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Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall protects your high-quality content and ensures that you are fairly remunerated for your work.
It allows you to build up a sustainable source of income and be less dependent on advertising revenue or sponsors. With your Coinsnap Bitcoin paywall, you can target loyal users who are willing to pay, which leads to a high-quality community in the long term.
1. Install the Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall plug-in from the WordPress directory.
The Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall can be searched and installed in the WordPress plugin directory.
In your WordPress instance, go to the Plugins > Add New section.
In the search you enter Coinsnap and get as a result the Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall plugin displayed.
Then click Install.
After successful installation, click Activate and then you can start setting up the plugin.
2. Connect Coinsnap account with Bitcoin Paywall
After you have installed and activated the Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall, you must make the Coinsnap settings. You can find these in the sidebar on the left under “Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall”.
Simply enter your Coinsnap Store ID and your API key there; you can find these in your Coinsnap account under “Settings”, “Coinsnap Shop Settings”.
If you don’t have a Coinsnap account yet, you can do so via the link shown: Coinsnap Registration
3. Create Coinsnap account
3.1. Create a Coinsnap Account
Now go to the Coinsnap website at:
https://app.coinsnap.io/register and open an account by entering your email address and a password of your choice.
If you are using a Lightning Wallet with Lightning Login, then you can also open a Coinsnap account with it.
3.2. Confirm email address
You will receive an email to the given email address with a confirmation link, which you have to confirm. If you do not find the email, please check your spam folder.
Then please log in to the Coinsnap backend with the appropriate credentials.
3.3. Set up website at Coinsnap
After you sign up, you will be asked to provide two pieces of information.
In the Website Name field, enter the name of your online store that you want customers to see when they check out.
In the Lightning Address field, enter the Lightning address to which the Bitcoin and Lightning transactions should be forwarded.
A Lightning address is similar to an e-mail address. Lightning payments are forwarded to this Lightning address and paid out. If you don’t have a Lightning address yet, set up a Lightning wallet that will provide you with a Lightning address.
For more information on Lightning addresses and the corresponding Lightning wallet providers, click here:
https://coinsnap.io/lightning-wallet-mit-lightning-adresse/
After saving settings you can use Store ID and Api Key on the step 2.
4. Configure Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall
4.1. Create a paywall shortcode
Go to Coinsnap Bitcoin Paywall in the sideboard on the left in your WordPress and click on Paywall Shortcodes. Then click on “Add New Paywall Shortcode” at the top.
4.2. configure your paywall shortcode
In the window that now appears, make the following settings (see orange entries):
- First you assign a name so that you know later what the short code is intended for.
- Then you can enter a short description as background information for yourself or your editors.
- Then set the text of the payment button.
- Set your price!
- Select the currency in which the price is to be displayed
- Set the duration of the activation and
- select the color scheme of the paywall.
Now you can copy the shortcode at the bottom and use it in your content!
Upgrade Notice
Follow updates on plugin's GitHub page:
https://github.com/Coinsnap/Bitcoin-Paywall
Frequently Asked Questions
Plugin's page on Coinsnap website:
https://coinsnap.io/en/