Substack needs a bundling option: you pay, say, $50/mo. then assign it to a certain number (10? 20? 50?? 5000, with only one cent per subscription???) of Substacks that allow for bundled subs. If some writers are like "No, only $5 per reader will do!" they can opt out of accepting bundled subscriptions.
Anyway the Substack model doesn't really work with paid subs coming _from other Substack writers._ For the most part if a writer is expecting to make a useful income from Substack, they have to be promoting in other platforms and bringing readers to Substack.
Maybe substack should try a pay it forward scheme, where people contribute a gift subscription for those starving students, artists and retirees who can't subscribe
No worries! You are being a good steward and that is what is needed. You can still subscribe for free.
Substack needs a bundling option: you pay, say, $50/mo. then assign it to a certain number (10? 20? 50?? 5000, with only one cent per subscription???) of Substacks that allow for bundled subs. If some writers are like "No, only $5 per reader will do!" they can opt out of accepting bundled subscriptions.
Anyway the Substack model doesn't really work with paid subs coming _from other Substack writers._ For the most part if a writer is expecting to make a useful income from Substack, they have to be promoting in other platforms and bringing readers to Substack.
Maybe substack should try a pay it forward scheme, where people contribute a gift subscription for those starving students, artists and retirees who can't subscribe