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You’ve built an agent that’s genuinely valuable on its own — an expert tutor, a premium advisory bot, a paid course companion. Instead of giving it away, you can put it behind a paywall: visitors pay you to use it, with Pay for Access. This is different from your own subscription. Your plan and credits pay A2V2.ai to run the platform. Pay for Access is you charging your end-users for access to a specific agent — and the revenue is yours. You set this up per agent under Agent UI → Customize → Visibility.

Prerequisites

  • An agent you want to monetize (see Create an agent).
  • Your agent’s access mode set so it can be made public — see Visibility & access.
  • An active A2V2.ai subscription to run the agent.

How access modes relate

On the Visibility screen, Pay for Access is one of the access options for a public agent:
ModeWho can use the agent
Use for Free”Any user can access your chatbot without restrictions or authentication.”
Restrict”Access is restricted. Only users from your CRM can use this chatbot.”
Pay for Access”Access is restricted. Only users with a paid chatbot subscription can use this.”

Set up Pay for Access

Pay for Access is set up with help from the A2V2.ai team — when you turn it on, they reach out to finalize the details with you.
1

Enable it on the agent

On Visibility, choose Pay for Access. You’ll be asked to confirm: “By enabling this, our team will reach out to help you set up paid access for your chatbot.”
2

Set your access terms

In Paid Access Configuration, set what each visitor gets:
3

The team finalizes it with you

You’ll see: “Our team will reach out shortly to discuss and customize the subscription amount and duration.” Once live, visitors must pay before they can chat.
FieldWhat it sets
Price ($)What a visitor pays for access.
CurrencyThe currency they’re charged in.
Access Duration (days)How long their access lasts after purchase.
Message CreditsHow many messages they get with their purchase.
The credits a visitor buys here are their allowance for using your agent — a separate balance from your organization’s plan credits. This is how access is metered for each paying visitor.

What your visitors experience

When someone opens a Pay-for-Access agent, they’re prompted to purchase access before the conversation begins (payment is handled securely through Stripe). After paying, they can chat until either their access duration runs out or their message credits are used up. Their details are captured as a contact in your CRM.

Track revenue and subscribers

Open Subscriptions (via View Subscriptions on the agent, or the Subscriptions analytics page) to see how your paid agent is performing — “Track revenue, subscribers, and transactions from paid access.”
MetricWhat it shows
Total Subscription AmountTotal revenue earned from paid access.
Total SubscribersHow many people have purchased access.
Total Hours Used / Remaining HoursUsage across your subscribers.
Revenue Over TimeA revenue trend chart for the selected period.
The transactions table lists each subscriber with their amount, Subscribed On date, used and remaining time, and status.

Turn it off

You can disable Pay for Access at any time: “Disabling Pay for Access allows users to use the chatbot without payment.”
Turning off Pay for Access removes the paywall — depending on the access mode you switch to, visitors may then use the agent for free. Decide how you want the agent exposed (see Visibility & access) before disabling.

Troubleshooting

Pay for Access is configured with the A2V2.ai team. After you enable it, they reach out to finalize the price and duration. If you haven’t heard back, contact support@a2v2.ai.
Their access duration may have expired or their message credits may be used up. Check their status in the Subscriptions table.
Your plan and credits are what you pay A2V2.ai. Pay for Access is what your visitors pay you. They’re tracked separately.

Visibility & access

Choose how each agent is exposed.

Plans

Your own A2V2.ai subscription.

Credits explained

How credits power your agents.

Add-ons

Add more agents to monetize.