I've more or less gone that way myself; I'll paywall individual stories after a set time and completed serials, but ongoing serials I'm leaving up free. I didn't really want to go with the paywall in the middle of the post route either. Zero too so far, but you never know. :)
I have paid subscriptions for both of my newsletters, but I'm not putting any content behind a paywall. The paid ones are options in case anyone is interested enough in my content to want to give me money on a regular basis, and that's all they are.
To paywall or not paywall and what to place behind the curtain is certainly a question I am asking myself every day. I’m currently all free, but I know I have plans to create one and place part of the work behind it. What is hard is figuring out what will not hinder my subscriber’s substack growth. Lots of things to think about. I like your archive approach. What’s great is that there are many ways to go paid. We just have to figure out what works best. Thank you for your post!
Just remember everything we do can easily be undone. Just because you turn it on doesn’t mean you can’t just as easily turn it off and try something different. There are no hard and fast rules to follow.
I've more or less gone that way myself; I'll paywall individual stories after a set time and completed serials, but ongoing serials I'm leaving up free. I didn't really want to go with the paywall in the middle of the post route either. Zero too so far, but you never know. :)
I have paid subscriptions for both of my newsletters, but I'm not putting any content behind a paywall. The paid ones are options in case anyone is interested enough in my content to want to give me money on a regular basis, and that's all they are.
To paywall or not paywall and what to place behind the curtain is certainly a question I am asking myself every day. I’m currently all free, but I know I have plans to create one and place part of the work behind it. What is hard is figuring out what will not hinder my subscriber’s substack growth. Lots of things to think about. I like your archive approach. What’s great is that there are many ways to go paid. We just have to figure out what works best. Thank you for your post!
Just remember everything we do can easily be undone. Just because you turn it on doesn’t mean you can’t just as easily turn it off and try something different. There are no hard and fast rules to follow.