Most hosts disable caching for logged-in users, causing subscription sites to crawl or crash during traffic spikes. Learn how BigScoots solved this specific bottleneck for First Things, delivering a 94% performance boost and a seamless experience for paid readers
What’s the right way to gate your content? We break down smart paywall setups and show how publishers are using them to drive paid subscriptions.
Planning to raise prices? Here’s how to communicate it clearly and keep your subscribers on board.
Monetizing your digital publication requires a crucial decision: Should I set up a paywall?
Switching to Flowletter helped Mexico News Daily streamline their email workflow, improve reader access, and grow paid and free subscriptions.
Proven subscription revenue tactics from real publishers. Boost paid subscriptions with ad-free tiers, gift subs, group access, and more
The Boca Raton Tribune requested a critique of their subscription setup on their website. If you are looking to improve conversions, the video below should inspire updates to your own website.
Data control leads to audience growth and increased paid subscription conversions.
Pete and Tyler from Leaky Paywall and the Paywall Project reviewed the Relevant Magazine website independently, coming up with three things that could help build paid subscriptions.
Small Boats, a digital magazine publisher, was grappling with monetization and content organization. They needed a robust subscription system and a way to streamline their content by issue.
Salem Reporter’s registration wall generates 16x more signups than newsletter forms and converts 20% of free readers to paid subscribers. Here’s their formula.
Let’s explore how a leading publisher is future-proofing their traffic growth strategy in the age of paywalls
Learn how a YouTuber musician sends his audience to his website and converts premium subscriptions
Recurring subscription payments are now available in Southeast Asia with our Xendit integration for Leaky Paywall
We take a deep dive into how the Key Biscayne Independant is surging audience growth, donations, and paid subscriptions.
AI and social media concerns are ramping up for publishers. So what do you do? We offer guidance.
Discover the benefits and considerations of Newspack and various paywall options for digital publishers.
AI and social media concerns are ramping up for publishers. So what do you do? We offer guidance.
We dive into a successful Facebook ads promotion to build subscriptions
We dive into successful holiday promotional subscription strategies for publishers
We dive into successful promotional subscription strategies for publishers
Publisher Mastermind – How to put Leaky Paywall Insights to work for your publication
Publisher Mastermind – Learn why and how to set up your free and subscriber-only newsletters
We dive into a case study on Salem Reporter, a local news publisher that has seen significant success in growing their revenue.
Publisher Mastermind with Q&A – Learn best practices for engaging and nurturing casual visitors on your website.
It’s important to take control of data, be able to export it, transfer it easily from one system to another, etc., so that you have full access/control over your information & subscribers at all times.
It’s time to identify the articles that convert your new free and paid subscribers. By digging into this single metric, you can quickly learn more about what readers actually value and will pay for.
In this webinar Lesley Sim from Newsletter Glue provides newsletter tactics to help publishers that use WordPress succeed.
Pete and Tyler from Leaky Paywall and the Paywall Project reviewed the Relevant Magazine website independently, coming up with three things that could help build paid subscriptions.
Flipbooks (or e-editions) were an early development in field of digital publications. It was a logical step: they were a perfect replica of the print magazine, right down to the flipping pages (and sound effect).
As the digital world has advanced, flipbooks have fallen out of favor for many good reasons. But that doesn’t mean that they are completely obsolete.
We received a question from Flyer Magazine on how best to handle subscriber retention emails. After reviewing the website, the video below turned into a retention and new subscriber generation session.
Tyler Channel and I talk about trends that we have seen put into action as well as what publishers said they were planning on in 2023. This episode turned into a ‘recommended major themes’ discussion… actions that you should consider adopting this year.
Publishers need to diversify revenue streams for long term success. But how?
As a publisher, it’s important to have a newsletter to drive your visitors back to your website.
With our new Insights from Leaky Paywall, you can now easily track which articles are generating the most paying subscribers and free registrations. This powerful tool gives you visibility into reader habits, allowing you to identify which types of content are resonating with audiences and driving conversions.
Catch Magazine has found a platform that makes it easy and streamlined. In this article, we’ll show you how Catch Magazine moved from PayPal to Stripe to create a recurring revenue stream that’s growing month after month.
Join Pete and Tyler in a discussion on how your subscription system should actually be improving the relationship between you and your readers… with the end goal of building your subscription revenue.
Selling an ad-free subscription has given Swedish publisher Samnytt a significant boost in revenue.
Let’s answer the question: What should I set my paywall meter to? In other words, how many free articles should I give away before prompting a visitor to pay for a subscription? This is a question we get all the time from both news and magazine publishers.
You’re giving away something for free. So you’re giving away your valuable content. So there’s a good match here between an advertiser to sponsor the free registration level and what you can tell anybody that’s new.
Invest 6 minutes to learn the most important step in growing your paid subscriber base. We have implemented this strategy throughout our publisher base and the results are impressive.
Our formula for revving up your paid subscriptions and, with them, your revenue.
Covering the importance of your email newsletter.
A framework for how publishers can grow subscriptions: from email registrations and free levels to increased traffic and paying subscribers. (Video and transcript)
Stone Soup, a magazine for and by children, offers individual, group, school, and gift subscriptions with Leaky Paywall and WooCommerce.
Leaky Paywall is built specifically for the needs of news and magazine publishers that use WordPress. In fact, you can generate more revenue streams than you thought possible by taking advantage of its core flexibility. Flexibility = More revenue streams We thought it would be a good idea to showcase how different publishers are using […]
Episode 10 of the Paywall Podcast is a primer on social media and email marketing from a career expert, based on real life successes.
In this video Nick Pataro from MagHub and I go over the strategy to building a strong email list that, in turn, attracts paying subscribers and advertisers. Follow along step-by-step to understand how to develop a free registration capture for your publication to rapidly build your email list, then convert paying subscribers, and also become […]
Looking to generate more subscribers with your paywall? We discuss paywall strategies and tactics for news and magazine publishers. With over 900 publishers running our subscription platform we have learned quite a bit about what works (and doesn’t) in digital publishing. Join Pete, Jeremy, and Tyler for a deep dive that will help you grow […]
Grab a pencil and a couple of sheets of paper… this (true) story starts with a person I call the frenzied publisher. A big content mess Some time ago I walked into the office of this publisher who was scanning a conference room table (with about 30 pieces of paper on it) in order to […]