Whether it's a newsletter, a webcomic, videos, or music, chances are you're creating your own original content.
But when it comes to consistently creating content, the ambiguity of the revenue model is a common roadblock for creators and business owners like yourself. Although ad revenue may be a game-changer for your bottom line, it has to meet the platform's criteria, not to mention that it can be highly volatile and subject to the whims of the algorithm. Even more, if advertisements become your primary source of income, your brand may suffer in the long term. In other words, a diversified revenue model that generates income from multiple sources is essential for a sustainable content business.
You can attract a group of loyal fans and form a community by creating insightful and fun content with a clear value proposition for your audience. With such a community in place, diversifying your income streams is easier because your audience will be willing to pay for high-quality, exclusive content tailored specifically to their interests.
For a more sophisticated and diversified system for monetizing your content, look to b.stage digital vouchers.
But when it comes to consistently creating content, the ambiguity of the revenue model is a common roadblock for creators and business owners like yourself. Although ad revenue may be a game-changer for your bottom line, it has to meet the platform's criteria, not to mention that it can be highly volatile and subject to the whims of the algorithm. Even more, if advertisements become your primary source of income, your brand may suffer in the long term. In other words, a diversified revenue model that generates income from multiple sources is essential for a sustainable content business.
You can attract a group of loyal fans and form a community by creating insightful and fun content with a clear value proposition for your audience. With such a community in place, diversifying your income streams is easier because your audience will be willing to pay for high-quality, exclusive content tailored specifically to their interests.
For a more sophisticated and diversified system for monetizing your content, look to b.stage digital vouchers.
Why b.stage Digital Vouchers?
Using digital vouchers on b.stage, you can control who sees what content, for how long, and at what cost. The beauty of b.stage is that it combines content management, communities, and surveys with eCommerce, complete with global payment and shipping, in the space that brings all of your fans together. As the b.stage owner, you own everything on the platform, including the content you upload and the data generated by it.
"All-in-One Bespoke Platform Builder"
If you can gather membership, content, community, and eCommerce all in one place rather than having everything scattered across different digital locations, you can build your business around the intellectual property (IP) of your content. With complete control over your content, you can monetize it directly.
Upload paid and free content to your own platform, build a community and engage with fans where your content is, own the data about your fans and their activities—all of this is possible because b.stage is a bespoke platform builder. Just one b.stage is enough for everything you need for your fandom business.
Introducing b.stage Digital Vouchers
■ The benefits of b.stage Digital Vouchers for owners
* Features that are available because of the all-in-one solution are marked with a star ★
01 Direct compensation motivates you to keep creating content
On b.stage, you can set up voucher access permissions for each video or post on a per-item basis. Being able to sell digital content directly to your fans can help give you the momentum you need to keep creating.
※ PG fees apply to transactions made via digital vouchers.
02 There are no eligibility requirements to make money from your content
On major platforms, content creators need a certain number of subscribers, views, or followers over a certain age to get paid. But on b.stage, there are no restrictions on making money through digital vouchers. All you have to do is add a digital voucher and link it to your content. When your fans buy something, you get paid right away. And the majority of the revenue is yours.
03 It allows you to create premium content
You can create premium content such as branded content, personalized content, and professional articles. With paid content, you can expect to increase the quantity and quality of your content. It also means you can participate directly in the creator ecosystem, where revenue is distributed to the creators.
04 You can leverage data to understand your fans and make informed decisions about your next piece of content ★
How do your fans feel about your paid content on b.stage? What types of content do they open more frequently and watch all the way through?
You can easily understand your fans and see how they react to your content with the data dashboard and Google Analytics integration provided by b.stage, allowing you to plan your next piece of content— and maybe even scale into an IP business.
05 Copyright your video content with DRM technology
Depending on your b.stage plan, you can upload large videos of up to 30GB in size that are copyright-protected using DRM* technology. This technology will, of course, also protect video content linked to digital vouchers.
