Podbean has launched a revamped Premium Podcast service, to enable podcasters to sell podcast content in a completely customizable way. Podbean Premium allows users to set up an unlimited number of premium podcasts, which can be an ongoing weekly show, a special series, past seasons, or a single episode. Podcasters can use the service to sell courses, bonus episodes, and all types of special content. What they sell and pricing is completely up to the podcaster.
Podbean Premium helps podcasters sell their podcast content in the Podbean apps for Android and iOS, taking advantage of listener engagement with in-the-moment purchasing. Buyers spend 20% more on in-app purchases. Podbean Premium makes buying podcast content as easy as a couple clicks.
Your premium podcast is exposed to millions of potential listeners in the popular Podbean iPhone and Android apps. Podbean helps by promoting premium podcasts in the app for greater discoverability. Convert listeners into buyers anywhere, anytime with the convenience of Podbean Premium.
Podcasters can create and sell as much premium content as they want with no extra costs for storage or downloads. Podbean only charges a revenue percentage. Google Play and the Apple App Store also take a fee for the in-app purchases. All the payment processing and secure access to the premium podcasts is handled for the podcaster.
What percentage of the podcaster’s earnings will constitute the total fees paid to you Google and Apple?
Here are the details of our fees and Apple/Google’s: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/articles/25000004922-premium-podcasts-processing-fee. You can find all the FAQs here: https://help.podbean.com/support/solutions/folders/25000027344.
Right, but are the Apple and Google fees only applicable if the listener buys through the Apple and Google podcast interface? i.e if they buy via Podbean or Spotify there is only the 20% charge to Podbean?
Gaye, This particular Premium option means content is only sold on the Podbean app. So, users can’t buy it via Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify, etc.–only in the Podbean app. The fees charged by Google and Apple are for any in-app sales (ie apps that run via the Google Play Store and Apple app store, not their podcast apps). So, their fees will apply to all premium content sold this way.
Podbean also offers a Patron program, in which you can get listener support and provide special content.https://patron.podbean.com/ Fees for that are 5% plus Stripe processing. Because it is not sold via an app, there is not an additional cut to Apple or Google.
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This very god decision the launch podcast premium, and it will be helpful to podcasters that they will sell their content. Thanks for writting briefly about this.