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Regarding ‘exploring other things’: are you familiar with the story of the flattr project? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr Afaik it ran into ‘big tech platform problems’ back then, but the automated microfunding idea is still great, IMO.

Somewhat familiar! Will take another look

I loved it because it removed the cognitive load of a buying decision: “how much is this worth to me?” Instead: “do I want to support this creator?” If payment rails are in place, why not offer that monetization mode to creators who don’t like paywalls? For podcasters it worked wonders back then!

I love this concept - especially the mix of monetization options. I have so many blogs on Leaflet that it would allow me to mix and match what that particular blog needed. Excited to see what ya'll come up with.

1/2 Super cool! Really interesting problem i see: how would standard.site play into this? I would imagine being able to to see that a publication has posted a new blog would still be desirable but the content being on the network poses problems with gating behind pay.

Are paid publications stored off the owner's PDS (I.e. on the Leaflet AppView privately)?

Not the whole publication, just the private content of member's only posts, but yes. We'll move this over to permissioned spaces when that's stable though!

I stumbled upon the new Membership area earlier today but I kept my mouth shut as you guys didn’t release an official statement yet 👀 Yet another great addition to Leaflet!

I don’t have plans to monetize my (somewhat dormant) newsletter for now, but based on my previous experience, one-off payments alongside (and optionally, bundled with) recurring payments would be very useful. This is an area where Ghost (and maybe Substack?) has been completely lacking for years.

Use case is “you can buy access to this course but if you’re a paid member on tier X or Y, you can also have access to it”.

CC @joanwestenberg.com See if this makes sense for you alongside your existing Substack publication. As a regular reader, I find Leaflet much friendlier and more interoperable compared to Substack's walled garden approach. As a writer, you might find the lower platform fee more attractive. Win-win.

Thanks for sharing Darshak! Yes very interested in how we can support not only writers starting new publications, but experiments alongside existing ones (and things like other payment models & social mechanisms). Please reach out any time if you have any questions.

If you're investing in Bluesky & the Atmosphere as your social home, we're here to help you take advantage & make it more sustainable together. We've got powerful integrations with Bluesky — *and* — with @standard.site you get even more ways to reach people in a growing ecosystem.

Indie creator? Bluesky power user? Want to make $ from your work? We'd love to hear from you! See the post above for full context; here's the direct link to tell us more about your work & what you need:

cc @marcelasobella.bsky.social maybe you’d be interested

do subscribers need their own Bluesky/ATproto account?

Nope they can just use email & connect an atproto account later for the social stuff :)

Bundles!

Say more! How would you want to use bundles either as a creator or reader?

I think it's probably pretty hard to do on atproto, as it means individual authors selling individual subscriptions, *and* pooling content with others and selling bundled subscriptions, sharing revenue. All the rage 10y ago when micropayments were the future of media.