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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




>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.


Thanks, that’s good feedback. And glad you’re signing up!

We’ll continue to make it better as quickly as we can.


> 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.


Okay great; I'll point her your way. Her name's Sham :)


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 :)




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