Curious about others' experiences starting up paid newsletters through online platforms

So, as this latest stretch of expecting conversations and offers for contract work falling through hits nine months, I thought I'd reach out about experience starting up newsletters, since that seems to be the post-corporate hotness.

The goal here would not be sudden riches, as I'm shit at promoting myself, so it would likely just be in my profile on BlueSky and here.

But if my understanding from the piece I just posted here having linked to actual rates from Substack, Beehiiv and Ghost is correct, seems like with the last of the three, I could dip my toes in for $9/month.

I'm assuming there are some asterisks.

I'm not under any belief that this would go anywhere, but I also didn't think that when I walked into my college paper. The difference here is I can curate and provide snarky context on news with a somewhat wider topic range than most options seem to provide.

Eventually, I'd bring long-form opinion into it, but you can't start there. This would in no way impact my participation on Beehaw, as I do real-time discovery here, though there would likely bee a lot of repetition the next morning.

Any insights would be appreciated. If I could actually get nine subscribers for a buck a month and break even, it seems low-risk, high reward. I don't even know what payment tier options look like on these platforms, but pay-what-you-think-I'm-worth seems a fair ask.

And from the direct mutual aid I've received off Beehaw in the past year, with and without asking, it appears there is some market for what I offer.