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trustfnd.comTrustfndCollaborative growth for independent journalists.

Grow faster and earn more, together. Join Trustfnd, the growth network for truly independent journalists. It works across platforms and makes it easy to team up and bundle publications. Multiply your reach to fund your independence.

indie journalists grow so much faster when they combine their reach. Bundle Passes let you team up with other journalists on beehiiv, ghost or steady and offer your audiences paid access to all your publications — with one purchase. here’s what we launched today to make them more powerful 🫡

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better deals for existing subscribers when someone tries to buy a Bundle Pass but already subscribes to one of the publications, we adjust the bundle and price automatically. now you can offer them an extra nice discount on the remaining publications.

trustfnd.comTrustfndCollaborative growth for independent journalists.

Bundle Passes have helped independent journalists in the united states and germany use their collective reach to grow faster and earn more, together. it’s free to start, couldn’t be simpler, and you pay nothing unless you grow. sign up here: trustfnd.com

gift Passes! anyone can now buy Bundle Passes for others, wrap them in a holiday, birthday, or general gift theme, and share a cute link with whoever they like. yup, just in time for the holidays.

surf.socialSludge x The Lever by Trustfnd on SurfSurf - Two investigative powerhouses at the price of one. Get a year of access to The Lever and Sludge with a Bundle Pass: https://trustfnd.com/collaboration/bundle-pass-sludge-x-the-lever--94V2Ixml...

second Pass length you can now choose an alternative Pass length. if you run a Bundle Pass for one year, a 90-day option might fit someone’s budget better.

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Who is Big Oil supporting this election cycle? Where are Democratic candidates getting their funding? Check out @levernews.com and @sludge.bsky.social's joint Surf feed and take advantage of @trustfnd.com's bundle pass to get essential politics news now. surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

Get more investigative political reporting in time for the midterms. Check out this feed with the people behind @levernews.com and @sludge.bsky.social — and grab their Bundle Pass to get unlimited access to both for the price of one. #promoted

resources.trustfnd.comTrustfndBundling made easy: Guides and answers for journalists on Trustfnd.

New support center is live ✓ You can read, ask a robot, or reach out to @jarjour.myatproto.social directly.

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Also, drop any feature requests here: ideas.trustfnd.com

trustfnd.comTrustfnd | Bundle Pass (Sludge x The Lever)2 creators collaborating.

There's a lot to keep up with. Get two independent publications for a full year at 50% off. This Bundle Pass from @levernews.com and @sludge.bsky.social gives you access to all articles and podcasts this election season and beyond — and funds real reporting you can trust. #promoted

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Nichest of updates: You can now pay with Wero on Trustfnd.

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Forever Wars and The Racket are partnering to share a limited-time offer for new subscribers — $48 for a year's worth of BOTH newsletters, via @trustfnd.com! trustfnd.com/collaboratio... #promoted

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Being independent doesn't have to mean doing everything alone. If you're in the U.S., team up with others to get discovered by people looking for good, independent journalism about the midterms. This is how 👇🏻

Michaël Jarjour@jarjour.bsky.social

With the midterms coming up, a lot of indie journalists are setting up Bundle Passes. It's the best way for anyone on Ghost or Beehiiv to get their paywalled journalism in front of all-new people. So let me re-introduce what a Bundle Pass is — and how you can create one of your own 🧵

3 Sept

NEW: The Collaborators tab is live on Trustfnd. See who's already there, what you have in common with them, and connect to get a bundle started. Independent journalist? Get verified for free: trustfnd.com

Trustfnd is all about bundling the power of independent journalists across platforms, borders, and formats — and grow faster than ever together. If you haven’t launched a bundle yet or are thinking about your next one, the Collaborators tab is a great starting point.

21 Sept

Now you can easily spot who you can bundle paid publications with. Anyone on Ghost, Beehiiv, and Steady can offer time-limited access to a bundle of paid publications. Discover who's already there in our Collaborators tab, look out for the Bundle Pass compatible badge. Pay nothing unless you grow.

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21 Sept

Just shipped a tiny new label that shows which other journalists use a platform that supports Bundle Passes, Ghost, Beehiiv, or Steady.

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17 Sept

[Mariah Carey voice] It's Ti-iiiiime! Next Thursday's Product Roundtable (10a NYC / 4p Berlin): gift options for Bundle Passes. We wanna make it super easy to gift a whole lot of journalism this season. Look at prototypes and think through the economics with us — DM if you want to join us.

trustfnd.comTrustfndCollaborative growth for independent journalists.

14 Sept

50 days to the midterms. Good time to create a Bundle Pass? Team up with other journalists to get discovered by people happy to pay for your journalism — even before they're ready to subscribe.

14 Sept

Not sure who to bundle with? Check out the Collaborators tab in Trustfnd to discover other independent journalists and connect with them right then and there.

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When you connect with someone, we share your contact details with them. When they accept, you get theirs — and you take it from there over email or text, whatever works best for you.

3 Sept

We also want to show you what you have in common with other journalists on Trustfnd. For example, we show you if you follow each other on Bluesky. If you haven’t already, add your handle to your profile.

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15 July

One of our most requested features just dropped.

