Charge one-time fee to post in a category?

[itsbhanusharma (Bhanu Sharma)]

Definitely not possible by default.

However there are a few plugins to consider:

Discourse Category Lockdown

This plugin allows you to restrict access to topic pages in a category. Topic titles will still show up in topic lists, search, user activity & digest emails. This is a great way to advertise the activity in a “members-only” category, which may charge for access. It IS NOT designed to keep the contents of the category 100% private - if someone is determined enough they will be able to piece together the content from search results. Each category has a couple of new settings in the Security tab…

«Paid Membership» plugin with PayPal integration! (version 3.0, 2015-08-31)

«Paid Membership» plugin gives you an ability to sell membership, access, privileges, and trust levels on your Discourse forum. Live Example You can see a live example here: https://discourse.pro/plans More, you can try it yourself! The green membership plan («Tester») is just for your tests You can buy it for $1 and you will automatically get Trust Level 1 and membership in the «Tester» user group on discourse.pro. Version history 3.0: 2015-08-31 2.0: 2015-08-02 1.0: 201…