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For MailerLite: $0. I use a free plan because it's free up to 1,000 subscribers and 12,000 monthly emails and I don't need their paid features.
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I'm not sure if I can keep recommending it. I've been waiting for over six weeks for them to fix a broken archive page (they had known about it before I even reported that). I can't give my subscribers access to past issues because the archives don't show up (they show up in preview in my admin dashboard but not when I access the public page).<br />
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I followed up two weeks after my first support request and they said they were still "investigating" it. I reached out again today after over six weeks since the original ticket but I don't expect any new developments.<br />
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Their text editor when writing newsletters is also broken and randomly messes up paragraphs.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px"><b>There Are No Good Platforms for Newsletters</b></span><br />
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Here's a business idea for you that'll make you rich...<br />
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Current main newsletter delivery platforms like Substack, Revue or Beehiiv only offer ugly landing pages with no customization beyond colors. Ghost is better because it at least has themes but there's also little easy customization available as it's not drag and drop (though new theme companies are being created that figured out how to offer more customization).<br />
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Then you have email marketing providers like ConvertKit, MailerLite, GetResponse, etc. that aren't really built for newsletters. You can use them this way (as I do with MailerLite) but you get a ton of features you don't need and the set-up is way too complicated for good email deliverability. It's also complicated to implement the archive page.<br />
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I won't go back to Ghost with my Discomfort Club newsletter but now that I'm considering some new projects, I'm tempted to go back with them to the simplicity of Ghost and its awesome editor. <br />
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They released Ghost 5 back in May with some new features that may have addressed some of the issues I had with it. There are also new companies creating Ghost templates that look way more customizable than what was available earlier this year.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px"><b>Five Types of Newsletters</b></span><br />
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I don't necessarily agree with that third question ("Can that audience get similar types of content elsewhere?") as the answer will almost always be yes (as with virtually any business) and it shouldn't stop you from creating a newsletter.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px"><b>ConvertKit Now Has a Sponsor Network</b></span><br />
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ConvertKit now offers a service that manages sponsorships for you. You need at least 10,000 subscribers.<br />
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<li data-xf-list-type="ol">We help you earn a living by placing sponsorships in your newsletter for you</li>
</ol>For this service we charge <i>20%</i> of total sponsorship revenue for selling and placing the sponsorship + <i>3.5%</i> for payment processing.
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