Publishing articles

Articles puts a price on writing you already publish. Readers see a free preview, pay once, and read the rest.

Publish an article

1. Open Articles and choose New article.
2. Add the title and paste the text. Leave a blank line between paragraphs.
3. Format it if you like, each in its own paragraph: ## Heading, > a quote, - a list or 1. a numbered list. Anywhere in the text: **bold**, *italic* and [a link](https://…).
4. Optionally, add the address where the article is already published.
5. Set the price and how many paragraphs the free preview shows.
6. Publish, then share the pay link, dick.com/p/…

Options

Price

$0.01 to $1,000, in USDC. Readers pay once per article.

Free preview

0 to 20 paragraphs shown before the paywall, and fewer than the whole article, so there’s always something to pay for.

Length

Up to 100,000 characters.

Status

Live or paused. Pausing stops new sales; anyone who already paid can still read it. Deleting removes the article for everyone, including readers who paid.

For readers

Once a reader pays, the article stays unlocked in that browser for a year. Readers don’t need an account. On another browser they choose Already paid? and sign with the wallet they paid from to unlock it again, without paying twice.