Question regarding paid features using subscriptions
 

I plan to have a number of things "limited" on my site to encourage the members to signup for paid membership. My question is, what is the best way to make sure this is heavily marketed throughout the site?

For example, if they try to access something that is a paid feature it just gives them a no permission error. Are most editing this template to say something like "You cannot access this until you subscribe" or something along those lines?

Some of my forums wont be readable unless they subscribe, some usergroups will have limited PM's unless they subscribe, etc. I just dont know of an easy way to spell this out for the users without confusing them.

I really wish we could specify "Paid Feature" so that when an error is returned it tells the user they are getting the error becuase they have not subscribed instead of just no permission.

So how are others handling this? Would love the feedback.

Thanks!

Bump......

Did you figure it all out?

if it was me (as it is...just haven't gotten around to editing them yet)...i would find the template/templates that control the error messages...and anything error message that results from lack of permission to view the page...i would add something to the bottom of it saying something to the effect of "You may need to subscribe to gain access to this portion of the site. linktsubscriptionshere"