How to earn with DJ-Classifieds - check 6 ways you can charge your users
DJ-Classifieds component gives the possibility to charge the users for several activities. Many clients ask which options can be set as payable and how to configure them.
We have a prepared a full tutorial where you can exactly see all the ways to earn with our fantastic ads extension for Joomla.
How to charge for categories
Open the DJ-Classifieds component.
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Go to "Categories" in the control panel.
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Set the price or price in points.
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Now when user wants to add a "New advert" and he chooses a pay category, he sees such view:
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How to charge for durations
Create the duration and decide after how many days the ad will be paid.
Open the "Durations" in DJ-Classifieds panel.
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Now choose "New".
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You can set for how many days will be your duration active and set the price and price in points.
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You can set a new price for Images Prices and Chars prices in Durations tabs. This price will overload the default price for an extra image or extra chars.
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In " Durations " you can also find the " Renew price " option (for a duration, images prices and chars prices).
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How to charge for promotions
Open "Promotions" in DJ-Classifieds control panel.
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Now you can choose from 5 types of promotions:
- First - The advertisement will be published first on the list of ads.
- Bold - The advertisement will be published in bold on the list of ads.
- Border - The advertisement will be published with the border on the list of ads.
- Background - The advertisement will be published with a distinguished experience on the list of ads.
- Special - The advertisement will be published in the module with unique ads.
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Choose a promotion that you want to edit and click it. As you see in the example below, you can set the standard price and Price in points.
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And that's how the promotions look from the Front view (when the user is adding a new ad):
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How to charge for promotion "Move to top".
There is one more promotion available: "Move to top".
"Move to top" option you can activate it on the list of your existing ads only:
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It's configurable at DJ-Classifieds Options panel in "General Settings". You can set whether it is active or not and put the regular price or price in points.
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How to charge for extra images when adding the advert
Open the "Images" tab in DJ-Classifieds options. As you can see on the picture below you can set the Extra image price and image points price.
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When you already typed the price. Click "Save". Now let's see how it looks on the front page during the adding new ad process:
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There is also a possibility to set the "Extra image renew price".
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How to charge for extra characters in the description when adding the advert
You can set prices for extra chars in advert description. Go to DJ-Classifieds Control panel.
Open "Options" and Choose a "Global " tab.
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Scroll down, make "Description character payments". You need to set "Paying for chars in the description" as "Yes".
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You can configure several options:
- Chars limit in desc
- Free chars limit in desc
- Dec chars price
- Dec chars price in points
The effect is visible on the front page when adding a new advert.
You can also set the "Renew price " option for Description characters payments.
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