* Digital Rights Management (DRM): A technology that restricts the illegal use of various digital content, limiting its use to authorized users in accordance with the intention of the copyright holder. It includes encryption technology for content protection and license management technology for controlling usage rights.
■ The benefits of b.stage Digital Vouchers for fans
01 Fans get first dibs on premium content ★
b.stage is an exclusive space for superfans to gather together, helping owners learn more about their preferences and create content tailored to them. Fans on b.stage can receive preferential treatment with first access to premium content, which also encourages them to participate in fan activities.
02 Fans can collect content they have already consumed online or missed at events
When you like something, you tend to want to own some part of it. Fans are no expection—if they enjoy your content, they'll want to own it, even if they've already seen it online or live at the event. On b.stage, fans can purchase a digital voucher to permanently own the content you created for them. Since b.stage is cloud-based, they can continue to view the content on b.stage without any additional downloads or storage space.
03 Fans can share reviews of your content with each other in the community ★
On b.stage, you can create multiple communities for various purposes, such as one for you and your fans—or even a community just for fans to share their opinions with each other. In other words, the community can become a space for you and your fans to discuss your content, as well as where fans can share their interpretations of your content amongst themselves. Even better, the feedback from your fans can serve as inspiration for your next project.
■ Three Types of Digital Vouchers
On b.stage, digital vouchers make it simple to monetize your content while retaining complete ownership of everything. Let's have a look at the three different types of digital vouchers.
Using digital vouchers on b.stage, you can control who sees what content, for how long, and at what cost. The beauty of b.stage is that it combines content management, communities, and surveys with eCommerce, complete with global payment and shipping, in the space that brings all of your fans together. As the b.stage owner, you own everything on the platform, including the content you upload and the data generated by it.
"All-in-One Bespoke Platform Builder"
If you can gather membership, content, community, and eCommerce all in one place rather than having everything scattered across different digital locations, you can build your business around the intellectual property (IP) of your content. With complete control over your content, you can monetize it directly.
Upload paid and free content to your own platform, build a community and engage with fans where your content is, own the data about your fans and their activities—all of this is possible because b.stage is a bespoke platform builder. Just one b.stage is enough for everything you need for your fandom business.
Introducing b.stage Digital Vouchers
■ The benefits of b.stage Digital Vouchers for owners
* Features that are available because of the all-in-one solution are marked with a star ★
01 Direct compensation motivates you to keep creating content
On b.stage, you can set up voucher access permissions for each video or post on a per-item basis. Being able to sell digital content directly to your fans can help give you the momentum you need to keep creating.
※ PG fees apply to transactions made via digital vouchers.
02 There are no eligibility requirements to make money from your content
On major platforms, content creators need a certain number of subscribers, views, or followers over a certain age to get paid. But on b.stage, there are no restrictions on making money through digital vouchers. All you have to do is add a digital voucher and link it to your content. When your fans buy something, you get paid right away. And the majority of the revenue is yours.
03 It allows you to create premium content
You can create premium content such as branded content, personalized content, and professional articles. With paid content, you can expect to increase the quantity and quality of your content. It also means you can participate directly in the creator ecosystem, where revenue is distributed to the creators.
04 You can leverage data to understand your fans and make informed decisions about your next piece of content ★
How do your fans feel about your paid content on b.stage? What types of content do they open more frequently and watch all the way through?
You can easily understand your fans and see how they react to your content with the data dashboard and Google Analytics integration provided by b.stage, allowing you to plan your next piece of content— and maybe even scale into an IP business.
05 Copyright your video content with DRM technology
Depending on your b.stage plan, you can upload large videos of up to 30GB in size that are copyright-protected using DRM* technology. This technology will, of course, also protect video content linked to digital vouchers.
* Digital Rights Management (DRM): A technology that restricts the illegal use of various digital content, limiting its use to authorized users in accordance with the intention of the copyright holder. It includes encryption technology for content protection and license management technology for controlling usage rights.
■ The benefits of b.stage Digital Vouchers for fans
01 Fans get first dibs on premium content ★
b.stage is an exclusive space for superfans to gather together, helping owners learn more about their preferences and create content tailored to them. Fans on b.stage can receive preferential treatment with first access to premium content, which also encourages them to participate in fan activities.
