Introduction

Enabling Paywall for a Live Stream

Sharing Your Live Stream with the End-Users

How End-Users Purchase Live Stream via Paywall

How Admin Can View the Transaction Details

View the End-user Details in the Live CMS

How Payment is Processed (from end-users to admin)

Introduction

Unlock the power of monetization with Paywall in Live. Now, you can effortlessly generate revenue from your live streams, whether it's sports events, seminars, concerts, online classes, or tournaments. With our Pay Per View (PPV) monetization feature, your viewers will be prompted to purchase the live stream when they click on the embedded or shareable link.

Not only can end-users buy access to the live event before it begins, but they also have the option to purchase the event itself. Plus, you can monetize your live stream in multiple currencies, making engaging a global audience easier.

As an admin, you have full visibility into the transaction details of end-users who have already paid for the live stream. Stay in control and maximize your revenue potential with Paywall in Muvi Live. Start monetizing your live streams effortlessly today!

Enabling Paywall for a Live Stream

You can enable Paywall while adding a live stream.

• Click on “Add Live Stream” in the Live CMS.
• Type the “Stream Name” (e.g., Live Boxing Match, Live Music Concert, etc.)
• Type a short “Description” about the live stream.
• Select the “Source”.
• You can select “Encoder or Streaming Software” to live stream using streaming software like OBS, vMix, Stream Labs, etc.
• You can select “External Live Feed” to live stream using an external live feed URL (e.g., HLS, RTSP, or MPD).
• Enable “Paywall”.
• Select the default “Currency” from the drop-down (multiple currencies from different countries are available to select).
• Click on "Confirm" to set your "Default Currency".
• Type the “Price” (e.g., 5, 10, 20, etc.)
• In the “Event Time” field, select the event start “Date” and “Time” and event end “Date” and “Time”. You can click on "Now" to select the current time.
• Select “Advertisement” if you want to show ads in the live stream.
• Select "Record” if you want the live stream to record in the background.
• Select "DRM” if you want to protect the live stream from piracy.
• Select the “Nearest Server Location” from the drop-down menu.
• Click on “Save”. The live stream will be created.

Sharing Your Live Stream with the End-Users

Once the live stream is added, you can get the “Embed Link”, and “Sharable Link” to share the live stream with your end-users.

• Click on the 3 dots on the extreme right-hand side of the live stream.
• Click on “Embed” to get the embed link of the live stream. You can copy the link and add it to your website/app.
• Click on “Share” to get the shareable link of the live stream. You can copy the link and directly send it to the end-users. The end-users can copy and paste the link on their web browser and view the live stream.

How End-Users Purchase Live Stream via Paywall

• When the end-users click on the live stream link (e.g., Embed link, Sharable link and/or HLS), they will see the live event details in the popup.
• The end-users need to click on “Proceed” (see the below screenshot).

• The sign-up popup will be displayed, and the end-users needs to provide their details like “First Name”, “Last Name”, “Email” and “Password” to sign up to Paywall (see the below screenshot). This is for the first-time users.

• If the ned-user has already created the account, they will see the popup to log in (see the below screenshot).

• Once the end-user logged in, they will see the “Pay Now” button to make the payment (see the below screenshot).

• The end-users will be asked to provide their card details (see the below screenshot).

• After making the payment, the end-users will see the payment confirmation (see the below screenshot).

• If the payment fails, then the end-users will see the payment failure message on the screen (see the below screenshot).

• If the payment is successful, the end-users will see the event details in the popup (see the below screenshot).

• The end-users will also get an email notification regarding the details of the event and their payment.
• They will also receive an invoice of their purchase in their email.
• The end-users can even purchase the live stream after it is getting started.

How Admin Can View the Transaction Details

• As an admin, you can view the transaction details in the Live CMS.
• To view the transaction details, navigate to “Monetization” -->” Paywall” in the CMS.
• On the “Paywall” page, click on the “Transactions” tab.
• You can view the transaction details.

View the End-user Details in the Live CMS

As an admin, you can view the end-user details in the Live CMS.

• To view the end-user details, navigate to “User Management” –> “User Details” in the Live CMS.
• You can view the end-user details who have already purchased your live stream.

How to Manage the Paywall Settings

You can view and manage the Paywall settings in the Live CMS.

• Navigate to "Monetization"-->"Paywall" in the Live CMS.
• Click on the "Settings" tab.
• Under the "General Settings", type the "Support Contact" email address. Where the end-users can send emails if they have any queries.
• In the "Terms of Service" field, type the URL of your terms and services.
• In the "Email Notifications" field, select the email notifications that you want to send to the end-users for the live streaming.
• Click on "Save" to save all the settings (see the below screenshot)

How Payment is Processed (from the end-users to admin)

When the end-users make the payment, the payment is received by Muvi via the Stripe payment gateway. Once the payment is received by Muvi, after deducting its commission, Muvi sends the payment to the admin’s account. Admin (you) must create an account in Veem to receive payments from Muvi.

For example,

• You have set the price of live streaming using the Paywall to $2.
• If there are 1000 successful transactions, the total amount received from the end-users will be $2000.
• Out of $2000, Muvi will keep 10%, i.e. $200.
• Let's assume Stripe (the payment gateway) charges $0.25 for each transaction. So, the total transaction fee is $250.
• Finally, you will receive $2000 - $200 - $250 = $1550 from Muvi via your Veem account. (This is excluding the refund from the end-users, if any)

For more information on the Paywall payment process click here.