The Easy-to-Use Paywall Solution
Pigeon is a paywall plugin that works with your existing website. The plugin offers you a pain-free way to setup a paywall and offer paid access to your premium content. Pigeon is ultra flexible and built with a wide variety of paywall types in mind. Pigeon is also extremely secure. Unlike other access methods that allow visitors to “sneak around the paywall”, Pigeon has a few extra tricks under its wing so the paywall can’t be disabled by a devious website visitor. See a demo of Pigeon Paywall at PigeonDaily.com
Easy-to-Install & Works with Any Website
We built Pigeon with a simple installation process that let’s you start making money on your premium content right away, without spending a lot of time and money redoing website architecture. After configuring the paywall, we drop a few lines of code into your Content Management System and the paywall is live! Pigeon also provides an administration area for you to manage your customers and generate reports. The gorgeous, easy-to-navigate interface has all the tools you need to handle subscriptions, payments, refunds, and more.
Pigeon was originally created to help online newspapers protect their content and utilize their existing subscription model online. Click here to read our theory on the future of newspapers and paywalls. Pigeon’s power goes far beyond just newspapers though, it is a perfect match for any content publisher and private community. Whether you want to lock down all content or provide metered access, whether you want to offer subscriptions or one-day passes, Pigeon is highly flexible and has you covered. Pigeon works great for many situations including…
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Newspapers
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Digital Magazines
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Education Resources
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Expert Blogs
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Exclusive Communities
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Digital Downloads
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Premium Media Content
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Pay-Per-View
Customers can easily signup and pay bills online
Manages Customers and Transactions
Pigeon connects payments directly to your merchant account through a variety of gateway options. The money stays in your control. Pigeon allows subscribers to easily make online payments, so collecting subscription fees is effortless. We provide a white-labeled payment gateway through Stripe, Braintree, AlignPay, Authorize.net, Clover, or Payflow Pro. Our subscriber system quickly diagnoses and resolves issues (credit card updates, subscription changes, content access, and more) and manages transaction processing (refunds, partial refunds, etc.)
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Secure Payments
Pigeon accepts virtually any payment type and uses SSL transmission and is PCI compliant regarding credit card handling.
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Recurring Payments
Customers are automatically billed on the set subscription cycle.
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Card Issues
Notifications are sent to customers allowing them to resolve expired cards or denied payments.
Pigeon is Trusted Around the World
Lots of Features You'll Love
Pigeon allows you to effortlessly control access to paid content. The seamless integration with your site makes it easy to get started, and from there you will quickly discover the many incredible features that Pigeon offers.
- Seamless integration with your existing website and CMS.
- Straight-forward login process for existing subscribers.
- Simplified and beautiful sign-up process for new subscribers.
- Streamlined account management for existing subscribers.
- Access can be purchased by subscribers from around the world.
- Payments processed in minutes and deposited directly to your account.
- A beautiful admin interface for managing customers.
- Users can purchase gift subscriptions for friends and family.
- White-labeled payment gateway through Stripe, Braintree, AlignPay, Authorize.net, Clover, or Payflow Pro.
- A rich text email marketing platform and event messages.
Few were able to provide the kind of paywall we wanted...We looked around at a lot of different companies and we could not find anything that matched the vision we had. We found their platform easy to use for us as well as our customers.
Dubois County Herald
Pricing Structure & Getting Started
Getting started is easy. We’ll do the initial setup for you, then you’re ready to start charging access to your content immediately. Since every website is unique, we require a one-time setup fee to integrate the system. After that initial setup, Pigeon is billed on a monthly basis, with no long-term contracts. We are sure you’ll love Pigeon and we want to make sure that you have the freedom to do so without feeling locked in. Your data is yours to keep and is made fully available should you ever choose to fly with another bird. To see pricing details, select whether you only deliver digital content or print and digital...
Digital Only
Print + Digital
Digital-only Content Companies
Companies with a primary focus on digital content like online news sites, blogs, special interest sites, on-demand or digital download sites.
*Soft paywall (metered) or registration-only scenarios may incur an impression fee for high-volume sites. Contact us for further detail.
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1. Setup & Training
We charge a one-time fee to setup Pigeon and provide training to your team.
Starting at $750
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2. Monthly Access
After initial setup, a flat monthly fee provides continual access to the paywall service and our fantastic support team.
Starting at $99 per month
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3. Transaction Fees
The heart of Pigeon’s success is that we make money as you make money through a small transaction fee.
Digital-only (paid online): 10%
*Contact us for volume discounts.
Print + Digital Content Companies
Companies that have deliverable print or physical products along with their online presence require more setup, training and support, thus the additional investment.
*Soft paywall (metered) or registration-only scenarios may incur an impression fee for high-volume sites. Contact us for further detail.
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1. Setup & Training
We charge a one-time fee to setup Pigeon and provide training to your team.
Starting at $1,500
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2. Monthly Access
After initial setup, a flat monthly fee provides continual access to the paywall service and our fantastic support team.
Starting at $150 per month
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3. Transaction Fees
The heart of Pigeon’s success is that we make money as you make money through a small transaction fee.
Print + Digital (paid offline): Free
Print + Digital (paid online): 1%
Digital-only (paid online): 10%
*Contact us for volume discounts.
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