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Colin Armstrong

Papyrus - Modern, blazing-fast, minimal blogging & newsletters

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๐Ÿชถ Papyrus is a new platform for creating blazing-fast, modern blogs and newsletters. Write using markdown, send posts directly to your subscriber's inboxes, and connect Stripe to start charging readers paid subscriptions for access your best posts.

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Colin Armstrong
Maker
Hey Product Hunters! ๐Ÿ‘‹ I'm excited to launch Papyrus today ๐ŸŽ‰ At the start of this year, I set a personal goal to blog more. I wanted to 1) improve my writing skills โœ๏ธ, 2) build an audience ๐Ÿ‘ซ, and 3) if the stars aligned, start earning a bit of income via paid subscriptions ๐Ÿ’ธ. I looked at the existing blogging/newsletter solutions out there, and none of them quite fit what I was looking for. They had paywalls (Medium), features I didn't need (Wordpress), too minimal a design (Buttondown), lacked transparency (Substack), or cost money even when I wasn't earning yet (Ghost). So, I built my own. Papyrus is privacy-first, with no trackers or tracking cookies. It's โšก๏ธ blazing-fast and SEO-first: all blogs load and navigate instantly (seriously - give it a try!). And, there's no bloat- just good, modern writing & reading. You can write blogposts in markdown, let your readers subscribe, and (when you're ready) connect with Stripe to start charging readers for access to paid posts. Best of all - we only earn when you earn! We take 5% of paid subscription revenue; but other than that, it's 100% free. We're still in the early stages, so any feedback would be great! Thank you, Product Hunters! ๐Ÿ‘‹
Steven Tey
@colin_armstrong "privacy-first, with no trackers or tracking cookies", "blazing-fast and SEO-first" โ€“ TAKE MY MONEY!! Great job Colin! ๐Ÿ™Œ
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@steventey Much appreciated! ๐Ÿ˜Žโšก๏ธ
Fardeen Khan
Wow clean, minimal and the lighthouse scores are off the chart ๐Ÿคฏ! ?makers is it possible to have a subdomain on papyrus rather than a slug URL? and Is it possible to make blog only posts and/or newsletter only posts? + embed form to collect emails? I guess that's a big list of questions, but I'm excited for the product - you have any public roadmap kinda thing?
Colin Armstrong
Maker
Thanks, Fardeen! Subdomains instead of @slugs arenโ€™t possible right now, but we do support custom domains, which is even better! You can make blog-only posts (just untick the โ€œsend as newsletterโ€ checkbox when publishing a post). Newsletter-only posts, as well as the embedded email collection form are both on the roadmap though! A public roadmap is a great idea. Weโ€™ve been iterating very quickly, so having a central place with all these feature requests and upcoming launches sounds great. Iโ€™ll work on putting a public roadmap together!
Steven Tey
This has got to be the simplest signup flow I've seen in a while โ€“ I was literally able sign up, create a blog, and connect my custom domain in less than 5 mins. Great job on shipping this, Colin! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ™Œ
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@steventey Thank you, I appreciate it! ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ™Œ
Maria
Great! Congratulations for launching! It is very nice project and a platform full of treasures! ^_^ I am wondering is there possibility to search by category and to connect with other bloggers maybe?
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@maria_brm Thank you! Yes, that is absolutely on my backlog :)
Maria
@colin_armstrong Awesome! Looking forward to try it! *_* I wish you luck in future implementations and development! ^_^
Pajรฉ Branding
Very nice!!
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@pajebranding Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜„
Cart Boss
Looks interesting!
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@cart_boss Thanks a lot!
Ankit Sharma
Great tool and awesome alternative of Medium, Congratulations ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
Colin Armstrong
Maker
Thanks, Ankit! ๐Ÿ‘
Kumar Mandlaywala
your website seems down.
Colin Armstrong
Maker
Interesting - what error are you receiving? I can access it fine, and analytics are showing a bunch of users on it right now as well
ลฝan Cmereลกek
Congrats on the launch Colin! ๐Ÿ”ฅ
Ghost Kitty
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Colin Armstrong
Maker
Awesome! Thank you!
John
I like the concept. The one thing I do not like however is the Logo in the top left on my Blog. While it's a pretty logo, it's showing too much and making it look like a Papyrus blog instead of mine. If this was not there, or it was more subtle, or I could have either a custom one, then that would make me definitely go for this solution.
Colin Armstrong
Maker
Thanks for the feedback! You can actually change this today - in your blog settings, if you upload your own logo, it will replace the default Papyrus logo.
Istiaque ahmed Arik
This is awesome!
Ahmed Khan ๐Ÿ
Zapier support would be awesome, that way I can integrate Papyrus with either Gumroad or Flurly
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@indieahmed Thanks for the feedback! Zapier support is on the roadmap.
Wenjian
Love it, migrating my blog to Papyrus
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@new_user_318f8ba282 I saw your blog! Thanks for migrating, and for posting about Papyrus on v2ex - I appreciate it! Please let me know if you encounter any bugs or need any support getting up-and-running - I'm always reachable at hello@papyrus.so.
Farokh Shahabi
Very cool design! Can we import subscribers as well like Substack or Mailchimp?
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@farokh_shahabi Yes! You can import subscribers from Substack, and I'm actively working on adding support for other platforms. I'm also happy to do a one-off import for you if you'd like - just shoot me an email if you're interested!
Philipp
This looks so beautiful, especially the dashboard, it gives me the feeling of a dedicated writing tool, awesome work!
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@philipptemmel_ Thanks a lot!
Tilak Raj Gaur
Simply Awesome Colin ! Thanks for building it
Colin Armstrong
Maker
@tilak_raj_gaur Thanks, Tilak! Glad you enjoy it!