Katie @ Substack on On Substack

[Katie @ Substack]

We think of the founding member tier as a way for your most loyal fans to show their support, by essentially making a donation on top of their paid subscription. You can rename the tier to whatever you'd like. More info here: https://support.substack.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042039091-Can-I-set-up-another-subscription-plan-for-readers-who-want-to-pay-more

Today we only offer the three tiers - free, paid (monthly or annual) and founding member (billed annually). There's power in the simplicity of the tiers we've found. We interviewed Cody who came over from Patreon and shared the following when we asked: What advice have you received about growing your publication that didn’t prove to be helpful?

"Adding more things! I found when I was using Patreon, I tried to pack so much into $5 a month that finally I was like, wait, that does not feel like a correct exchange. I find keeping my offering simple and consistent means if I do ever offer more (a bonus podcast a month, integrating threads), it feels like an extra, special thing and not an expectation. I think it can become overwhelming to give so many things instead of just streamline what works."

https://on.substack.com/p/grow-series-22-marlee-grace

[The Soul Driven Collective]

Respectfully, I’m not interested in someone else’s thoughts on this topic — that just diminishes my own. I’m firm in my views and still want more flexibility.

In addition, not being able to outline the features included in the tiers is a clunky, outdated process as then folks have to go read about it elsewhere.

The founding member tier doesn’t appeal to me, I’m simply wanting to create a third tier for something in-between my two main ones, which would still be very simple.

Thanks 🙏🏽