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Protecting Your Content from AI: Webinar Takeaways

Protecting Your Content from AI: Webinar Takeaways

Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at breakneck speed, raising alarms among publishers about how their content could be used without permission. In a recent webinar, experts dug into the risks publishers face in the AI era, and what they can do to protect themselves.

10 Ways to Increase Subscription Revenue in 2023

10 Ways to Increase Subscription Revenue in 2023

Although the newspaper industry has changed dramatically in the past several years, we’re still facing many of the same challenges that have plagued publishers for decades. Namely: declining subscriptions. We wanted to help our customers start the new year off on the right foot by offering several simple methods publishers can use to increase subscription revenue in 2023. Below are 10 Ways to Increase Subscription Revenue this year: 1. Combo […]

Will Brumleve – Ford County Chronicle | OHT Publisher Interview

Will Brumleve – Ford County Chronicle | OHT Publisher Interview

In this publisher interview Vera Lemonovich and Tyler Wood of the Our-Hometown team is joined by Will Brumleve of the Ford County Chronicle in Illinois. We hear about the onboarding process, paywall performance and revenue, ad network implementation, and general feedback on features of the new website. A few highlights: Tyler: What did you think of the onboarding process. How do you think that went? Will: The process was just […]

Online payment trends in 2022

Online payment trends in 2022

From Finances Online’s 51 Key Online Payment Software Statistics You Must Learn: 2022 Data Analysis & Market Share: “This year’s findings from McKinsey’s Digital Payments Consumer Survey revealed a prevailing trend: 4 in 5 Americans used some form of online payment system. The survey also reveals some new online payment method statistics trends, such as cryptocurrency and ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) (Goel et al., 2021).” The Breakdown According to […]

Offer Holiday Discounts with Coupon Codes & Promotions

Offer Holiday Discounts with Coupon Codes & Promotions

It’s that time of the year again — the season of giving! If you’re looking for some simple options to offer savings to new or existing subscribers this holiday season, Our-Hometown has got you covered! Strap on your Santa boots and spread some holiday cheer with Coupon Codes and other special promotions! Our-Hometown customers have several options for offering savings to their readers, the simplest and most effective being Coupon […]

Keven Zepezauer of Restoration NewsMedia | OHT Publisher Interview

Keven Zepezauer of Restoration NewsMedia | OHT Publisher Interview

In this publisher interview the Our-Hometown team is joined by Keven Zepezauer, President and Publisher at Restoration NewsMedia in North Carolina. We hear about the onboarding process of multiple sites, as well as features customized for their needs, such as a source-based paywall, advanced newsletter design, print-digital subscription management via CircPro, and a new dark visual theme implementation.

IMPORTANT: Protect your Stripe account from fraudulent activity

IMPORTANT: Protect your Stripe account from fraudulent activity

Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform includes support for three popular payment gateways that allow your readers and customers to place orders and make payments online through your website: Stripe, Authorize.net, and PayPal. Over the years, Stripe has emerged as our preferred payment gateway because of how easily it integrates with our suite of plugins and software. While Stripe remains a completely safe and secure option, there are some additional steps you […]

New Source Based Paywall Meter available now!

New Source Based Paywall Meter available now!

Our-Hometown has released another add-on enhancement to our existing Metered Paywall feature: the Source Based Paywall Meter!

The Source Based Paywall Meter allows you to set up several different sources as referrers, such as social sharing sites like Facebook, Twitter, and the like. Each referring source can then have its own custom Paywall Meter with unique settings applied.

Update your Terms of Service today!

Update your Terms of Service today!

All major payment gateways, including those supported by Our-Hometown’s WordPress Publishing Platform (Stripe, PayPal and Authorize.net) require that your website has established an official Terms of Service or Terms of Sale document outlining the products/services being sold on your website and how the consumer can access them.  These Terms of Service need to be publicly accessible on your website, and subscribers should be required to Agree to these terms before they are able […]

Limiting the number of devices a subscriber can login with

Limiting the number of devices a subscriber can login with

As a news publisher, it’s natural to want to get as many eyes on your newly published content as possible, but how can you make sure that only those who’ve paid for access are able to read it? In the age of Netflix and other content streaming services, account sharing has become a natural way of life for many digital consumers — is there any way to stop it? Fortunately, […]

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