Pay-Per-View vs. Subscription: What’s the Difference?
Ruth Young
Ruth is a Customer Success Specialist with experience in digital video platforms as well as technology companies in Silicon Valley and beyond.
Pay-Per-View vs. Subscription
Pay-per-view and subscription are two monetization models available with the Dacast paywall.
When it comes to video monetization, a subscription requires a viewer to pay for unlimited access to your content over a fixed amount of time.
Pay-per-view, on the other hand, requires viewers to pay for access to individual pieces of content.
Video Monetization
To put these two video monetization methods into perspective, someone can set up a biannually subscription where viewers can watch uploaded content as much as they like over that year. Someone else can set up a pay-per-view for a two-hour program, where the viewer gets to watch only that program and nothing more.
Please note that a subscription enables you to automatically bill on a recurring subscription cycle, while pay-per-view is a single payment billing model.
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Additional Resources
- Video Monetization: The Ultimate Guide for Broadcasters
- How to Use Dacast’s New Paywall
- AVOD: Definitive Guide to Ad-Based Video on Demand
- SVOD: Everything You Need to Know About
- 3 Best Video Monetization Method
Ruth Young
Ruth is a Customer Success Specialist with experience in digital video platforms as well as technology companies in Silicon Valley and beyond.
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