Paying Authors Based on Reader's Engagement with Posts

Hi Jeannie,

1) if it’s possible to pay authors based on readers engagement with the post (not just views, but how long their spend time reading it).

This is not included in current plugin features. I have long wanted to implement this, but it would require a lot of work, and it would only provide the average time on page metric, and it would be difficult to implement a payment based on this, since all payments right now are based on numbers, and not on times… :\

2) Also, is it possible to hide information about how much everyone is being paid (so the author can only see how much he/she is being paid)

Yes, you can set up permissions in such a way that this is achieved easily 🙂

3) Can you set like a minimum amount before revenue sharing occurs? e.g. first $200 goes to the company and then from $201 there’s revenue sharing?

This is not currently possible, but could be implemented (easily) in next release 🙂

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Hi Jeannie,

Have you considered implementing it for the number of likes a post receives? Jetpack allows you to set up likes really easily

It is already possible to pay per Facebook likes. Jetpack is not so good at sharing data with other plugins so I didn’t even consider this option (I had a look at it for visits, and it was not viable) 🙂

Great to hear it’s easy to implement. Is this only available for the paid plugin?

No, that’s a free feature. Just leave all the first three permissions unticked in Options > Permissions to have this working.

Cool, when do you expect to release your next version?

Could be this weekend, if this is important for you 🙂

4) is it possible to pay authors based on product and/or membership sales? E.g. a new reader buys a one-year subscription to have unlimited digital access of your posts.

There’s nothing of the kind in my plugin as of now, mostly because it really depends on what plugin you are using to implement this feature on your site 🙂

Have a nice day,
Stefano

I’m afraid, but I can’t promise integration with WooCommerce will come soon. Sorry!

Maybe there’s a way for me to do it manually by using one of your features (I think it was something like give a bonus to authors)

The feature to award single posts a bonus is built in the PRO version, while the authors bonus is a feature included in a separate addon. You may want to build your custom plan here, including all the needed features 🙂

I’ll work on the ads revenue feature and will let you know here as soon as I’m done!

Have a nice day,
Stefano

Hi Jeannie,
actually, I released the update with the feature some days ago – I just forgot to mention it in this thread, sorry! 🙂 Anyway, it’s there and working.

maybe translators can be paid when they publish a translated version–if you have any suggestions let me know!

I think that entirely depends on what system you are using. If the translated version is a new post in some way, that the system make it look like it’s just one, that it’s certainly possible 🙂

Have a nice day,
Stefano

See attached screenshot 🙂