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Private Episodes
A private episode is an exclusive episode which is only available to Tip Jar subscribers. The episode is available through a special private RSS feeds for listeners that have contributed to a podcast through the Tip Jar.
Private RSS feeds are available to Tip Jar subscribers once the first exclusive episode has been posted for the podcast. For podcast hosts that do not yet have a private episode published, it's recommended that you post a private trailer episode to your show.
The private RSS feed URL is sent in an email when a Tip Jar subscription is set up. You can also log into the Tip Jar subscriber dashboard at https://tips.pinecast.com using the email address you used to subscribe. After signing in, click the show and choose the Listen tab.
Marking an episode as private
When uploading an episode, choose the "Make episode available to paid subscribers only..." option and check the "Make episode private" box. Be sure to save.
For existing episodes, do the same on the Edit tab of the episode's dashboard.
Growth Add-on Features
Customers subscribed to the Growth Add-on have additional options available at the podcast level, found under Settings > Tip Jar on the podcast dashboard:
Minimum Contribution
A minimum contribution sets the minimum dollar amount that a user must be tipping before private episodes are available to them.
Note that increasing this amount above current recurring tip amounts will disable private access for those subscribers.
Automatic Privatization
This feature allows episodes to automatically be marked private after one of the following configurable conditions are met:
A certain amount of time (in days) has passed
A certain number of newer episodes have been released
Downgrading
Discontinuing the Growth Add-on will disable automatic privatization, and all episodes made private by that mechanism will become public once again.
Downgrading to a Demo account will not change the privacy status of any episodes, but those episodes will be inaccessible to listeners. Private episodes among the most recent ten episodes will count against the Demo plan's ten-episode cut-off.