Supercast gives podcasters everything they need to sell subscription content to their listeners and build sweet, sweet recurring revenue without disrupting their ad-supported public feed.
The first thing I've seen in a long time that's actually exciting. Great work @awilkinson and team! PS we want to beta test for the relaunch of our podcast, Stacking the Bricks. 😎
thanks Amy, glad you love it! Please shoot an email to hello at supercast.com and we'll get you rolling!
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Wow! I think Supercast just answered my (and many other podcasters') monetization dilemma: how to generate and measure subscription revenue quickly, easily and securely. Can't wait to try it out!
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@paul_stephenson thanks Paul! We excited for you to try Supercast :D !
Cool stuff! Great to see more folks in the space - podcasting needs a podcasting business model with aligned incentives with listeners.
We started http://glow.fm out of the Acquired podcast, and have had overwhelming success with our subscription-only "Limited Partner" program. It now generates as much revenue as our sponsorships do.
For anyone thinking about adding subscription revenue to their podcast, you should! I'm happy to chat about what worked well for us (and all of the other podcasters now monetizing nicely on Glow). [Full disclosure - I'm now a Glow investor too :)]
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@gilbert Ben, thanks for taking the time to check us out and support! It's great to hear that the subscription model works so well. We're big fans of your podcast!
This sounds awesome. I've supported podcasts on Patreon in the past, but always found it difficult to add their private feeds to my podcast app (sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't). I ended up not staying up to date on a few of them, but kept supporting the creators anyway. This looks like an awesome solution to that headache, and I can't wait to try it out on my own podcast as well!
Congrats @awilkinson, @aidanhornsby and team
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@ania_wysocka thanks for the kind words and support!
This is a game changer!
I've been running my podcast for a while now but have struggled to build reoccurring revenue into my offering because the existing tools out there just don't work well enough together and it has a ton of friction for my listeners.
Supercast solves all these headaches in a super elegant way - I'm stoked to try this out and start building that sweet MRR!
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@hkimia Thanks for the support! We're excited to see how Supercast can help you and your podcast.
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Great product! The similarities between SaaS and subscription podcasting provide lots of opportunities for podcasters to monetize... IF they can figure out how to set up/test/maintain revenue models and properly integrate them with their stack. Love how this app has abstracted this allowing podcasters to focus on what they do best: producing content.
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@aidan_mattrick thanks for checking us out and the support Aidan!
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This is really fascinating.
Podcasts have had too few ways to monetize. This is in contrast with China, where the podcast market is much larger--and advertising is a smaller share of its cash.
A lack of data is also a big challenge. The big podcast apps so far don't give a ton of data, though Spotify is a competitor here.
Very cool. Thanks for hunting, @hnshah!
@hnshah@ejzim yeah, the Chinese market is fascinating. Loved this video from Connie Chan @ a16z on that topic: https://a16z.com/2018/12/05/conn...
If you didn't see it, I think you'll find it super interesting.
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