Post Pricing and Purchases
What the pricing controls mean, how one-time and monthly pricing differ, and what buyers should expect after checkout.
When to price a post
Turn on pricing when the post is no longer only announcing availability and is now clearly offering a paid unlock.
Pricing works best when a first-time visitor can answer three questions immediately:
- what they are buying,
- whether payment is one-time or recurring,
- what changes after purchase.
Pricing toggle and eligibility
The pricing controls appear on the post page and are only actionable when your account is in a monetization-ready state.
If the app tells you to upgrade or finish payouts setup, that is not cosmetic copy. It means the platform is intentionally preventing you from publishing a paid offer until the required account setup is complete.
Pricing models
GetPaidX supports two main buyer-facing pricing modes:
| Pricing mode | Buyer expectation |
|---|---|
| One-time purchase | Pay once for access to this post or offer |
| Monthly subscription | Pay every month until cancellation |
Choose one-time pricing when the unlock is discrete and bounded. Choose monthly pricing when the buyer is subscribing to continuing access or continuing delivery.
Price amount and locked state
The price tells buyers the exact amount shown during checkout.
Once pricing is live, parts of the monetization setup become intentionally harder or impossible to change freely. This is to keep the buyer-facing offer stable and to avoid silent changes after people have already interacted with the post.
Treat that locked state as a product promise, not as an inconvenience.
What buyers see after purchase
After a successful purchase, buyers can be routed back into the app's post or subscription surfaces depending on the offer type.
What actually unlocks depends on how the post is configured:
- access to the post itself,
- access to the workspace,
- access to the artifact site,
- access that persists as an active post subscription.
Related docs
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