Bulletin publishing company Substack Offers new tools for international writers and audiences, including local payment methods, support for more currencies, and the ability to set a default language for newsletters.
In a blog post, the company said it offers support for payments in 13 currencies including the US dollar, Canadian dollar, British pound, Australian dollar, euro, Brazilian real, Mexican peso, New Zealand dollar, Swiss franc, Danish krone, Norwegian krone, and Swedish krona. And the Polish zloty. If users pay in any of these local currencies, they don’t have to worry about the dollar conversion rate every time their subscription funds are due.
Substack authors still can’t set different prices for people in different geographies. When one of the writers asked about this in the comments, One of the company’s employees Geographic-specific pricing is “pretty much on our radar,” he said.
Additionally, Substack said subscribers in Europe can use methods such as direct debit or payment through a bank portal. Initially, the newsletter service supported iDEAL, Bancontact, Sofort and SEPA Direct.
The company noted that in early tests it saw a “relative spike” of 85% in paid conversions when a local method of payment was available.
Moreover, Substack offers a default language option for international writers. This change will be reflected in their newsletters, emails, buttons on the post, post page and personal dashboard. It currently supports Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese (with the option to select Brazilian Portuguese) apart from English.
Substack had a controversial start to the year, with the company saying it would take a hands-off approach to Nazi newsletters and not outright ban them. CEO Hamish Mackenzie He said in another It will impose rules to ban posts containing “incitement to violence” but will adhere to a “decentralized approach to content moderation.”
In response, publications incl Casey Newton platform And Garbage Day by Ryan Broderick I decided to leave the platform.