Paywoll Product Tour
A quick overview of the dashboard and key features.
Paywoll Help Guide
Learn how to monetize your content with paywalls in minutes. No technical experience required.
What is Paywoll?
Paywoll is a simple service that helps content creators, bloggers, and businesses make money from their content by adding payment gates. Think of it as a digital bouncer for your premium content.
Instead of letting everyone access your valuable content for free, Paywoll creates a payment page that visitors must complete before they can view your content.
Tutorials
Follow along with guided walkthroughs. We'll keep adding new videos here as they become available.
Paywoll Piracy Protection Tutorial
Learn how to enable watermarking and keep shared content secure.
Multi-link Paywall Tutorial
Step-by-step walkthrough for creating and customizing multi-link experiences.
How Does It Work?
1
You Create
Create valuable content (blog post, video, course, etc.) and put it anywhere online
2
We Protect
Create a paywall that sits between your audience and your content
3
You Earn
Visitors pay through Stripe to access your content, money goes directly to your account
Perfect For:
- • Premium blog posts and articles
- • Online courses and tutorials
- • Exclusive videos and podcasts
- • Digital downloads and resources
- • Members-only content
Getting Started
Step 1: Sign Up
Create your Paywoll account using just your email address. We'll send you a magic link to sign in - no passwords to remember!
Sign Up Free →Step 2: Connect Stripe
Connect your own Stripe account so payments go directly to you. We use Stripe Connect (Express) with direct charges — you own the products, prices, customers, and payouts.
- Open Dashboard → Connect Stripe
- Complete the onboarding (KYC + payout method)
- Back on the Connect page, click “Refresh Status” until Connected and Charges Enabled show “Yes”
Step 3: Create a Product
You can create and manage products (and their prices) directly in Paywoll — we’ll create them in your connected Stripe account — or load existing ones from Stripe.
- Dashboard → Create New Paywall → “Create Product”
- Or: Dashboard → Products → “Create Product” or archive existing products
- When you select a product, the amount/currency/type auto-fill from the Stripe price
Step 4: Create Your Content
Upload your content anywhere you like - your website, Google Drive, Dropbox, YouTube (unlisted), or any other platform. Just make sure you have a direct link to your content that you can share with paying customers.
Creating Your First Paywall
What You'll Need
- Content URL: The link to your premium content
- Stripe Price ID: From your Stripe dashboard (looks like "price_1234...")
- Paywall Name: A unique name for your paywall (used in the URL)
Creating the Paywall
- Go to your dashboard and click "Create New Paywall"
- Enter a unique name for your paywall (this will be part of your paywall URL)
- Paste your content URL (where users go after they pay)
- Enter your Stripe Price ID from your Stripe dashboard
- Choose your payment mode
- Click "Create Paywall"
Success! 🎉
Your paywall is now live! You'll get a link like paywoll.com/your-paywall-name that you can share anywhere.
Setting Up Stripe
Why Stripe?
Stripe is the world's most trusted payment processor, handling billions of dollars in transactions for businesses of all sizes. When someone pays through your paywall, the money goes directly to your Stripe account, not ours.
Setting Up Your Products
In Your Stripe Dashboard:
- Go to Products → Add Product
- Name your product (e.g., "Premium Blog Post", "Video Course")
- Set your price (one-time payment or subscription)
- Save the product and copy the "Price ID" (starts with "price_")
- Use this Price ID when creating your paywall
Tip: You can create multiple products with different prices for different types of content. Each paywall can use a different Stripe Price ID.
QR Codes
Quickly generate a scannable QR code for any paywall. This is available on all plans and works offline (no external services).
Where to find it
- • Standard paywalls: Dashboard →
/{slug}→ Edit → QR Code (above Piracy Protection) - • Multi‑link paywalls: Dashboard → Multi‑link → Edit → QR Code (above Design controls)
Options
- • Format: SVG (crisp print) or PNG
- • Size: 128–1024px with adjustable padding
- • Link target: paywoll.com or your custom domain (if configured)
How to use
- Open your paywall’s Edit page in the dashboard.
- Scroll to the “QR Code” card.
- Pick the format (SVG for print, PNG for web) and size you need.
- Download the image or copy the link/image URL.
- Print on flyers, add to slides, or share online. Scanning opens your paywall.
Tip: If you’ve set a custom domain on your paywall, you can target it directly from the QR card.
