{"id":5607,"date":"2012-04-19T18:24:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T18:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/help-o.ning.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2019-09-03T14:51:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T14:51:20","slug":"charge-for-group-membership-with-paid-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/charge-for-group-membership-with-paid-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a Network Creator you can choose to monetize your Ning\u00a0Networks with complete flexibility. One great way to do this is by charging for access to premium groups!<\/p>\n<p>With Paid Access, you can create exclusive spaces for members to network, have a deeper conversation\u00a0or access special content. Teachers can host a virtual classroom. Musicians and celebrities can create VIP fan clubs, special interest groups and more!<\/p>\n<p>You have the option to set up\u00a0a paywall for a group and can\u00a0charge a fixed price or ask for a donation.\u00a0A paywall is an area that requires payment to access a group, page or network.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Setting a Fixed Price for a Group<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To get started, head over to your group&#8217;s page for which you&#8217;d like to add a paywall and click on the &#8220;Options&#8221;\u00a0button located on the right side of your screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5619\" title=\"groups1\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups1-e1334860093508.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 1\" width=\"585\" height=\"528\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From here, select the Charge for this Group option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5618\" title=\"group2\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/group2-e1334860082446.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 2\" width=\"585\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first screen you&#8217;ll encounter when you set up the paywall is the Membership Length and Cost screen. You&#8217;ll\u00a0have the\u00a0option\u00a0to set a fixed price for the group or ask for a donation. Here is what the fixed price screen looks like:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5617\" title=\"groups3\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups3-e1334860071757.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 3\" width=\"585\" height=\"528\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When setting a fixed price, you can choose more than one rate plan in case you want to offer an incentive to sign up for longer terms by discounting the price.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5616\" title=\"groups4\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups4-e1334860059901.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 4\" width=\"585\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Setting up Donations for Group Membership<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you choose to ask your members for a donation to join this group, you&#8217;ll see this screen:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5615\" title=\"groups5\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups5-e1334860046615.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 5\" width=\"585\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Please note that for this option you can set a suggested donation price, as well as have the option to establish a minimum and maximum donation range to show your members a price range instead of a longer list of prices.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll also need to set the membership length for the donations by selecting from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5614\" title=\"groups6\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups6-e1334860033648.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 6\" width=\"585\" height=\"516\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re ready, click &#8220;Continue&#8221; for a preview of what your members will see when they visit your group&#8217;s page.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what your members will see if you choose to charge a fixed price for access to the\u00a0group:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5613\" title=\"groups7\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups7-e1334860019364.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 7\" width=\"585\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the preview page, you can customize the message your members will see when they would like to join this group. You have two areas on this screen\u00a0that you can modify. We suggest that you consider:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Describing the benefits members get in return for payment (250 characters max).<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Provide a general overview of your Group for new visitors (600 characters max).<\/p>\n<p>When you like what you see, click &#8220;Continue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Next, you&#8217;ll be prompted to select from these\u00a0three options for charging existing group members: Don&#8217;t pay, ever; Give free access for a set period of time; or No special treatment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5612\" title=\"groups8\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups8-e1334860000448.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 8\" width=\"585\" height=\"391\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you choose the second option, make sure to indicate how many free months you&#8217;d like to grant your members.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;ve made your selection, click &#8220;Continue&#8221;. The next page you see will let you review all of\u00a0your paywall settings for this group. You can make edits here,\u00a0if needed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5611\" title=\"groups9\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups9-e1334859986529.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 9\" width=\"585\" height=\"462\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0you&#8217;ve reviewed your paywall, click &#8220;Publish&#8221; to activate it or choose &#8220;Save for Later&#8221;<strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0Note that you can always access your Published and Saved paywalls in your Paid Access home page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5610\" title=\"groups10\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/groups10-e1334859973325.jpeg\" alt=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access 10\" width=\"585\" height=\"521\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you click &#8220;Publish&#8221;, a confirmation message will display on your screen so you know Paid Access has been activated for your group!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a Network Creator you can choose to monetize your Ning\u00a0Networks with complete flexibility. One great way to do this is by charging for access to premium groups!<br \/>\nWith Paid Access, you can create exclusive spaces for members to network, have a deeper conversation\u00a0or access special content. Teachers can host a virtual classroom. Musicians and celebrities can create VIP fan clubs, special interest groups and more!<br \/>\nYou have the option to set up\u00a0a paywall for a group and can\u00a0charge a fixed price or ask for a donation.\u00a0A paywall is an area that requires payment to access a group, page or network.<br \/>\nSetting a Fixed Price for a Group<br \/>\nTo get started, head over to your group&#8217;s page for which you&#8217;d like to add a paywall and click on the &#8220;Options&#8221;\u00a0button located on the right side of your screen.<\/p>\n<p>From here, select the Charge for this Group option.<\/p>\n<p>The first screen you&#8217;ll encounter when you set up the paywall is the Membership Length and Cost screen. You&#8217;ll\u00a0have the\u00a0option\u00a0to set a fixed price for the group or ask for a donation. Here is what the fixed price screen looks like:<\/p>\n<p>When setting a fixed price, you can choose more than one rate plan in case you want to offer &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,605],"tags":[699,252,608],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access | Ning Help Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Charge for Group Membership With Paid Access | Ning Help Center\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ning.com\/help\/charge-for-group-membership-with-paid-access\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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