PLSclear Three-Month Trial Period for Publishers

Part of PLSclear's mission is to make publisher content available to requestors, including publishers who may not have fully opted into the service yet. To accomplish this, we give publisher's access to a free of charge, three-month* free trial version of PLSclear. 

What features does the trial version offer?

Publishers will have access to the basic functionality of PLSclear during the trial period. Most features in PLSclear are only available to publishers who have signed a PLSclear agreement.

Access to our global permissions market In 2020, PLSclear handled requestors from over 160 countries and 80% of traffic to the PLSclear platform is from outside of the UK.	Y	Y
PLSclear Feature	Trial Version	Full Version
Quick licence creation Publishers opted into PLSclear do not need to upload their own licence documents to the system.	N	Y
Standard licence templates Publishers signed up use PLSclear's standard licence templates.	N	Y
PLSclear licensing programmes Publishers can add pricing into the system and even fully automate their licensing if they choose.	N	Y
Credit card payments Requestors can pay for their request by credit card.	N	Y
Payments handled by PLS PLS provides credit control for publishers opted into PLSclear and handles all credit card payments.	N	Y
Your titles prioritised in search results Titles linked to participating publisher accounts are prioritised in PLSclear search results, making it easier to find your titles in PLSclear.	N	Y
Request Manager inbox Access to your dedicated Request Manager inbox to review and respond to requests.	Y	Y
Filtered requests You will only receive requests for titles linked to your account.	Y	Y
PLSclear helpdesk support Support from the PLSclear helpdesk team for you and your requestors.	Y	Y
PLSclear widget The PLSclear widget allows requestors to begin searching for titles in PLSclear right from a publisher’s website.	Y	Y
PLSclear Quick Links Link directly to a specific title in PLSclear from a page on your website using PLSclear Quick Links (for example, from a specific book page or journal article.)	Y	Y

What happens after the trial period?

If you have not signed a PLSclear agreement by the end of your three month trial, your titles will be excluded from PLSclear and can no longer be requested by our users.

How do I access my free trial?

If you have received a request through PLSclear, you can access the trial version by logging into PLSclear.com using your PLS Collect username and password. If you do not remember your Collect password, you can reset it here.

How do I sign up to PLSclear?

For publishers already signed up to PLS for collective licensing, we simply need a signed agreement from you in order to opt you into the service.

Request a copy of the agreement by emailing [e-mail].

*Three months from first request received through PLSclear.