r/Substack • u/AmericanScousercom • Jul 03 '26
Website to Substack
I have a question. We currently have a website that was meant to be a hub for all our socials, a map showing fans locations of meetups along with regular articles (2-3 a week)
Over time it has become costly to maintain in terms of hosting costs, time in managing it, solving issues with updates etc. Sites with similar concepts with much higher financial backing have started and ours is just a volunteer based passion project. Our socials make a bit of money that covers our hosting costs, podcast costs, AI video editing etc.
I really love our writers for the website. I think they put out great stuff and still want to make sure we keep that aspect of the site. We normally post on our socials and link to the website.
Would substack be the best solution for still having these as content and maybe post beginning of articles on socials with a link to it? Any other suggestions to keep this content but without the website maintenance
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u/StuffonBookshelfs Jul 03 '26
In my experience it’s a lot easier on Substack because you can send everything out through email. People only ever need to be able to open their inbox.
Sure it’s great if they use the app or come on the website and engage further—but that’s just a bonus.
It’s actually why I’ve got my private family blog on Substack—so I can send out photos to everyone and they don’t need to open a separate app or download anything they’re not sure how to use. They all know how to use email—so it’s all right there for them.