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What is a paid service on FrontPage?

A FrontPage paid service is sort of an exclusive WhatsApp or Telegram group with lots of features and tools that make it easy for a creator to run a paid  advisory /subscription.

These are the features that a starting a paid service on FrontPage offers.

– Notifications: When you post, your subscribers receive instant notifications via the FrontPage mobile app on Android, iOS and Chrome/Safari browser notifications on PC/desktop.

– Plan(s): Create paid subscription plans e.g. Monthly, 3 business days or free trial plan(s) in seconds.

– Reminders: Your subscriber receives daily reminders for renewal starting 3 days before subscription expiration.

– Automation: On subscription expiry, your subscriber stops seeing your content until s/he renews.

– Security: FrontPage app does not allow copying or screenshots of your content.

– Payment tracking: Track payments received in real time on your dashboard.

– Settlements: Receive NEFT settlements to your specified bank account from FrontPage every 1 week.

– No Limits: Create any number of paid services for different segments.

– Charges: All this at a negligible cost of 1% of all your payments + payment gateway charges 

How to start a paid service?

If you are a creator and want to start or migrate your existing paid service (from Telegram or WhatsApp or SMS etc.), please log into the FrontPage website (https://front.page) via a desktop/laptop and click the + button in the menu. The paid service creation wizard will guide further.

In case you wish to know more you can also call or WhatsApp us on [+91][79754.09724]. Happy creating!

PS: It doesnt take more than 5 minutes to start a new paid service !

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Why does FrontPage ask for phone numbers?

We understand phone numbers are very personal and tied to our identities and giving them away on the internet makes us all a bit uncomfortable. But there are good reasons why we have chosen to use phone numbers instead of email addresses on FrontPage. Here is a shortlist:

  • Discouraging spammers and trolls: Many FrontPage channels tend to have commentary enabled within posts or in a forum/community where channel members can engage and voice their opinions. But any such forum attracts the attention of professional spammers or certain members who’d rather troll than engage meaningfully. Using phone numbers helps to control/blacklist/ban such actors much better.
  • Discouraging habitual free (trial) loaders: FrontPage channels are run by small creators who make a living by providing value to their subscribers in exchange for subscription purchases. However, certain folks tend to misuse free email addresses by taking trials one after another from different accounts. This directly hurts the creator’s livelihood. Phone numbers are not fool proof but discourage this behavior much better compared to email addresses.
  • Emails are too clunky: Consider the following: Emails are long and hard to type with @s and dots. This leads to mistakes which sends confirmation emails to nowhere or someone else’s account who may mark it as spam. Emails need to be confirmed outside in some other client but not everyone (non-techies especially) has an email client set up on their device with that particular email.
  • In India, a significant number of people don’t have or use emails actively: A whole generation of people is coming online using messaging apps primarily for communication and email use is not nearly as much as in the west.
  • We already sell to you, selling you out hurts our business: FrontPage creators are already selling you something that hopefully you’d want to pay for. Selling your phone number breaks your trust in us and is simply speaking kills our business.
  • We don’t spam: The only time you may get an SMS from FrontPage is security reasons: OTP validation etc. Every other kind of interaction is via app notifications only and can be toggled at will.

We hope this helps to understand why we ask for phone numbers, if not allaying all the fears. In case of questions or suggestions,  please do get in touch with us at – dev at crowdware dot in.

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How to Start a Paid Service on FrontPage?

Please note:

Note: Channels are now called Services on FrontPage.

You can start a Paid Service only when you log in to https://front.page web app from a desktop/laptop pc. For assistance, you can ping us from the Feedback button in the app or WhatsApp/call on +91.79754.09724.

Watch this video to see how easy FrontPage makes it to manage paid services

A FrontPage paid service is sort of an exclusive WhatsApp or Telegram group with lots of features and tools that make it easy for a creator to run a paid  advisory /subscription.

You can save this time and effort by choosing to host your paid subscriptions on FrontPage. By using FrontPage you get following features.

A paid service on Frontpage

– Notifications: When you post, your subscribers receive instant notifications via the FrontPage mobile app on Android, iOS and Chrome/Safari browser notifications on PC/desktop.

– Plan(s): Create paid subscription plans e.g. Monthly, 3 business days or free trial plan(s) in seconds.

– Reminders: Your subscriber receives daily reminders for renewal starting 3 days before subscription expiration.

– Automation: On subscription expiry, your subscriber stops seeing your content until s/he renews.

– Security: FrontPage app does not allow copying or screenshots of your content.

– Payment tracking: Track payments received in real time on your dashboard.

– Settlements: Receive NEFT settlements to your specified bank account from FrontPage every 1 week.

– No Limits: Create any number of paid services for different segments.

– Charges: All this at a negligible cost of 1% of all your payments + payment gateway charges 

How to start a paid service?

If you are a creator and want to start or migrate your existing paid service (from Telegram or WhatsApp or SMS etc.), please log into the FrontPage website (https://front.page) via a desktop/laptop and click the + button in the menu. The paid service creation wizard will guide further.

In case you wish to know more you can also call or WhatsApp us on [+91][79754.09724]. Happy creating!

PS: It doesnt take more than 5 minutes to start a new paid service !

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When does my channel become discoverable?

Your channel starts showing up in discovery when the system begins to trust you and what you are publishing. The threshold for this is now set to 30 followers of your channel. When the followers of your channel cross 30, your channel automatically starts showing up in the discover tab. If you’d want an exception to this rule, do get in touch with us. We make exceptions for people who are already well known in their respective fields or provide an exceptional service that would make the world a better place (no kidding).

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How much does FrontPage cost me?

Well short answer is – almost nothing. You pay nothing (zero) for setting up your channel and publishing. Only when a user subscribes to one of your paid plans, FrontPage charges a 1% platform enablement fee + 2% payment gateway charges.

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Can someone steal my subscriber data?

On FrontPage, your channel subscribers are visible only to you. All traffic between browsers, apps and our servers is secured by SSL. Our servers run on Google’s super secure infrastructure. Your data security is critical to our business and we safeguard it painstakingly.

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Can I create more than one channel?

Absolutely yes. You can create as many channels as you want. This allows you to create specific content streams for different audiences, thereby delivering them precise value and high relevance. You can create additional channels from the Manage console.