Weekly Smart Digest
Newsletter
Newsletter sending 5 interesting things every Tuesday
Published on
March 18, 2025


$35,000
Asking Price
Main Metrics
$9,000
ARR
261
Customers
2022
Launched
$50,000
Asking Price
Already Sold
Main Metrics
$9,000
ARR
261
Customers
2022
Launched
Overview
<p><b>Startup description</b></p><p>My newsletter is a weekly smart digest that sends 15 interesting things right in your Inbox. It was started in January 2022, and is constantly growing since, due to its smart and engaging content.</p><p>Subscribers: more than 20,000 subscribers.</p><p>Paid subscribers: 261.</p><p><b>Key highlights:<b></b></b></p><ul><li>Annual revenue: $9,126</li><li>Annual profit: $9,000</li><li>Churn rate: 5%</li><li>Open rate: 40%</li><li>CTR: 35%</li></ul><p><b>Team</b></p><p>The newsletter is currently run by one person.</p><p><b>Tech Stack</b></p><p>Substack.</p><p><b>Marketing and growth</b></p><p>The newsletter does not have and did not have a marketing strategy, the growth is purely organic. It grew through reader sharing, and cross-promotions. It's on a constant growth path since the beginning, and growth rate is amazing.</p><p><b>Revenue and profit</b></p><p>The newsletter is currently earning its revenue through paid subscriptions and some additional ad revenue.</p><p><b>Return on investment</b></p><p>The newsletter is constantly growing and has a fantastic potential to grow. Using a correct marketing strategy can boost subscriptions and ad revenue.</p><p><b>Startup assets<b></b></b></p><ul><li>Email list with 20k+ subscribers</li><li>Complete archive, logo, files</li><li>After-sale assistance (availability to answer any open questions, possibility to run the newsletter for a maximum of 2 months after sale)</li></ul><p><b>Risks</b></p><p>It already has a well-established organic reader list, and hundreds of paid subscribers - the only risk is to stop sending the weekly issues.</p><p><b>Summary</b></p><p>The newsletter has a very high potential of growth. It was on a constant growth path since 2022, and all growth is organic growth, without any marketing or paid ads.</p><p>Also, the newsletter has a very good click-through-rate of 35%, and a very high reader engagement, with lots of great reader testimonials.</p></br>✅ $9,000 in Annual Revenue✅ 261 paid subscribers✅ Business model: Sponsorship+Subscription✅ Built with Substack
$9,000
Annual Revenue
261
Number of Customers
Expenses
$100 (Meco partnership).
Business Model
Paid subscriptions, paid ads.
Target Audience
Creators, educators, writers, IT professionals.
Asking Price Reasoning
High reader engagement, organic growth, 20K+ subscribers, great growth potential, 9k annual revenue.
Reason for Selling
I'm involved in other projects, no time to grow and run it properly.
Growth Opportunity
The growth potential is great, due to the newsletter is not niched, and it appeals to a wide audience.
30 days free support from seller
Competitors
Recomendo.
Tech Stack
Substack.
Traffic Metrics
Revenue Metrics
How it works
$35,000
Asking Price
Already Sold
Main Metrics
$9,000
ARR
261
Customers
2022
Launched