Publish long form that grows an audience & captures email. Every article filed under this job, most read first, plus the pick and the one alternative worth comparing it to.
beehiiv's free tier cannot take a payment. Not a limited one, none: paid subscriptions, the referral program and the ad network are all blank in the free column, and the tier that switches them on starts at $49 a month and is priced by how many subscribers you have rather than by what they pay you.
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Every comparison of blogging platforms argues about editors and themes, which is the least important thing about them. The actual decision is whether you want distribution you rent or an asset you own, and almost nobody frames it that way before they commit.
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Substack↗
Publish, email your list, discover new readers through the network. Zero setup.
Beehiiv↗
You own the list & monetize it (ads, referrals, paid subs).