There are 3 types of users:
1) Casual visitors / public
If you want a post / page to be accessible by all non-members, just leave it open. Do not protect it in DAP.
2) Free users
Users that register via free sign up form are marked as ‘FREE’ in DAP. The users marked as ‘free’ only have access to content that are marked as available to ‘free users’ in content protection area.
3) Paid users
Users that purchase a product/course and have a transaction id/number in the dap manage users page that links to their order Or the users that are marked as ‘PAID’ by admin manually. These users have access to both free and paid content that are dripped under that product / course. The content becomes available to these users based on the drip settings.