The content access will be granted as long as the subscription has not expired.
• Allow Content Download: This applies to the Clips included in the Channel's Playlist. If set to Yes, you must make sure the Clips have the following settings for "Show Download Menu" (Video File Download) on Media tab:
   Condition: "Depending on Purchase"
   Allow Download: "Yes, (...)"


3.4. Channel product 3: Access subscription (with trial).
*** This product is available since WS.WebTV 3.0.2 ***
The only difference between this product and the normal subscription is that this allows specifying a free trial period. The billing for the suscription will start after the trial period ends.
• Free Trial: Enter the period of time during which the free access will be granted (from the time of purchase).
NOTE: Products with free trials will only be displayed to Users which have not previously purchased an access pass for the same content.
• Trial requires recurring payments: If you select Yes the trial will only be activated (as well as the subscription) if recurring payments are enabled for the payment method selected by the User at the payment step and if there were no recurring payment related-errors in the payment process.

Selling Privilege Sets (Memberships) - Since version 2.2

Just like the Membership built-in products but, in this case, you can put on sale the desired Privilege Sets corresponding to Author or Contributor access levels. This means that your Users can become a Contributor or Author (with the corresponding Privilege Set) after paying the amount of money that you specify.

The procedure is very simple:

1. Create a Privilege Set (for Author or Contributor access level) and specify the privilges that you want to grant.


2. After creating the Privilege Set (in the edit screen) click the "Store" tab and set the "On Sale" drop down as Yes.


3. The corresponding options for the Membership product will appear:
• SKU: (Informative) This is the internal SKU for the product.
• Title: Enter the title for the Membership. Enter a representative title but keep it short.
• Description: Enter a detailed description so that your Users know exactly what will they be able to do after purchasing the Membership.
• Price: Enter the pice for this product (use the number format as defined in the Regional Settings of the WebTV configuration).
• Period: [Scheduler extension required] When an User purchases the membership, the WebTV will create a Scheduler task to revert the User access level after the specified period elapses.

Services and Donations - Since version 2.2.0.2

The Store extension also allows you to sell arbitrary products of the following types: "service" and "donation". The word "arbitrary" means that you can create any number of those product types, name them whatever you want and set the desired price for them. In this case, the extension is a mean/tool that allows you to bill for an "arbitrary" concept, directly from your WebTV.

Creating arbitrary products
This is very simple.... go to Store > Other Products > New Product and select the desired product type, then set the corresponding options and that's it.

Difference between "service" and "donation" products
The only difference is that a "service" product allows you to specify a fixed price; however, a "donation" product allows to to set the possible donation amounts as comma separated values; additionally, a "donation" allows you to provide a "thank you" message too.