The paid route belongs to the platform
PREMIUM is a subscription the visitor buys from Lockr. Whatever share of it reaches a publisher, it is not a price the publisher set, and it is not a price the visitor chose for the thing they actually wanted.
All alternatives
Lockr
Lockr alternative: an honest comparison
A content locker for download links, run by Gaea Operations: the visitor completes a task, or buys the Lockr PREMIUM subscription to skip the gate. It is the closest like-for-like on this list, which is why the differences that matter are about money and delivery rather than layout.
What people use Lockr for
- Forwarding download links for files, packs, mods and tools through a gate that earns per completion.
- Gating private pages and links that would otherwise be public.
- Game-server and modding communities, since the site's own copy names mods and tools as the content it is for.
Lockr's published terms
| How publishers earn | Two streams, in its own words: task-based earnings and recurring PREMIUM revenue. The split of that PREMIUM revenue is not published publicly. |
|---|---|
| What the visitor pays | Lockr PREMIUM: a one-day trial that renews into a monthly subscription, per its terms and refund policy. Legacy weekly and quarterly plans are still described. |
| Payment processing | Stripe for PREMIUM, per the terms of service. |
| Publisher rates | No public rate card: commission, payout threshold and payout schedule are not published on the site. |
| Withholding | Payouts can be paused pending identity checks, and pending requests can be cancelled. |
| Suspension | Accounts can be suspended or terminated at any time, with or without notice, and without a stated reason. |
Checked on 29 October 2026. Rates and rules change, so confirm them before you move traffic, and tell us if something here is out of date. Sources: Lockr, Lockr terms of service, Lockr refund policy.
What sends people looking elsewhere
The terms reserve a lot
Payouts can be paused for verification, pending requests cancelled, and accounts closed at any time without a stated reason. That is a lot of discretion standing between a publisher and money already earned.
A link ends the relationship
There is no documented way to hand over a Discord role, expire access or call your own server on completion, because the reward at the end of the gate is a redirect.
Where UnlockHub is the better fit
- You set the price. Here the paid route is your price per project, not a subscription the visitor buys from the platform.
- The split is published: 75% of each sale is yours after the card fee, and the 25% platform fee is taken at withdrawal.
- A role with an expiry, a key or a webhook at the end, rather than a redirect.
- Your own domain, so the gate is your page rather than somebody else's.
What to check before you move traffic
- The real rate card and payout threshold, which sit inside the dashboard rather than on the site.
- How PREMIUM revenue is split, because it is not published.
- Whether the reward needs to be a role or a file delivery rather than a link.
- Whether the page can be served from your own domain.
When Lockr is the right tool
- If an offerwall in front of a download is the whole job and the current rate works, moving traffic costs more than it saves.
- If your audience is somewhere a card payment never converts, task-based money may be the only money there is.
What UnlockHub does instead
One page per thing you sell, served from a portal domain you can point at your own domain. A sponsored offer and a card payment sit side by side, and what is handed over on completion is a Discord role with an expiry, a key, or a call to your own server. Nothing up front and nothing monthly: you keep 75% of every sale, the card processor's fee comes off first, and the 25% platform fee is taken when you withdraw. There is no payment account to connect.
It is not the right answer for every job on this page, which is why the section above exists. The full comparison covers how each tool differs, and the Discord guide covers what selling access to a server actually involves.
Questions about switching
What is the best Lockr alternative?
One that publishes its terms and lets you set the price: an offerwall for visitors who will not pay, a card payment for the ones who will, 75% of each sale kept by the publisher, and a role or a key delivered on completion instead of a redirect.
Is Lockr the same as lockr.io?
No. lockr.io is a secrets-management service with nothing to do with content locking. The locker is lockr.net, and lockr.so redirects there.
Does Lockr share its PREMIUM revenue with publishers?
Its homepage calls PREMIUM one of a publisher's two income streams, so a share presumably exists, but no percentage or formula is published anywhere we could find. Ask support before counting on it.
Can I keep my existing offers?
The offer route here is powered by an offerwall provider too, so the tasks a visitor sees are inventory rather than something you author. What differs is the page around them and what is delivered at the end.
Try it on one page
Create a portal, put it in front of the thing worth paying for, and run the whole flow in a test session before any member sees a link.