Edit the pricing option

Create a customized price for a published content item

Changing the pricing of content is dependent on several factors, such as the content item status, the DRM assigned, and whether the content item is copyrighted.

For a copyrighted content item, the pricing options you can choose from are dependent on the item’s content type preferences alone because copyrighted content cannot have a DRM associated with it.

For a submitted content item that has a status of new, pending, or denied and is not copyrighted, the pricing options you can choose from are dictated by the DRM associated with the item’s content type.

For a content item with a status of published or testing, the pricing options you can choose from depend on the following factors:

The content item’s current pricing option

The currently allowed pricing models for the item’s content type

The DRM used by the content item

For example, suppose SpruceDraw, a content item of type midlet is published. At the time it is published, midlet has no DRM assigned and the pricing model of first download only. Therefore, SpruceDraw has no DRM assigned to it and uses the first download only pricing option. If no change occurs to the content type, the Edit Content page for SpruceDraw allows you to choose either first download only or every download.

Later, the content type preferences are edited so that midlet now uses OMA DRM

1.0and the pricing models are changed to first download only and per interval. Because SpruceDraw is already published, its DRM option does not change, it is still None. While the available pricing models for midlet are now first download only, every download, and per interval, the per interval model is not available to content without DRM protection. So the Edit Content page for SpruceDraw does not list per interval in the Catalog Price list. When editing SpruceDraw, you can choose from first download only or every download.

If a content item uses OMA DRM 1.0 and one of the trials, per use, per period, or per interval pricing models, the pricing model cannot be changed because the content item would require reprotection, that is, a reapplication of the DRM. You can change the purchase price of the item, but not whether it has or does not have trial usage or its pricing model.

Disassociating Content From Pricing Options

Sometimes you or a Vending Manager administrator might want to change the purchase price of a specific item of content. By doing so, you disassociate a content item from its pricing option. For example, suppose an item of content named Roses

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