Monetization of the forum

[FOxsis]

Hello, dear experts, please tell me. Is it possible to monetize the smf forum in some way? For example, to open sections for payment or subscriptions?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Paid_subscriptions

[FOxsis]

Great answer, thanks. But can you explain it in more detail?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Well, not much more than Wiki already does.

https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.0:Paid_subscriptions
https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/SMF2.1:Paid_subscriptions

The basic idea is that you can tie membergroups to subscriptions, so that a user belongs to a certain membergroup only if and when they have an active subscription.

[FOxsis]

Thank you very much for the detailed information! Could you please tell me how to switch to Russian payment systems?

[Aleksi "Lex" Kilpinen]

Would need custom code, currently only PayPal is supported.