What is BentBox Black?
BentBox Black is a private section of a creator's BentBox page. Content placed there is hidden from the general public, and only buyers the creator has approved by hand can see it or buy from it.
Everything else stays the same. Approved buyers browse and check out exactly as they would on a public page, on the creator's usual pricing and payout terms. The only thing BentBox Black changes is who is allowed through the door.
How it works
You decide the conditions
When you enable BentBox Black you write down what a buyer has to meet before you will let them in. That might be a purchase history, a verified identity, a particular region, or simply a message that convinces you. BentBox does not enforce these conditions for you; they tell buyers what you are looking for.
Buyers ask, you answer
Interested buyers send an access request. Each one arrives in your queue, and you approve or decline it yourself. There is no automatic approval and no way for a buyer to get in by guessing a URL or paying their way past the queue.
Approved buyers see two pages in one
Once approved, a buyer sees your Black Boxes alongside your public ones and buys them through the standard BentBox checkout. Everyone else sees only your public page, with no sign that a Black section exists at all.
Access is not permanent
Your approved follower list stays editable. If a buyer stops being a good fit, remove them and their access to the Black section goes with them. You can also change your requirements at any point without affecting people you have already approved.
What you get
Six things BentBox Black gives you that a public page cannot.
Access you control
Black content stays hidden until you approve a buyer. Nobody browses their way in.
One-by-one approval
Every access request lands in your queue. You approve or decline each one yourself.
Your own conditions
State what a buyer has to meet before you will approve them, in your own words.
Revocable at any time
Your approved follower list stays editable. Remove access whenever you want to.
Invisible to the public
People who have not been approved never see that the Black content exists.
The same checkout
Approved buyers pay through the standard BentBox flow, on your usual terms.
Who BentBox Black is for
Creators who want a smaller, vetted audience for part of their work.
Common uses
- Premium tiers. Keep your most exclusive Boxes behind an approval step.
- Regional control. Decline requests from places you would rather not sell into.
- Private collections. Share sensitive or personal work with a short list of buyers.
- Long-term customers. Give repeat buyers something the general public cannot reach.
Why creators use it
- You choose the audience. Nothing in Black is visible until you say a specific buyer can see it.
- Room to price higher. Scarcity and vetting support a price your public page could not.
- Fewer awkward sales. Screening happens before the sale, not after a refund request.
- Nothing is permanent. Requirements and approvals can both be changed after the fact.
Setting up your Black section
Four steps, all from your Account Admin Page.
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Open BentBox Black Settings
Sign in and go to your Account Admin Page. BentBox Black Settings sits in the left-hand menu.
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Turn Black on
Enable the section and write down what a buyer has to meet before you will approve access.
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Add your Boxes
Upload the Boxes you want kept private. They stay hidden from everyone who is not approved.
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Work through requests
Review each access request against your requirements, then approve or decline it.
Publisher and follower settings live in the same place
BentBox Black has two sides. As a publisher you control who reaches your own exclusive content. As a follower you see the Black sections other creators have granted you access to. Both lists are reachable from the Account Admin Page menu.
Common questions
Start your Black section
Set your requirements, upload your first private Boxes, and choose who gets to see them.