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“I can still remember standing in the kitchen in March 2020 and watching the first $1.00 I made come through, from sharing my own research. Was a crazy feeling. A year later and it’s now my full-time ‘job’.”
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Choose which posts you publish as free or only for paid subscribers. Zero tech knowledge required. We take care of everything except the hard part (the writing itself).
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Own all of your content and your subscriber list. Decide what you write about. Build a community. Keep 90% of the revenue.
A better model for writing.
The ad model demands that writers attract 40,000 page views every day to earn just $1,000 a month. With the Substack model, a steady base of 1,000 subscribers paying $5 each month earns you $60,000 per year.
“I've never been involved in any media project like Substack. In journalism, you struggle just to stay afloat. Something is changing in media and I'm fortunate to be part of it.”
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“A year ago I quit my job and started writing this newsletter full-time... It has been the most invigorating year of my professional life.”
“Being able to make a living off my writing has always been my dream... Eight years and a lot of failures later, Substack provided me with a platform to be able to succeed.”
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“Substack changed my life.” - Lenny Rachitsky, Lenny’s Newsletter
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