Hello,
I’ve been testing Backdrop CMS over the past few days and I like it a lot. Compared to alternatives (e.g. Drupal, Ghost, WordPress), however, it seems that monetization options are completely lacking. Or did I miss something?
I’m referring to things like:
- paid memberships on the site
- a paywall, where only a few articles can be read for free and full access requires payment
- paying to publish your own articles (“pay to publish”)
- integration with Patreon, etc.
-
a local ad server where banner placements can be purchased
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Hi...,
And welcome to our Backdrop community.
Do you mean modules to help someone monetise their own website, or the official backdrop website?
Hello. Welcome to Backdrop
Some of the things you are asking for can be done with Ubercart.
Ubercart out of the box supports buying a role, which could satisfy your paid memberships need.
The paywall with a few items to read for free may be possible but might require a custom module.
Pay to publish may be possible with the roles, though if it is pay per article that might require a different solution though I think others in the community might have had this use case.
I'm not aware of an integration with Patreon, but it may be feasible
I think your local ad server requirement could possibly be done with Ubercart, but may need some custom solution.
Assuming this is a How to question, I will move to that section so you get more views.