Hello @Dane Tidwell !

As the easiest variant for your purpose - you may set the Permissions level which has the "View post" action. This level can be paid. See more details in those links:

https://unacms.com/wiki/Permissions-Builder

https://unacms.com/wiki/Payments

The users may earn points for their activities and take some advantages for them. See more details here: https://unacms.com/view-product/points-system