A website for your newsletter or paid community
A newsletter or community needs a home that isn't rented from the platform it's published on — a page that makes the case for subscribing before it asks. Most creators point people straight at a bare signup box, which only converts the ones who were already sold.
What a newsletter or paid community site needs
Make a sharp promise about what they'll get
A signup form is not a reason to sign up. Tell a visitor exactly what lands in their inbox and how often — the specific thing they'll know or be able to do that they can't right now — because a clear, narrow promise converts far better than an invitation to join a vague 'community'.
Let them feel the writing before they subscribe
People subscribe to a voice, and they can't judge a voice from a description of it. Showing a real issue, or the best few paragraphs you've written, lets someone decide they want more — a far stronger reason to hand over an email than a promise about content they haven't seen.
One signup, asking for the least you need
Competing calls to action split attention and lose subscribers. Give the page a single, obvious way in and ask only for the email — every extra field is a reason to close the tab, and you can always learn more about someone once they're actually on the list and reading.
If there's a paid tier, say plainly what it unlocks
A reader deciding whether to pay needs to know exactly what the money buys — what's behind the paywall, what free subscribers still get, what a member gets that a follower doesn't. Vagueness here reads as a trick; a plain list of what's included is what makes the upgrade feel fair.
Own the home, so a platform can't cut you off
Building your entire audience inside someone else's app means their rules and their reach decide your future. A home of your own — your domain, your signup, your list — survives when a platform changes its terms, and it's the difference between an audience you own and one you're only borrowing.
Your team builds it with you
WrenTalks your business through with you and sets its look.
ScoutPlans every page and feature it needs.
ForgeBuilds it, and keeps building as you grow.
BelleWrites your emails and messages to customers.
HawkFinds what moves your numbers and says what to do.
What it costs
One plan, per site
Free
Your design and your plan for your first business, on a private preview.
$28 a month
Live: your first pass built on it, your site hosted at its own address and your own domain, payments into your own Stripe, your backend run for you, your data backed up every day, your code yours to download, and your edits.
Credits
After you see your first pass, $1 a credit, in packs of 25, 50, 100 or 200. They build each step of your plan, such as booking or a shop, taken only when you approve it.
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Steed takes nothing from your sales.
Cancel any time.
Questions
Can people subscribe from the site?
Yes. An email sign-up comes with the site, so your list grows on your own page. Steed sends your issues to that list too, and Live includes the sending. Belle writes your issues with you, each built with credits and taken when you turn it on.
Can I charge for a paid membership?
Yes. A paid membership, with members-only posts on your site, is a step built with credits, taken only when you approve it.
Can I update the page as the newsletter grows?
Yes. Once your site is Live, turn on Edit above your site in Steed and click the words you want to change; they go live when you save. Anything bigger, ask in chat and it waits for your yes.