02 Fans can collect content they have already consumed online or missed at events
When you like something, you tend to want to own some part of it. Fans are no expection—if they enjoy your content, they'll want to own it, even if they've already seen it online or live at the event. On b.stage, fans can purchase a digital voucher to permanently own the content you created for them. Since b.stage is cloud-based, they can continue to view the content on b.stage without any additional downloads or storage space.
03 Fans can share reviews of your content with each other in the community ★
On b.stage, you can create multiple communities for various purposes, such as one for you and your fans—or even a community just for fans to share their opinions with each other. In other words, the community can become a space for you and your fans to discuss your content, as well as where fans can share their interpretations of your content amongst themselves. Even better, the feedback from your fans can serve as inspiration for your next project.
■ Three Types of Digital Vouchers
On b.stage, digital vouchers make it simple to monetize your content while retaining complete ownership of everything. Let's have a look at the three different types of digital vouchers.
- Subscription Voucher: Customers are charged on a monthly basis.
- Personal Voucher: Customers can use it continuously after purchase.
- Limited-Time Voucher: Customers can use it during a set period of time after purchase. (Usage period of 1, 3, 6, or 12 months)
But, wait a second!
There are a total of three ways to monetize content on b.stage with digital vouchers. Let's compare them!
There are a total of three ways to monetize content on b.stage with digital vouchers. Let's compare them!
- Connect to membership: Only fans who have signed up for memberships can view this type of content. As memberships are paid, member-exclusive content will also be considered paid content.
- Connect to voucher: Only fans who have purchased a voucher will be able to view this type of content.
- Connect to ticket: This content can only be viewed by fans who have purchased tickets to a specific event.
(From left) Membership-connected, voucher-connected and ticket-connected content
Before you upload the video or write the post, you can decide if the content will be paid or not. This means that you can connect the content to a specific membership, voucher, or ticket even before you make the content. You can also upload duplicate content with different permissions if you want to provide it to separate groups of members, voucher buyers, or ticket buyers.
b.stage Digital Vouchers
So, how can you use the Digital Vouchers on b.stage?
■ Here’s how!
Case 1. Subscription Voucher: Newsletters
So, how can you use the Digital Vouchers on b.stage?
■ Here’s how!
Case 1. Subscription Voucher: Newsletters
"I've been writing for a long time while working in VC, and I had a lot of followers on social media. I gathered them all in one place on b.stage, where I publish premium content once a week about business insights. With a b.stage digital subscription, every time I publish a paid piece of content, fans get a new content alert, almost like a newsletter. I really love that it emails my fans in real-time with the title of my content."
Case 2. Personal Voucher: Lifetime Access Content
Case 2. Personal Voucher: Lifetime Access Content
“We are Global Exhibition, the company that organizes the International Book Fair's exhibition and official channels every year.
At this year's book fair, the speakers' book talks and seminars were held both online and in person at the same time using the b.stage live streaming feature. We planned to make the book fair book talks/seminars available as paid content with a subscription on b.stage so that people could keep the videos of the event forever.
The duration of the book fair may have been short, but the preparation period was much longer. I'm glad we were able to give the audience useful information after the event without having to worry about time or space constraints. It seems to have been a success!”
Case 3. Personal Voucher: Paid Music From a Musician
At this year's book fair, the speakers' book talks and seminars were held both online and in person at the same time using the b.stage live streaming feature. We planned to make the book fair book talks/seminars available as paid content with a subscription on b.stage so that people could keep the videos of the event forever.
The duration of the book fair may have been short, but the preparation period was much longer. I'm glad we were able to give the audience useful information after the event without having to worry about time or space constraints. It seems to have been a success!”
Case 3. Personal Voucher: Paid Music From a Musician
“I'm an indie musician who specializes in small-scale performances, and I used to sell EP albums at my live shows. But how many people actually listen to music on CD players these days? Of course, some people distribute their music for free on mixtapes to raise awareness, but I believed in the power of my fans who I always meet at offline performances. So I uploaded my music as paid content on my b.stage, which became increasingly profitable as fans purchased digital vouchers to listen to the music.
