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Full disclosure - $500+/month in revenue, but not profit. The majority (95%) goes to the creators I work with.

Oh man, you gotta charge more! This is insanely cheap. The average substack charges $5 a month, and you usually get an email a week at best.

Ha I appreciate the thought, but it's hard to compare novel writing from thought leaders to funny images. I wish I could charge more, but I don't think the value is quite there yet. Maybe if I was strict about exclusive content (which I don't want to be; I like giving artists flexibility on where/how they distribute their work), I could get away with charging higher as well.

Wow, you only take about 2%? (assuming 3% for processing?)

Yup that's about right. I don't mind though; I view this project as a labor of love.

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