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