Selling One-Time Content
Characters, posts, scenes, and media.
Subscriptions are great for people who want your ongoing work. But sometimes fans want one specific thing — a particular character, a single explosive scene, a photo set. For that, Wollo gives you four one-time sale surfaces, each tuned to a different kind of content.
1. Paid characters
You can attach a purchase price to a character. Anyone who wants to chat with them has to unlock once — after that, they have permanent access to that character from any device signed into their account.
- Best for:signature characters you've spent real time on — rich backstories, tuned personalities, unusual concepts people can't find elsewhere.
- Typical price: $1 — $5 per character. Premium / licensed-character tiers can go higher.
- How it looks to users: a lock icon on the character card with the price, and a purchase modal before the first message.
2. Paid posts
Any post can be marked as paid. Two pricing modes:
- Tier-gated. Requires subscription to one or more of your tiers. See Chapter 26.
- One-time purchase. Set a purchase_price on the post (e.g., $2, $5). Non-subscribers pay once, unlock forever.
Both modes can apply to the same post. A $3 one-time post that tier-3 subscribers see for free is a perfectly valid setup — you capture both audiences.
3. Paid scenes
Scenes (see Chapter 17) can be sold the same way as posts. A detailed scenario with a strong opening, interesting world, and replayability is a product. Price it like one.
- Best for:scenarios you've polished — rich intro text, character greeting, thought-through player goal.
- Typical price: $1 — $5. Short, evocative scene $1 — $2. A long-form, multi-character scenario $3 — $5.
4. Paid media — photos and videos
Wollo doesn't sell raw media files on their own. Instead, media lives inside a post, and that post carries the price. This keeps discovery, comments, and unlocks all in one place.
- A single premium photo → one paid post with one image.
- A photo set → one paid post with multiple images, priced for the whole set.
- A premium video → one paid post with the video attached.
The preview (a blurred thumbnail + a lock overlay) lets users see what they're buying without seeing it. Make that preview count — the cover thumbnail is the ad.
Mixing recurring and one-time
You don't have to pick one. The best creators on Wollo run a subscription and drop one-time products whenever something special is ready. Monthly tiers build a base of predictable income; one-time sales catch the buyers who will never subscribe but happily drop $5 on a single item they love.