About Us
We’re on a mission to generate sustainable recurring revenue for local news publishers.
Tyler Channell
Founder
Tyler is on a mission to help local news publishers generate sustainable recurring revenue streams without worrying about complicated tech and marketing.
Juan Machado
Lead Developer
Juan is a seasoned WordPress expert with extensive experience in technical support, plugin development, and collaboration with top industry players like Elementor and LearnDash.
Kate Langshaw
Lead Customer Success
Kate is a web developer with more than 25 years of experience in PHP. She now serves as Lead Customer Success, helping clients achieve seamless results with PaywallProject.
David Smith
Marketing
David is a Teaching Associate Professor at WVU with a strong background in local news, visual journalism, and emerging media. He brings expertise in storytelling, community engagement, and digital strategy.
Don Smith
Advisor
Don is the former Executive Director at the West Virginia Press Association and brings more than 30 years of experience in the news publishing business.
All software and hosting is included and fully managed by our team.
We work with a number of WordPress themes specifically designed for news publishers. You’ll have the option to choose from our preferred template options (no extra cost) or one that you’ve already selected. We’ll apply your branding to the theme and get your site up and running fast.
We partner with industry leading fully managed WordPress hosting provider BigScoots to offer proactive site monitoring every 60 seconds. If an issue is detected with your website, no matter the time of day, our hosting partner works to resolve the problem right away.
No, all aspects of your website/paywall are managed by PaywallProject. Need a highly custom feature or function? Our development team will provide a free estimate.
Yes, regardless of your current CMS, we can migrate your site into WordPress. Contact us for an estimate.
On average, it takes about 2 weeks or less.
Ready to grow with PaywallProject?
Book a demo today and see how you can boost subscribers, ads, and revenue with an all-in-one publishing stack.
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