Newsletters, essays, serialized fiction — a sponsorship wall lets your readers fund the writing without you locking a single word behind a paywall.
Paywalls trade reach for revenue: the moment you gate the archive, the piece that would have traveled stops traveling. A wall is the other path — the writing stays free and shareable, and the readers who’ve gotten the most from it back you publicly. Their plaques are a running answer to “is this worth my inbox?”, and monthly streaks tell new readers this is a body of work people have funded for months, not a one-hit newsletter.
The same badge in every issue quietly compounds; your most engaged readers see it dozens of times a year.
The reader who just finished your best piece is one click from backing you at the moment they’re most convinced.
One URL that shows who already backs you does more than a bare tip-jar link.
“This is reader-funded” plus a link converts precisely the people who read to the end.
Writers get backed by their longest-tenured readers — the ones who forward issues and quote you in arguments. A plaque gives that loyalty a public form: name, tier, months of support. Some backers stay anonymous, and that’s fine; the visible ones become your masthead. On paid plans a funding goal (“this newsletter is 60% reader-funded”) gives every reader a concrete reason to close the gap.
One-time or monthly backings, paid directly into your own Stripe account — we never hold your money. Fees: 10% on Free, 5% on Pro, 3% on Max.
You verify a handle or domain to unlock payouts; sponsors giving larger amounts pass an identity check. The names on your wall are real people.
Backers appear on your public wall with a tier, a name (or anonymous, their choice), and how long they’ve backed you.
Payouts currently require a U.S. Stripe account — more countries are coming. Your wall works everywhere.
Free to join. Your wall is live in minutes, and every backer after that is public credit.