{"id":167,"date":"2020-05-08T15:01:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T15:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/docs\/?post_type=wpwax_directorist&#038;p=167"},"modified":"2021-07-26T11:26:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T05:26:23","slug":"monetization-overview","status":"publish","type":"wpwax_directorist","link":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/directorist\/monetization\/monetization-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Monetization Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to monetize a listing using Directorist - WordPress Business Directory plugin\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQlIKRoZlps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Directorist provides multiple ways to earn revenue from your directory site. No matter what kind of directory site you have built with Directorist, you can earn profit from your site very easily. At the time of writing this doc, you can monetize your site in 4 ways using the Directorist monetization feature. These are<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Featured Listing (Free).<br>2. Using Pricing Plans (Extension) for public submission,<br>3. Offering Claim listing (Extension) feature.<br>4. Reservation \/ Appointment (Extension).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use all of these ways to monetize your site for higher revenue, or you can choose any of these monetization features on your site. We recommend using all of them to maximize your earnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"eckb-article-content-header\">\n<h3 id=\"19474\" class=\"eckb-article-title kb-article-id\">Featuring Listings (Free)<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"eckb-article-content-body\">\n<div id=\"kb-article-content\">\n<p>Visit&nbsp;<strong>Admin&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Dashboard&nbsp; \u2192 Directory Listings \u2192 Directory Settings \u2192 Monetization Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;Page to customize all settings for the featured listings.<\/p>\n<p>Please follow the following steps to enable monetization on your site.<\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Set the \u2018<strong>Monetize by Featured Listing<\/strong>\u2018 option to \u2018<strong>YES<\/strong>\u2018. You can enable this option to collect payment from your user for making their listing featured.<\/p>\n<p>Step 2: Title \u2013 this field lets you customize the feature title displayed on the checkout page. You can enter any text here. For example: Featured or Feature your listing etc. See the screenshot below for visual help.<\/p>\n<p>Step 3: Description \u2013 this field lets you add a description to your featured listing and this description will appear in the checkout form. This description helps your users understand what they are buying. So, it is a good idea to add some nice text here. See the screenshot below.<\/p>\n<p>Step 4: price \u2013 You can set a price for featuring a listing in this field. You should set a price in USD. You can set any amount you want.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Place an order<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After configuring all these settings, let\u2019s submit a listing by using the add listing page. The submission will be redirected to our checkout page like below screenshot.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19397 aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1010\" height=\"624\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-1.png 1010w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-1-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-1-768x474.png 768w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/directorist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/download-1.png\" data-was-processed=\"true\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Manage order<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Admin needs to control the status of the order depending on the user\u2019s paying status. Once admin changes the order status to complete the ordered listing will have the predefined new listing default status. Please note that every new submission will have a pending status until payment goes to compilation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listing Status depends on the status of the order.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2298,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-167","wpwax_directorist","type-wpwax_directorist","status-publish","hentry","wpwax_directorist_category-monetization"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpwax_directorist\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wpwax_directorist"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wpwax_directorist"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directorist.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}