🧠 Does everyone lose subscribers when setting up a paid option? I sent out a note to my subscribers yesterday saying that I was setting up a paid option (with the income to go to charity) but that I would give free subscribers everything that the paid subscribers get. Yet I immediately had about 16 unsubscribes! What is going on? Are th…
🧠 Does everyone lose subscribers when setting up a paid option? I sent out a note to my subscribers yesterday saying that I was setting up a paid option (with the income to go to charity) but that I would give free subscribers everything that the paid subscribers get. Yet I immediately had about 16 unsubscribes! What is going on? Are they just anti-paying in principle? Do they feel badly about not wanting to pay and then unsubscribe to avoid feeling bad? Do they think it is the thin end of the wedge? I was flabbergasted (sp?) and rather disappointed.
So sorry to hear that Ann. It's probably all of the above. I started with paid immediately so I don't have any personal insight into this but my experience from 20+ years of writing is ... do what feels most right and aligned with you and don't worry about any of that too much. The people meant to be reading your work will be there.
You're probably right. It's just that everyone can see everything, so why unsubscribe? And it's not as if I am taking any income myself - it's all going to a good cause. My father used to say 'People will do what people will do' and it has a meaning in a strange sort of way.
Let them go. If that that offended that you want to be paid for your work (and you're not even insisting that they have to pay), then you don't need them. The people who love you will always stick around.
The more subscribers you get, the more people will unsubscribe whenever you send a new post. It's totally normal, people are easy to subscribe, but also easy to unsubscribe if you wind up not being the kind of thing they are looking for. I probably lose 20-50 subscribers every time I publish, but gain much more than that. It's just part of it!
Whenever I've tried to make sense of unsubscribes, I’ve failed. Your dad's adage, “People will do what people will do,” is correct. I’ve found that if I write something out-of-the-norm, even if it’s good, I get more unsubscribes. My answer is to turn off notifications! It’s better that way.
🧠 Does everyone lose subscribers when setting up a paid option? I sent out a note to my subscribers yesterday saying that I was setting up a paid option (with the income to go to charity) but that I would give free subscribers everything that the paid subscribers get. Yet I immediately had about 16 unsubscribes! What is going on? Are they just anti-paying in principle? Do they feel badly about not wanting to pay and then unsubscribe to avoid feeling bad? Do they think it is the thin end of the wedge? I was flabbergasted (sp?) and rather disappointed.
So sorry to hear that Ann. It's probably all of the above. I started with paid immediately so I don't have any personal insight into this but my experience from 20+ years of writing is ... do what feels most right and aligned with you and don't worry about any of that too much. The people meant to be reading your work will be there.
You're probably right. It's just that everyone can see everything, so why unsubscribe? And it's not as if I am taking any income myself - it's all going to a good cause. My father used to say 'People will do what people will do' and it has a meaning in a strange sort of way.
My background is in psychology which is all about figuring people out and mostly I’ve discovered that you usually can’t figure people out.
Love it. Perhaps you should tell people who seek your advice that "people will do what people will do'!
Let them go. If that that offended that you want to be paid for your work (and you're not even insisting that they have to pay), then you don't need them. The people who love you will always stick around.
The more subscribers you get, the more people will unsubscribe whenever you send a new post. It's totally normal, people are easy to subscribe, but also easy to unsubscribe if you wind up not being the kind of thing they are looking for. I probably lose 20-50 subscribers every time I publish, but gain much more than that. It's just part of it!
Some people dont wanna pay for everything 🙂
Whenever I've tried to make sense of unsubscribes, I’ve failed. Your dad's adage, “People will do what people will do,” is correct. I’ve found that if I write something out-of-the-norm, even if it’s good, I get more unsubscribes. My answer is to turn off notifications! It’s better that way.