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IS IT PROPAGANDA?®'s avatar

Great article! I'm sure you know you can create special button that will offer a 14-day trial or more if you want to, rather that the usual 7-day one!

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Michele Miles Gardiner's avatar

I haven't written here seriously or consistently, due to my confusion on how to utilize paid subscriptions. I'll save this and see how to best use this site. I hoped I could charge for specific essays/stories vs. a monthly fee.

My life is a bit chaotic with family health issues. Consistent newsletter expectations would be an added stress. I'm spending the time I do have writing pieces on our experiences. I believe these would be helpful to readers and are worthy of payment.

So far, I've only shared blog-level content. Goofy and GIF-filled.

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Simon K Jones's avatar

I've found paywalling to be a complex thing for fiction writers. The equation is simpler when you're writing non-fiction that is answering a question or providing more obvious, direct value. Fiction is a harder sell, and paywalling in my experience (and in that context) only serves to reduce the readership.

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7 pillars's avatar

This is one of the most honest and nuanced takes on paywalling I’ve read. Especially resonated with the idea that vulnerability isn’t a reason to paywall. It’s a reason to be intentional about who you’re sharing with.

The clarity around what actually converts (and what just feels like it should) is invaluable.

Thank you for cutting through the noise.

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X. P. Callahan's avatar

There is a Substack I would like to recommend to my readers. But I don't, because even though this 'Stack is only a month old, all the posts are paywalled. That's a shame. From the little I've seen, I can tell that this is a wonderful writer who deserves lots of subscribers but has only 85. I wonder if it would be intrusive to let the writer know that I would like to recommend and promote this Substack, and why I can't.

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Kelly Thompson TNWWY's avatar

Just the word paywall makes my eyes glaze over now.

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