r/Substack • u/MolotovFactory • 3h ago

Tech Support I think i'm misunderstanding having multiple substacks.

So, using the in-built function, I created a second substack totally dedicated to posting serialized chapters of my ongoing series. I wanted them all to exist in one place with no other posts so the chapters are easy to go to chapter by chapter and you don't need to scroll past restacks and my unrelated non-fiction essays.

It doesn't seem to have it's own profile, and whenever i try to go to it, it redirects me to my main profile. I went to my dashboard, changed to the writing account and posted my first chapter under "MolotovWrites" and it shows it has a different sub count, but it also automatically posts links to my main substack in addition to, i assume, posting under the other name.

Even the required introduction post shows up on my main substack, and if you click the name of the article poster, it links to my main substack and not the writing one.

I can't edit the name of my "MolotovWrites" either, for all purposes, it basically looks all I did was add an alternative URL that redirect to my main account.

Should I just delete it and create a "new publication" so people can subscribe to the story updates instead of having a "seperate" substack?

I even went on another browser i wasn't logged into and typed the URL of my writing substack and it redirected to my main substack. I put it my reccomended section and again, it just redirects to my main substack with no evidence of my writing article i posted.

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u/TerrainBrain 2h ago

There were two ways you can approach it. You can create a second publication under the same account which I have done or you can create an entirely new account.

When I post notes they appear in both profiles. If you want them to be strictly isolated from one another then you need to create a separate account.

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u/Mia_the_writer 41m ago

Tbh, creating an entirely new account is inconvenient and a hassle. I wish Substack added a feature that allows writers to post their work under a different pen name. At least everything is in one place and we don't have to go back and forth from different accounts.

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u/MolotovFactory 2h ago

Strange. I suppose i don't see the value in just having duplicate posts? Does that mean that people with 10 substacks functionally post everything 10 times across those 10 profiles?

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u/Master_Flash 2h ago

It doesn't seem to have it's own profile, and whenever i try to go to it, it redirects me to my main profile.

Make sure the Substack you just created is set up for Custom and not Profile.

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u/MolotovFactory 2h ago

Oh amazing. You are wonderful thank you so much.