Protected Content ideas and recipes

Protected Content fits any product that is watched, read, downloaded or joined online. Each idea below is a recipe: the Content Type to choose, the access settings, and what you sell to give access to it. Three of them use our sample shop, Kopi Kampung, so you can see the result.

Recipes

Choose the row closest to what you sell:

Use case	Content Type	Access settings	Sold as	Sample
Online course or members-only videos	Video (YouTube, Vimeo or embed code)	Duration-based Access, e.g. 365 days, and Maximum Devices 2	A payment form item	Kopi Kampung Barista Masterclass
eBook or PDF download	File	Immediate Access and Maximum Downloads, e.g. 5	A payment form item	-
Event recording for ticket holders	Video	Duration-based Access, e.g. 30 days	Event tickets, plus Grant Buyer Access for people who already bought	Kopi Kampung Coffee Festival 2026 Recording
Pay-per-view football or live match	Video, YouTube (Stream Player), Football (Dark) theme	Scheduled Access around match day and Maximum Devices 1	A payment form item or an event ticket	Kopi Kampung Live Cupping Session
Donor-only thank-you content	Text with {name}	Immediate Access	A donation item with Enable Open Amount	-
Templates and design assets	File (ZIP, PDF or images, up to 10 files)	Immediate Access and Maximum Downloads	One item per pack	-
Private group invite (Telegram, WhatsApp)	Redirect URL	Immediate Access and Maximum Devices 1	A membership item	Kopi Kampung Brew Club Telegram

The step-by-step guides are Create protected content and Give buyers access.

Sample 1: a video course

Kopi Kampung sells a barista video course as one item on a payment form:

1. Create protected content Kopi Kampung Barista Masterclass: Content Type Video, Video Type YouTube, and the lesson link in YouTube URL. See Protect a video.

2. Set Access Type to Duration-based Access, Access Duration (Days) to 365 and Maximum Devices to 2. Turn on Show on Receipt.

3. On the payment form Kopi Kampung Digital Shop, click More on the item Barista Masterclass (video course). Choose the content in Protected Content.

   

Each buyer gets a year of access on up to two devices at a time, counted from the day they pay.

Sample 2: a pay-per-view live session

Kopi Kampung sells the live cupping session as a pass and streams it from YouTube:

1. Create Kopi Kampung Live Cupping Session with Video Type YouTube (Stream Player) and Stream Page Theme Broadcast (Dark). For a match, choose Football (Dark). See Stream page themes.
2. Add an Ad/Break Video for half time or technical breaks. See Control a live stream.
3. Set Access Type to Scheduled Access, from the day of the stream to the end of the replay window.
4. Set Maximum Devices to 1, so one pass is one screen.
5. Link it to the item Live Cupping Session pass.

Sample 3: recordings for past ticket holders

After the Kopi Kampung Coffee Festival 2026, the organiser shares the main-stage recording with everyone who bought a ticket:

1. Create Kopi Kampung Coffee Festival 2026 Recording as a Video with Duration-based Access of 30 days.
2. In the event, click Edit on each ticket type (Early Bird, Normal, VIP). Choose the recording in Protected Content.
3. On the content’s Customer Access page, click Actions → Grant Buyer Access. Everyone who already paid for a ticket gets access, and future buyers get it automatically.

The Kopi Kampung Brew Club membership works the same way, with two pieces of content on one item: a Text welcome note with a member code, and a Redirect URL to the private group.

Tips

A few things make these recipes work better:

• Put the course and its worksheets on one item. An item can give access to several pieces of content. The receipt lists each one as its own button.
• Use Duration-based Access for anything you update. Scheduled Access ends on the same date for everyone. Duration-based access gives each buyer the same number of days from their own purchase.
• Keep Maximum Devices low for live streams. With one device for each pass, a buyer cannot watch one ticket on many screens at once.
• A file sent by email is simpler, but it is not protected. If you accept that people share the file, a plain download link needs no add-on.

Common issues

I want to sell video classes and some PDF files, and I do not want people to share the link. How?

Create one protected content for the videos and one for the files, then link both to the item you sell. Each buyer gets their own link that opens only with a one-time code sent to them.

I set up protected content recently. How do people who bought earlier get access?

Open the content, go to Customer Access, click Actions and choose Grant Buyer Access. BCL gives access to every paid buyer of the linked items or tickets and skips anyone who already has it.

Can I give different content to different ticket types?

Yes. Protected content is linked per item and per ticket type, so a VIP ticket can give access to more content than a Normal ticket.

Related articles

• What is Protected Content?
• Create protected content
• Give buyers access to protected content
• Sell a pay-per-view live stream