Pay First
Before creating a plan, you can choose whether you want users to pay first before adding a listing or add a listing first then pay. By default, users are required to select a plan → add a listing → make a payment but you also have the option to let users select a plan → make a payment → add a listing. If you want to enable the pay first feature then navigate to Settings → Extension Settings Pricing Plans → and enable the "Purchase A Plan First" option.
Once you have set the default behavior of the add listing process, you can start creating pricing plans.
Create a plan
Reference: WP Admin Dashboard → Directory Listings → Pricing Plans → Add New
Package
Payment for this plan will be charged for a group of Regular Listing or Featured Listings.
Pay Per Listing
Payment for this plan will be charged for per listing submission.
Features That Can be Customized for Pricing Plan
Featured the Listing (Only for Pay Per Listing type plan): If the Plan type is "Pay Per Listing", then check this field if you want to let a user submit a featured listing using this plan.
Number of Listings (Only for Package type plan): Total number of general listing allowed in the package.
Number of Featured Listings (Only for Package type plan): Total number of featured listing allowed in the package.
Listing Slider Image Limit: Check this field to enable Image uploading feature for the listing. You can enable an unlimited number of images to be uploaded for the listing or limit the number of images to be uploaded by providing a number in the input field.
Allow Price and set Limit: Check this field if you want to allow a user to set a price for a listing when submitting. You can also limit the highest amount of a price a user can set for his/her listing.
Price Range: Some users may want to use the expense range instead of a price. If you check this field then a user will be able to choose a price range instead of setting a price. However, users will be able to choose between a price and a range during adding a listing. The available expense levels in the range selector are Ultra High ($$$$), Expensive ($$$), Moderate ($$), and Cheap($).
Business Hours (Requires Business Hours extension): (It requires Business Hours extension): if you check this field, a user will be able to add business our to a listing using this plan. However, you must have the Directorist Business Hours Extension installed on your site for this feature to work.
Image Gallery (Requires Image Gallery extension): Check this field if you want to let a user upload an image gallery to a listing under this plan. You can also limit the number of images a user can upload to an image gallery by inserting a number in the Gallery Image Limit field. Or you can let a user upload unlimited images by checking the "mark as unlimited" checkbox. However, this feature requires the Directorist Image Gallery extension to be installed on your site.
Video: Check this field to let a user upload a video to a listing.
Contact Listing Owner: Check this field if you want to let users add the contact information of their business. A user will be able to add different types of contact information to their listed business during submission. You can also determine what type of contact information a user can add using the following fields. Continue reading the fields described below.
Email Address: Check this field if you want to let a user add an email address to the contact information of a listing. This feature is depended on the "Contact Listing Owner" Feature.
Phone Number: Check this field to let a user add a phone number to the listing address. This feature is depended on the "Contact Listing Owner" Feature.
Website Link: Check this field to let a user add a website link to the listing address. This feature is depended on the "Contact Listing Owner" Feature
Social Media Links: Check this field to let a user add social media links to the listing address. This feature is depended on the "Contact Listing Owner" Feature
Customer Reviews: Check this field to enable review feature on a listing. Other users will be able to post a review on the submitted listing using this plan.
FAQs (It requires Listing's FAQs extension): A user can add a Frequently Asked Questions sections to a listing if you enable this feature for a plan. However, this feature requires the Directorist Listing's FAQsextension installed on your website.
Custom Fields: Check this field if you want a user to have access to the custom fields created by you(admin) for listings. If you check this, a user will be able to add custom fields information to a listing during submission.
Claim Badge Included (It requires Claim Listing extension): Submitted listing will have a verified badge with the plan.
Exclude Categories: Check all the categories that you want to exclude for a plan. User will not be able to select the excluded categories when they submit using the specific plan.
*Note: check "Hide this from pricing plan page" field if you want to hide any field on the pricing plan selection page. A sample screenshot of the pricing plan selection page given below