Just to be clear, you're neither giving Subscriber Only nor the authors your payment details. All of that is handled by Stripe. Their core service is handling t

Just to be clear, you're neither giving Subscriber Only nor the authors your payment details. All of that is handled by Stripe. Their core service is handling this kind of sensitive data. I can certainly understand not liking recurring payments but it's a pretty standard business model. On Subscriber Only, you can choose between monthly and yearly subscriptions and you can cancel them at any time. You can look at it a sort-of automation of what you're already doing with one-time donations. Don't quote me on this -- I have no data -- but I think monetizing a personal blog is pretty tough. Unless you'd consider Strachery <https://stratechery.com/ https://stratechery.com/> a personal blog. If you want to get paid writing, I suggest specializing in a niche of a niche. E.g. Don't write about the tech industry, write about semiconductor manufacturing in Germany. But hey, you won't know until you try!