paywall

or pay wall

[pey-wawl]

noun

a system in which access to all or part of a website is restricted to paid subscribers: Some newspapers have put their content behind a paywall.
the part of a website that can be accessed only by paid subscribers.

Origin of paywall

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Examples from the Web for paywall

Contemporary Examples of paywall

Have you tried to access the research that your tax dollars finance, almost all of which is kept behind a paywall?
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers
Michael Schulson
July 27, 2016
He would more than likely have supported some form of paywall.
Best Books About the Rest of the World
Kapil Komireddi
December 24, 2013
By putting up a paywall, it has told online readers that they will have to pay.
The New York Times Co.’s Quarterly Earnings Report: News Isn’t Cheap
Daniel Gross
April 26, 2013
I can read it here, because I have a pass, but you might just get the paywall if you click through.
The Dowd Imbroglio
Michael Tomasky
September 17, 2012
If your content is behind a paywall, I will get my news elsewhere.
The Future of the Book
Sam Harris
September 27, 2011