Log In to your Kinema account.
Click on your initials, in the upper right hand corner
Select Dashboard
Select the correct Organization Name in the left nav if you have multiple organizations
Click the film title for which you would like to edit
Select Rights from left hand nav
Under Availability, check the box for Watch Now TVOD.
Also select the date for your Watch Now Premiere. This can also enable Pre-order Rentals, allowing audiences to purchase the film in advance
*Please note that your video assets must be encoded before enabling this so reach out to your Kinema representative if you see an error message. Once your video has been encoded, then you can turn on Rentals.
Go to the Pricing section by clicking on the left hand nav
Once you have checked the box for Watch Now TVOD the Rental Price fields will display here
Input the price you want to charge audiences to rent your film.
Minimum rental price is $1.50.
OR can also enable Sliding Scale Pricing. This enables audience members to adjust what they pay to rent your film but within the confines of what you've set.
You will be asked to add the Minimum, Suggested, and Maximum Rental Price to provide a range for guests to Pay What they Wish. Note that the Minimum can not go lower than $1.50.
Minimum Rental Price: This is the lowest amount you're allowing the viewer to pay to rent your film. You cannot go lower than $1.50, which is the platform minimum.*
Suggested Rental Price: You would want audiences to pay this if there was no sliding scale available.
Maximum Rental Price: The absolutely highest you would allow someone to pay to watch the film. Anything up to $500, which is the platform cap.
Pay What You Wish is completely free to turn on. Kinema's per-rental fees of 99 cents + cc fees stay the same, so you can keep any increases in rental prices.
Pricing and Payouts
There is no additional charge to enable the TVOD feature. Kinema charges $0.99 per rental transaction in addition to the payment processing fees passed through to Stripe. Payouts will be in your bank account instantly. You will be able to view Rentals on Payouts soon as we are currently working on that feature! In the meantime you can contact us for your rental report.
How Users find films to Watch Now
Users will then be able to find films to watch immediately on our home page.
If a film is available to Watch Now you will see a Watch Now Rental button (after clicking on the Watch toggle).
Pre-order Rental will look like this below.
Users have 30 days to watch their film once the rental window begins (immediately for standard rentals and upon premiere date for Pre-Rentals). Once they press play they have 48 hours to complete their rental.
For more details on onboarding your film click here.
Thank you! If you have other questions, email hello@kinema.com.