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How to: Migrate away from Substack
A step by step guide to moving your newsletter off of Substack to another platform, including how to handle your paid subscriptions and your podcast. Leave Substack without any hassle!
Why Did I Leave Substack, Anyway?
Last week, my friends at Scratch reached out to ask if I'd be interesting in answering questions about why I moved my newsletter off Substack. Of course I would! I've written some about it here, as you know, but I'm always game to talk more about this,
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Former Substack writers who exited the platform in early 2024 are making more money on Beehiiv and Ghost thanks to their fixed pricing models.
After Nearly 4 Years, Hatemail Is Leaving Substack.
This is the last news round up you'll receive from us on this platform.
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Framasoft is at full capacity, but we are not leaving you: we are part of the collective CHATONS and other members of the network will be delighted to welcome you.
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
Farewell Stack Exchange
I am no longer a part of Stack Exchange. I still have much literal and figurative stock in the success of Stack Exchange, of course, but as of March 1st I will no longer be part of the day to day operations of the company, or the Stack Exchange sites,
Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible - Jacky Alciné
From Substack LLC's attempt to capture the concept of a newsletter as a verb to their overt encouragement and support for Neo-Nazi content, don't expect me to post anything on that platform. I explain why.
Has Substack’s subscription model really “maxed out?”
Scott Carney and Taylor Lorenz posted on Substack about downward subscriber trends they’re seeing. Carney pins it on subscription fatigue and feeling like “The only way to grow is to pillage the paid subscribers from other creators.” Lorenz questions Substack’s direction, saying “more and more like this app is becoming another social media feed.” When we recently wrote about writers who are leaving Substack, they mentioned control, pricing, and the social feature creep among their reasons for choosing competitors like Ghost and Behiiv. [Link: Writers are fleeing the Substack Tax | https://www.theverge.com/tech/927294/substack-tax-ghost-beehiiv | The Verge]
Very excited to share that I work here now! Starting today I'm one of the newest @bsky.app employees. I'm stoked to be exploring the Atmosphere full time! 😎
Death to Substack? Yes, its time. No more excuses 🫵🏽 We've been working on migration tools for the last couple months. Promising a few of you it's coming "any day now". Today is that day 🥳🥂 Export your content from Substack, Ghost, Pika or Buttondown and automatically import it into Offprint.
Can you really leave Substack? Substack was built on the promise that creators could leave whenever they wanted, taking their audience & payments with them. Then they built an app, started processing payments through Apple & Google Pay, & now if you leave, you lose everything.
Wrote a quick guide and checklist for those leaving Substack. Come to my free event tomorrow and we'll talk through it paidnewsletterplaybook.com/how-to-migrate-from-substack/
How to: Migrate away from Substack
www.paidnewsletterplaybook.comGood news we are adding @semble.so support to @infoenon.com! I've been lacking with connections and community outreach lately but that ends today. We will also be adding at least 3 others in the coming months to be natively surfaced and shown on our platform!
Death to Substack? Yes, its time. No more excuses 🫵🏽 We've been working on migration tools for the last couple months. Promising a few of you it's coming "any day now". Today is that day 🥳🥂 Export your content from Substack, Ghost, Pika or Buttondown and automatically import it into Offprint.
