r/beehiiv

Built a newsletter sponsorship marketplace over the past months and I’m considering selling it because I don’t really want to continue scaling it myself.

The platform already has:

• 200+ newsletters onboarded
• 33 advertisers
• admin dashboard
• newsletter dashboard
• advertiser dashboard
• internal smart matching system between advertisers/newsletters
• built-in bot/fraud filtering system
• automatic payouts
• integrated support system

The hardest part was building the marketplace infrastructure and automation logic, which is already done.

It’s essentially an operational MVP for newsletter sponsorships and can mostly run on autopilot already.

The main growth opportunity now is simply onboarding more newsletters so advertisers can spend larger budgets through the platform.

The buyer would also receive:

• social media pages
• creatives/assets
• 30 days of support during transition

I’m curious if someone here would genuinely be interested in operating/scaling something like this.

Happy to answer questions publicly or in DMs.

Very recently I bought this dudes course on growing your newsletter and earning money through it primarily through the boosts feature the dude turned out to be a scammer and I lost all my money.

Nevertheless I haven't lost my fath in this business model and I really want to start this business I know how I would promote this newsletter I have a contect strategy ready for it and I also have a lead magnet to give away to people

The problem is that I have never done this before and I get really anxious thinking about how many things I would have to learn or understand to start this newsletter business

My niche is digital marketing and I know what type of contect I would need to make to attract people to my newsletter I just don't understand how I would basically handle it and what I should write on it I get really confused, furthermore I'm very low on cash and beehives free trial will only last for 30 days so my goal is to get monetized with boosts within these 30 days

If you are someone who has spent some time doing this business please DM me so I could ask more specific questions about this business model, I really need someone to guide me through this platform it was the sole reason why I paid for the course in the first place

Thank you

How much beehiiv's recommendations can be helpful with also the counting the efforts put to setup crosspromos with other Newsletters.

Also should I focus on substack more or beehiiv recommendations features. I mean like we can also ask other Newsletters for restacking or atleast after building a good relationship.

Actually I used beehiiv as a email sender and have setup substack so substack subs get subscribed in beehiiv. I publish same posts on substack web posts.

Should I focus more on beehiiv recommendations or substack for crosspromos or getting subscribers?

Love to hear you experience, suggestions.

I am new to Beehiiv and totally amamazed at how robust the platform is and how much one can learn about it without even having to provide an email and get on that train, how many features are available in the free version to try out Etc.

But as a guy who was a beta tester for America Online - yeah, 'm that old- I do wish there was the ability to create an old fashioned or modern forum on whatever the topic is.

I did ask Perplexity about that and or whether or not there is good current forum software. The answer to that and follow questions could be summed up as: Sort of, but not quite.

I'm actually hoping to create a spot where regular people who are not totally against or for AI can talk about the latest developments, their use cases, Etc. Not just in the comment thread on any posting that folks would have to find Etc

I can tell you can bolt just about anything onto a Beehiv use, but there's so much great native stuff built in now, from podcasts to you name it, I just sort of wish this great way of having a community discussion spot also was built in as an option for those seeking it. Hey, a guy can dream right?

Has anyone on here gone down that particular rabbit hole and made something work without a whole lot of developer-brained customization? I'm not sure how alone I am in seeing that as a fruitful niche, but I figure it never hurts to ask!

And here's a little PS: could Beehiiv add a searchable Discover directory of the publications that is searchable by topic, geography, sortable such as biggest, newest to oldest, etc. It could even list how many active members, contacts, if it is free or has paid tiers, a nice little thumbnail and summary, etc.

How did you get to your first 1000 subs, I am thinking of starting paid ads but I imagine the cost per new subscriber would be very high. Would you recommend running the newsletter and being active on socials for a few months first.

Hey everyone

I’m running a newsletter focused on markets, AI, and investor psychology.

The idea behind it is simple: less hype, more thoughtful analysis around AI stocks, market narratives, risk, sentiment, and the psychology behind decision-making in trading and investing.

Still early 80+ subscriber, but growing steadily through Reddit, organic content, and collaborations.

Would love to connect with other finance, investing, business, AI, or creator-focused newsletters here for possible cross-promotions, recommendation swaps, or collaborations.

Always happy to support quality newsletters with overlapping audiences.

I’m sure this has been talked about a lot, but Substack has become a bit of a grind with very little return. I’ve been working my ass off over there and I’ve got 118 subs in 4 months.
That’s not too bad, but notes are a grind and that’s where most subs come from. Problem is, if I move over to Beevhiv, will I have to start all over again? Yes, some subs will follow, but will getting more be harder?
Also, how tough is it to migrate.
I’ve got lead magnets and I funnel from Medium and YouTube which are both growing.
I’d love to hear someone else’s experience that came over with a small following.

Like I was thinking about starting a newsletter related to those topics but I got doubt wondering in my head that how would I sell anything, like will people actually buy digital products on these kind of topics? I just love writing and those topics so I thought about starting a newsletter but now I'm confused. Help me out please.

I would like multiple publications, each with their own subscribers, but all managed through one website. On the main website, people can choose to what newsletter to subscribe. Is that possible?

I want to read some new newsletters.

Also looking for some recommendation swaps if it makes sense for both publications.

Let’s start a list of newsletters here, it’ll be useful for all involved.

If your newsletter fits any of these niches:

• Project Management, Education, Personal Development
• SaaS, startup, or founder focused

You can send a cross promo request directly here

If not, feel free to join the community (130+ creators) and let me know your niche, I’ll notify you when a relevant opportunity comes up.

Let’s help each other grow in a way that’s authentic and valuable to our readers.

Hi, just switch to beehiiv and looking to publish some of our older blog posts to "populate" the page. But would rather not have all posts be published the same day. How to edit publish date? When I go to the"Review" tab in the Edit Post settings, it won't allow me to edit the date.

Thanks

Alright, so this is in some promotional post. I am also pretty new to Beehiiv, but in the last month or two I've been able to grow my newsletter to over 1,000 subscribers.

Now I can't do this for everyone, but if you were in the
- fitness,
- social media,
- digital products niche,

I could probably get you subscribers. 1000% fitness

If anyone who reads this has a niche in those areas, shoot me a message.
I have tons of lead magnets for these niches that do not funnel well into my newsletter.

I was thinking I could just funnel the people into your newsletter. I don't know how we go about compensation for something like this, but they would be seeking out the product and basically be pretty warm.

Sometimes it feels like everyone is writing an AI or tech newsletter!

Let’s see what else is out there. Drop your newsletter link if you are doing something different on Beehiiv.