Will I lose my Substack subscribers when I switch?

Your subscribers export from Substack and import into Bento. Email history stays in Substack, and paid subscription billing does not transfer automatically, so plan Stripe/payment migration separately.

Can I still do paid newsletters with Bento?

Yes. Connect Stripe directly and use tags to manage free vs paid tiers. You keep 100% of subscription revenue instead of paying Substack's 10% cut.

What about the Substack network and discovery?

Bento focuses on your owned audience rather than network effects. You build your following through your content and SEO rather than platform recommendations. Many writers find they grow faster when they control their own audience.

Where do I host my content after leaving Substack?

Bento focuses on email. For content hosting, use your own website, Ghost, or a similar publishing platform. Your emails still come from you, just with more automation power behind them.

How does Bento's pricing compare to Substack?

Substack takes 10% of paid subscription revenue. Bento charges per user with unlimited emails. For writers monetizing through paid newsletters, Bento often saves significant money at scale.

Will switching hurt my deliverability?

With proper domain warmup, deliverability should stay the same or improve. Bento includes reputation monitoring and authentication setup that Substack doesn't expose to you.