Open Subscription Platforms

"Owning your subscription data matters.

With lots of new subscription platforms launching, it’s important to understand the differences in how they work.

You wouldn’t start an email newsletter on a platform which doesn’t let you export email addresses — but lots of people are starting subscription businesses on platforms that don’t give them access or control of their customer payment data.

Whoever controls the payment and subscription data, controls the business. If you can’t leave a subscription platform without leaving your customers behind, it’s not your business."