Customer Spotlight: The Rio Times
This month’s customer spotlight is The Rio Times. The Rio Times is a daily online Brazilian newspaper covering local and foreign affairs. Hailed as “Latin America’s Voice from Brazil,” The Rio Times is an English-language publication dedicated to anyone interested in Brazil and Latin America affairs.
We’ve written before about how to create a membership site for journalism news, and it seems the Rio Times has done just that using the power of WordPress combined with a premium membership plugin.
Let’s take a look at how The Rio Times uses Restrict Content Pro to provide premium news and updates to its community.
Affordable News Memberships
This online newspaper covers a variety of topics. When you click on any news story, you can read a free snippet before a message stops you from reading any further. From there, members can log in to read the rest of the article, or you can subscribe and keep reading. This is possible using the [restrict] shortcode.
This shortcode is great for when you’d like to restrict just a part of the content on a screen to non logged-in members. If you want to know more about how to offer a free preview, our Knowledgebase takes you through the process.
When you click “Login Here,” a login and registration modal pop-up prompts the user to enter their credentials. If you’re not a member and click “Subscribe,” you’ll be taken to the Membership plans screen.
The Rio Times has a leading offer of just $1/mo for a compelling buy-in. It’s an easy click for anyone who wants to keep reading the story they’re on. The publication lists the benefits of the membership to compel folks to stay on board after the first month. Or, there’s an annual pricing option with enhanced features. You can set these options in your Restrict Content Pro settings. The payments tab lets you choose the currency in which you want to display membership fees.
Easy to Join
When you click “Subscribe Now,” a registration page takes you to checkout, where you can choose your membership level, if you’ve changed your mind. The signup credit appears as a nice reminder of the discount you’re getting in the first month. You can also change your membership level and upgrade to a yearly membership at any time.
Try Restrict Content Pro Today
The Rio Times built a journalist news membership website to help them thrive, and you can too! Set up with Restrict Content Pro is simple and customizable. If you want to play around before taking the plunge, we’ve created a Live Preview site. There, you can see how our plugin looks in action.
Once you’ve seen the possibilities available with Restrict Content Pro, you can request your own sandbox site to take a peek at the backend. You can even go ahead and create a local membership site for free there to take our plugin for a test drive. Get started with a demo site today!