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
Click on Rights in the top nav.
Select Rentals if you want to enable TVOD/Watch Now Rentals.
Here you will be able to add/edit your film's Rental Availability, Geo-restrictions and Pricing.
Go to the Basic Information section
Here you can add the following details about dates and geographic availability for your Rental:
Start Date - This can also enable Pre-order Rentals, allowing audiences to purchase the film in advance
End Date
Geo-Restrictions - set by Country
Click on Save Basic Info
*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.
Next go to the Rental Pricing section
Here you can add the following
Suggested Price - The price you suggest a host should charge per ticket. Minimum price is $1.50.
You can also enable Pay What You Wish 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 and Maximum Rental Price to provide a range for guests to Pay What they Wish.
Minimum 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.*
Maximum 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.
Click on Save Changes
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.