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Monetization system

Set up everything Listivo can charge for: turn monetization on, hand out free packages, build paid ad packages and bump-up packages, and offer recurring subscriptions through Stripe.

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Enable monetization

The first step to start earning on your website is to enable monetization. To do it, go to Listivo Panel > Monetization.

Listivo Panel > Monetization, General tab, with green arrows on the Listivo Panel menu, the Monetization item and the ticked Enabled checkbox; Subscriptions and Bump Up are ticked too, above Save Changes.
Monetization > Packages with the Free sub-tab selected: Enabled ticked, Ad Duration (days) 3, and Featured Duration, Bumps Number and Bumps Interval all 0, with a green arrow running down to Save Changes.

Bump Up – you can enable bump up for your users. After you enable it on Listivo Panel > Monetization, you can set how many bump ups you will offer to users in each package's settings.

Free packages

On the Listivo Panel you can set only free packages – 'Free package for new users' and 'Free package'. For each package you can set Duration (days), Featured Duration (days), Bumps Number and Bumps Interval (days).

Free package for new users:

Monetization > Packages, Register sub-tab headed "Free package for new users": Enabled ticked, Number 3, and Ad Duration, Featured Duration, Bumps Number and Bumps Interval all 0.

Free package:

Monetization > Packages, Free sub-tab: Enabled ticked, Ad Duration (days) 3, and Featured Duration, Bumps Number and Bumps Interval all 0, with Save Changes highlighted.

Payment packages

Now you can set Payment Packages. You can add new packages and edit or delete existing packages.

Listivo Panel > Payment Packages screen with Normal and Bump Up tabs, an Add New Package button and rows for Standard, Featured, Featured Max, Package Standard and Package Featured, each with Edit and Delete buttons.

Add new packages – give a name and choose a package type (normal or bump up). Click the 'Add Package' button and edit your new package.

"Add New Package" form with the Name field set to "New Package" and the Type dropdown open on Normal, showing the Normal and Bump Up options, next to the Add Package button.

On paid packages, you can set the price, add the text, feature it, or add categories that will be visible.

"Edit Package" form for Standard: Display Price $5.00, Price 5, empty Label and Text, Is Featured unticked, Categories set to All Categories, Ads Number 1, Duration (days) 7, Featured 0, Bumps Number 0, Bumps Interval 0.

You can set these 4 options. It means that the ad will be 30 days on the website. The ad will be featured for 7 days. The ad will be refreshed 2 times. Bumps Interval is 10 days, so it will be refreshed every 10 days – in this case after 10 and 20 days.

Close-up of the package fields Duration (days) 30, Featured (days) 7, Bumps Number 2 and Bumps Interval (days) 10, above the Save Changes button.

Bump up packages

You can configure a package only with bumps up. Bump up is a service where users place their own ad on the top of the first page of the same category once a day automatically for a limited time. Just add a new package – type bump up – and edit it.

Payment Packages with the Bump Up tab selected, showing a single package named Bump Up with Edit and Delete buttons.

Here you can set the price, the text, 'featured' and how many bumps are in the package. By default, it is possible to refresh this date once for 3 USD. You can change it as you want.

"Edit Package" form for the Bump Up package: Display Price $3.00, Price 3, empty Label and Text, Is Featured unticked and Bumps Number 1, above Save Changes.

Sample packages:

Front-end "Purchase New Package" pricing table: Standard $5.00, Featured $9.00 marked Most Popular, Featured Max $19.00, Package Standard $49.00 and Package Featured $99.00, each listing listings, duration and bump ups.

Subscriptions

Subscriptions need Stripe
Subscriptions are billed through Stripe, so enable Stripe and save your credentials before you add any subscription plan.
  1. 1 Enable Stripe

    Go to wp-admin > Listivo Panel > Monetization > Stripe, enable it and add all necessary credentials – here you will read more about it.

    Monetization > Stripe tab with Enabled ticked and the Publishable Key, Secret Key and Webhook secret fields filled in; the webhook endpoint URL is printed under the last field.
  2. 2 Open the Subscriptions tab

    When your Stripe configuration is completed, you can start adding subscriptions.

    Monetization > Subscriptions tab listing the subscriptions Mini, Midi and Maxi with Account Type "Any" and Edit and Delete buttons, under an Add New Subscription button and List | Free links.
  3. 3 Set up the free subscription

    You can set free subscriptions for your users – enable it here and put in all necessary data.

    Subscriptions tab with the Free sub-tab open: Enabled ticked, Name and Text both "Free", Ad Duration 7 days, Number of Ads 1, Featured Duration 1 day, Number of Bumps 0 and Bumps Interval 0.
  4. 4 Click "Add New Subscription" Monetization > Subscriptions with the Add New Subscription button highlighted above the list of the Mini, Midi and Maxi subscriptions.
  5. 5 Name the new subscription

    Enter a name for the new subscription and click the "Add Subscription" button.

    "Add New Subscription" form with the Name field filled in as "New Subscription" and a green arrow pointing at the Add Subscription button.
  6. 6 Fill in the subscription settings

    Add all the settings for your subscription and save changes.

    "Edit Subscription" form: Name "New Subscription", User Account Type Any, Ads Number 5, Duration 30, Featured 5, Bumps Number 3, Bumps Interval 7, empty Display Price, Text and Label, Stripe Price 0 and Stripe Currency USD.
  7. 7 Check it on the subscriptions list

    Your "new subscription" is now visible on the subscriptions list. Here you can edit it or delete it.

    Subscriptions list showing Mini, Midi, Maxi and the newly added "New Subscription" row highlighted at the bottom.
  8. 8 Let users pick their plan

    Your users will see their subscriptions in account settings. They can change plan whenever they want to.

    Front-end user Settings page with a Subscription box showing "Current plan: Free", "Current period ends: April 13, 2023" and a Change plan button; the Settings tab and "Current subscription: Free" label are highlighted.
Front-end "Choose a subscription" page with Free (marked Selected), Mini $8.00, Midi $15.00, Maxi $45.00 and New Subscription $100.00 cards, each listing ads, duration, featured days and bump ups.

You can see all subscriptions on the "User Subscriptions" tab.

Monetization > User Subscriptions tab listing users with their subscription, expiry date and a Status column showing active or canceled; the user names and dates are blurred out.

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