Over half my subscribers are active, meaning 5% of them would realistically be 50 or so paid subscribers. So far, 26 are. That's over half way, so this is very encouraging! I thought I really needed 100 to be reaching the suggested statistic.
Every application has an end. Medium is almost dead now. Substack for me even though I’m new I feel it’s not going anywhere in 5 years from now. The only thing that some writers agree with me that will stay forever is your own website.
You make a lot of good points, but how could the explosion of new Substacks not lead to subscriber fatigue? Hardly anyone can afford to become a paid subscriber to all of the authors they want to read. I hear this all the time from my readers who also appreciate many other columnists in the Iowa Writers' Collaborative.
There is a limit to how much disposable income most people have, especially with costs going up in other areas of life.
Over half my subscribers are active, meaning 5% of them would realistically be 50 or so paid subscribers. So far, 26 are. That's over half way, so this is very encouraging! I thought I really needed 100 to be reaching the suggested statistic.
Every application has an end. Medium is almost dead now. Substack for me even though I’m new I feel it’s not going anywhere in 5 years from now. The only thing that some writers agree with me that will stay forever is your own website.
You make a lot of good points, but how could the explosion of new Substacks not lead to subscriber fatigue? Hardly anyone can afford to become a paid subscriber to all of the authors they want to read. I hear this all the time from my readers who also appreciate many other columnists in the Iowa Writers' Collaborative.
There is a limit to how much disposable income most people have, especially with costs going up in other areas of life.
I hate to say it but this is why the ad model works. People hate to pay for stuff but are ok with ads popping up all over the place.