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NEW in Trustfnd: Upgrade offers email series 🥳 Bundle Passes are the best way for journalists to get discovered by people happy to pay for their journalism. Now you can more easily turn those people into recurring subscribers once their Pass expires. 🧵

Head to any bundle you’ve created, click ‘Manage,’ and add an offer. Journalists who’ve used Trustfnd tell us that annual subscriptions at a discount work great — but you’ll know best.

15 July

Set it, then forget it: We’ll kick off an email series for everyone whose Pass is about to expire. We’ll keep track and let you know how many convert in your collaboration analytics. We hope you love it!

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trustfnd.comTrustfnd | Nervenbündel3 Creator kollaborieren.

7 July

ICYMI: Seit letzter Woche können auch Journalist:innen auf Steady ihre Bezahl-Angebote bündeln. @trustfnd.com Bundle Passes funktionieren jetzt mit Beehiiv, Ghost & Steady — plus deutsche Checkout-Seiten und €uro-Preise. Eines der Bundles, die seither entstanden sind: das Nervenbündel.

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2 July

Help me find this person for @trustfnd.com — a person to help us - INSPIRE journalists about collaborative growth - SUPPORT them in building growth systems - BUILD our voice and community, including in the product If you *are* this person, hit me up. If you *know* this person, send them my way.

1 July

*Just shipped:* Steady support for Bundle Passes. This means you can now bundle paid publications on Steady, one of Europe’s largest creator platforms, along with @ghost.org and @beehiiv.com. Tearing down those platform walls, brick by brick.

Also launched today: Features important for creators who have German speaking audiences and price their publications in €uros. If a user’s browser is set to German, they’ll see a localized checkout page and transactional emails. If you charge for your publication in €uros, we now honor that.

trustfnd.comTrustfnd | Der neue Medienpass3 Creator kollaborieren.

1 July

We’re launching these new features with three of the best indie newsrooms in Germany. Think the cultural impact of Defector, but in Germany. Get @uebermedien.de, Good Impact, and @krautreporter.bsky.social at a 65% discount — for a full year. An incredible deal!

The addition of Steady is a big deal because Steady is built differently from Ghost or Beehiiv. Like Patreon or Substack, Steady doesn’t have an API we can access. Thanks for agreeing to partner and bring bundling powers to creators on your platform, @steady.page!

29 June

This week we'll be launching some new bundling powers for independent journalists: - in Europe - in Germany, specifically Turn notifications on so you don't miss it.

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16 June

One stat I watch when journalists run @trustfnd.com bundles is the full bundle rate. That's the share of people who are new to *all* publications in a bundle. I love the high numbers here. They mean that you're not just sharing audience, you're actually growing it for everybody.

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trustfnd.comTrustfnd | Feminist Bundle3 creators collaborating.

15 June

It's pretty cool that the best feminist publications are using @trustfnd.com to offer their publications in a bundle. I've long admired @theflytrapmedia.com, @autonomynews.co, and am a @mothership.blog fan of the first hour. Push the button today, have your summer reading sorted.

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15 June

A great collab between our friends at @trustfnd.com and @theflytrapmedia.com, @mothership.blog and @autonomynews.co!

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1 June

Support more trans creators. This pride month and always. Happy pride month everyone.

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1 June

Journalists have the reputation that they're shit at promotion. Not so. With @trustfnd.com they are showing that they're quite good at it — here are three types of promotion that we've seen working really well.

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surf.socialLocal Garbage Fire Feed by Trustfnd on SurfSurf - 30-day Bundle Pass for all publications in this Feed. Save 50%. Get full access. Get Bundle Pass here: https://trustfnd.com/collaboration/local-garbage-fire--vSrCPBRkF8C4LhjLJbKo

26 May

Loads to learn in here for anyone running a subscription business. Thanks for the detailed write-up, @lexroman.com!

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22 May

If you're on beehiiv or Ghost, you too can bundle with other creators! Go to @trustfnd.com to start your discovery engine.

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Want to support indie journalism? We teamed up with @trustfnd.com on a new bundle featuring @spitfirenews.com by @kattenbarge.bsky.social, @garbageday.email by @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, and @lni.media by @davejorgenson.bsky.social. Check it out and subscribe. 👇🏻 surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

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21 May

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Hey who wants to go halfsies on a subscription

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Share this with all of Bluesky: Trustfnd is fresh out of beta! Now all independent journalists with Ghost and Beehiiv can team up and offer audiences limited-time access to their publications in a bundle. And grow faster than ever.

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Let's make an interconnected and interoperable world of independent journalism happen. Indie journalists have institution-level attention, influence, and trust. Let's build infrastructure to help them build institution-level impact and power, too.

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The @trustfnd.com Local Garbage Fire Surf feed, featuring posts from @davejorgenson.bsky.social, @kattenbarge.bsky.social and @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social, is available on @bsky.app too 👇🏻 bsky.app/profile/trus...

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🙌🏻 Trustfnd has partnered with @surf.social so every bundle you create can get a shared content feed, too. Check out the Local Garbage Fire Feed by @davejorgenson.bsky.social, @kattenbarge.bsky.social, and @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social. surf.social/feed/surf%2F...

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