I'm still an indie musician, but I think it's significant because it provides me with an additional source of income in addition to performance fees. In fact, whenever I perform, an increasing number of people purchase my music using personal vouchers.”
Case 4. Limited-time Voucher(3-months subscription): Travel videos
I'm still an indie musician, but I think it's significant because it provides me with an additional source of income in addition to performance fees. In fact, whenever I perform, an increasing number of people purchase my music using personal vouchers.”
Case 4. Limited-time Voucher(3-months subscription): Travel videos
"I'm a creator known for my travel videos. Thanks to the support of my fans, I've done a lot of collaborations with corporate brands, but now I want to create other revenue streams on my own platform. So, I moved to b.stage and started making paid videos.
For me, traveling is a business. The videos are divided into three seasons, one for each continent, and I upload one piece of paid content per week with a b.stage subscription. Fans can subscribe for three months to gain access to seasonal travel content for each continent. I've been traveling and making videos to pay for my expenses. Now Season 2 is starting, and this time I'm going to the Middle East."
For me, traveling is a business. The videos are divided into three seasons, one for each continent, and I upload one piece of paid content per week with a b.stage subscription. Fans can subscribe for three months to gain access to seasonal travel content for each continent. I've been traveling and making videos to pay for my expenses. Now Season 2 is starting, and this time I'm going to the Middle East."
Case 5. Limited-time Voucher, Personal Voucher: Self-produced content
“We are Newtype, an independent production company. We've built up quite a large fandom through our work, and have started to experiment with entertainment content on b.stage. We would like to develop our own content and start an OTT service.
Fans who visit our b.stage can purchase a subscription voucher to view all of the content at once, and fans who purchase a personal voucher can watch the content forever with no time limit. We will continue to add entertainment content based on the information we get from the purchase history of our fans.”
How to get started with
b.stage Digital Vouchers
■ Here’s how easy it is to get started with b.stage Digital Vouchers!
Fans who visit our b.stage can purchase a subscription voucher to view all of the content at once, and fans who purchase a personal voucher can watch the content forever with no time limit. We will continue to add entertainment content based on the information we get from the purchase history of our fans.”
How to get started with
b.stage Digital Vouchers
■ Here’s how easy it is to get started with b.stage Digital Vouchers!
STEP1. From the admin page menu, go to [PRODUCTS] - [Digital Products] - [Digital Vouchers & Tickets].
STEP2. [Add +] - Choose between Subscription / Personal Voucher / Limited Voucher and click on Register.
STEP3. From the admin page menu, go to [PRODUCTS] - [Content] - [Add +] - Upload a Paid Video / Write a Paid Post.
STEP4. Before you [Register] the content, click on Connect.
Content is used to share so much of the world's discourse and daily life. Original content that has never been seen before is quickly and widely disseminating through the digital medium, which means that even niche content that only a few people may enjoy can develop a fandom.
Digital vouchers is a b.stage feature that enables you to directly monetize your niche content based on demand. It gives you, as a content creator, ownership and control over your work, making it clear who truly owns it.
If your personalized content is resonating with your audience, why not experiment with b.stage vouchers? b.stage prioritizes creator rights in the creator economy. We assist owners in diversifying their content revenue by providing fans with exclusive, premium content.
b.stage, an all-in-one solution for owners and fans.
We support owners in building successful fandom businesses.
Digital vouchers is a b.stage feature that enables you to directly monetize your niche content based on demand. It gives you, as a content creator, ownership and control over your work, making it clear who truly owns it.
If your personalized content is resonating with your audience, why not experiment with b.stage vouchers? b.stage prioritizes creator rights in the creator economy. We assist owners in diversifying their content revenue by providing fans with exclusive, premium content.
b.stage, an all-in-one solution for owners and fans.
We support owners in building successful fandom businesses.
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