Managing Your Paywalls
Dashboard Overview
Your dashboard shows all your paywalls in one place. You can see which ones are performing well and make changes as needed.
📊
View Analytics
See how many people visited and paid
✏️
Edit Paywalls
Update content URLs or prices
🗑️
Delete Paywalls
Remove paywalls you no longer need
Piracy Protection
Agency Plan
Advanced Piracy Protection
Protect your premium content with watermarking, screenshot detection, and screen recording prevention. Available for Agency plan subscribers only.
Features
- • Watermarking: Dynamic watermarks with purchaser email/ID
- • Screenshot Detection: Disables Print Screen, right-click, and text selection
- • Screen Recording Prevention: Detects recording tools and shows blackout overlay
- • Hardened Viewer: Routes paid users through protected viewer at
/c/<your-slug> - • Agency Enhanced: Additional controls and customization options
How to enable it
- Upgrade to Agency: This feature requires an Agency plan subscription.
- Open an existing paywall from your dashboard and choose Edit.
- Scroll to the Piracy Protection panel and flip the toggle on.
- Save your changes. New purchases immediately land inside the protected viewer.
- For multi-link pages, enable the toggle beside each link you want watermarked.
Tips
- • Share the protected link directly if you manually grant access—pass the buyer email in the URL to brand the watermark.
- • Combine the feature with hosted success pages or multi-link hubs so premium content never appears unprotected.
- • Remind customers that protection is a deterrent layer; revoke access if someone attempts to circulate recordings.
Multi-link Paywalls
Pro or Agency
Multi-Link Paywalls
Create a branded success hub with multiple links, downloads, and resources behind a single paywall. Perfect for course bundles, client deliverables, and comprehensive content packages.
Key Benefits
- • Bundle Content: Unlimited links behind one paywall instead of selling individually
- • Custom Branding: Theme with your fonts, colors, hero imagery, and contact links
- • Piracy Protection Integration: Flag sensitive assets for watermarked viewing
- • Dynamic Management: Reorder links to spotlight new launches or time-sensitive content
- • Professional Presentation: Branded success hub that builds trust and value
How to create one
- Upgrade to Pro or Agency: Available on Pro and Agency plans.
- From the dashboard, choose New → Multi-link Paywall.
- Connect your Stripe Price ID and configure payment settings (one-time or subscription).
- Add content as link cards—customize titles, subtitles, thumbnails, and enable Piracy Protection for sensitive content.
- Use the theme builder to style your branded hub, then save. Buyers access content at
/multi/<your-slug>.
Buyer experience
- • Returning customers can re-enter their purchase email to unlock the hub again instantly.
- • Clicking a protected card opens the hardened viewer in a new tab, watermarking the purchaser before showing the target URL.
- • Unprotected links launch directly in a new tab, preserving your original destination formatting.
- • You can include support or social links in the hub footer so customers always know how to reach you.
Custom Domains
Agency Plan
Brand Your Paywalls
Instead of showing "paywoll.com" in your URLs, you can use your own domain name for a completely branded experience.
Benefits
- URLs show your brand (e.g., premium.yoursite.com/content)
- Builds more trust with your audience
- Professional appearance for your business
Plans & Pricing
Starter
Free
- • Up to 3 paywalls
- • Basic analytics
- • paywoll.com branding
Pro
Popular$19/month
- • Unlimited paywalls
- • Advanced analytics
- • Priority support
Agency
$49/month
- • Everything in Pro
- • Custom domains
- • White-label branding
- • Multiple team members
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get paid?
Payments go directly to your Stripe account. You control your payout schedule through your Stripe dashboard - daily, weekly, or monthly.
What fees does Paywoll charge?
Paywoll doesn't take any percentage of your sales. You only pay Stripe's standard processing fees (2.9% + 30¢ per transaction) plus your monthly plan fee.
Can I use this for subscription content?
Yes! Create recurring pricing in Stripe and use those Price IDs in your paywalls for subscription-based content.
What happens if someone shares the direct content link?
Paywoll doesn't control access to your content directly. You should keep your direct content links private and only share your paywall links publicly.
Need More Help?
Community Support
Join our community to get help from other creators and share your success stories.
Join Discord Community →Direct Support
Pro and Agency plan users get priority email support with faster response times.
Upgrade for Priority Support →Still have questions? We're here to help!
Email us at support@paywoll.com