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Very cool idea Chris & Hamish A friend of mine runs "what happened last week?" (http://whathappenedlastweek.com/ http://whathappenedlastweek.com/). She's got a

Very cool idea Chris & Hamish A friend of mine runs "what happened last week?" (http://whathappenedlastweek.com/ http://whathappenedlastweek.com/). She's got a journalism and economics background, and has a subscriber list of about 2,800 people, but has been struggling to find a way to monetize it. Would something like that be a good fit for your platform?

cjbest 9y ago
Oh awesome! I see > Stay well-informed about the world each week with clear and concise summaries of important news ... That sounds like an exactly perfect fit for Substack. We've seen that if you have a committed newsletter following (look at open rates and reader comments) that loves it, up to 10% of your list might pay pretty quickly if you just asked them. Depending how they think they could price it could be worth over $1000 month to start. Of course, this depends on the audience etc. If they want to do it, it's a simple as signing up, connecting Stripe, and importing the existing list. They can send out a 'free' post saying that the newsletter is going paid, and it will go to that list, and come baked with calls to action to subscribe and stuff. We've done a couple of these now and would be happy to help. Feel free to point them to 'chris' or 'hamish' at substack.com
- onassar 9y ago
  Okay great; I'll point her your way. Her name's Sham :)
  - cjbest 9y ago
    Great, thank you. This highlights one of my favorite things about the newsletter format: sometimes it can be worth more to you to get less content. If the goal is to stay informed, a writer that can do it in a shorter, less frequent email adds more value to your life :)
- vram22 9y ago
  >That sounds like an exactly perfect fit for Substack. We've seen that if you have a committed newsletter following (look at open rates and reader comments) It would be good if you could put a list of supported features on the signup page. As of now I do not see it. Will let signuppers know what they will get. I am going to sign up and try it anyway.
  - cjbest 9y ago
    Thanks, that’s good feedback. And glad you’re signing up! We’ll continue to make it better as quickly as we can.
- jlgaddis 9y ago
  > If they want to do it, it's a simple as signing up, connecting Stripe, and importing the existing list. Quick question: when "importing the existing list", what type of confirmation/verification -- if any -- do you require from the recipients? Let's say, for example, I have an "existing list" and I want to move to your platform for my free newsletter.
flippyhead 9y ago
This is a cool idea, I tried to sign up but her signup button 404s

cjbest 9y ago

Oh awesome! I see > Stay well-informed about the world each week with clear and concise summaries of important news ... That sounds like an exactly perfect fit for Substack. We've seen that if you have a committed newsletter following (look at open rates and reader comments) that loves it, up to 10% of your list might pay pretty quickly if you just asked them. Depending how they think they could price it could be worth over $1000 month to start. Of course, this depends on the audience etc. If they want to do it, it's a simple as signing up, connecting Stripe, and importing the existing list. They can send out a 'free' post saying that the newsletter is going paid, and it will go to that list, and come baked with calls to action to subscribe and stuff. We've done a couple of these now and would be happy to help. Feel free to point them to 'chris' or 'hamish' at substack.com

onassar 9y ago
Okay great; I'll point her your way. Her name's Sham :)
- cjbest 9y ago
  Great, thank you. This highlights one of my favorite things about the newsletter format: sometimes it can be worth more to you to get less content. If the goal is to stay informed, a writer that can do it in a shorter, less frequent email adds more value to your life :)
vram22 9y ago
>That sounds like an exactly perfect fit for Substack. We've seen that if you have a committed newsletter following (look at open rates and reader comments) It would be good if you could put a list of supported features on the signup page. As of now I do not see it. Will let signuppers know what they will get. I am going to sign up and try it anyway.
- cjbest 9y ago
  Thanks, that’s good feedback. And glad you’re signing up! We’ll continue to make it better as quickly as we can.
jlgaddis 9y ago
> If they want to do it, it's a simple as signing up, connecting Stripe, and importing the existing list. Quick question: when "importing the existing list", what type of confirmation/verification -- if any -- do you require from the recipients? Let's say, for example, I have an "existing list" and I want to move to your platform for my free newsletter.

flippyhead 9y ago

This is a cool idea, I tried to sign up but her signup button 404s