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staff
@staff

hi everyone,

we wanted to share an update regarding our previous financial update. If you haven’t read that post yet, go check it out first.

in this post we want to respond to some common questions and suggestions, provide an update on what we’re planning to do next, and tell you how you can help.

the numbers

first off: an update on how numbers have changed since our update on Monday. we’ve seen a large increase in cohost plus subscriptions, exceeding our expectations significantly. these numbers are accurate as of yesterday, March 14th (stripe only updates every 24-48 hours):

CategoryAs of March 14As of March 11Change
Active subscribers3,3112,630+25.9%
Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR)$21,467.49$14,536.03+47.7%
Subscriber churn rate1.63%2.63%-38%
Revenue per subscriber$6.48$5.53+17.1%
Monthly active users (MAU)30,14929,846+1%
MAU -> Subscriber conversion rate11%8.8%+25%

this is all, objectively, really great! it has been motivating over the last few days to see how much cohost means to a lot of y’all. even with this boost in MRR, we’re still operating at a loss of, on average, $17k per month, so we’ve got some other plans to help make that up.

the good news is the cash infusion from this recent subscriber wave (a bit over $20k after payment processing) combined with some funding offers we’ve received means we’re comfortable saying we’ve got at least six more months to make up that shortfall in one way or another.

more details follow! keep reading!


girlfiend
@girlfiend

I am SO excited for the "artist alley" idea. Please give this all a read, but especially this part. Artists! Let's talk about it and send our feedback to artistalley@cohost.org



Shalmons
@Shalmons

experimental commission for @taybi !!
the inks are going to be used for a tattoo and i'm so stoked to see how that turns out 👀

huge thanks again to taybi for selecting me to try this out!! 🥺💖


giant-crow-from-dark-souls
@giant-crow-from-dark-souls

hey you should all go commission @Shalmons i'm just saying

thank you again for such gorgeous work! 💕



valkwise
@valkwise

for the past few months, my local comrades and i have been working on a zine project countering misinformation about Palestine.

the intended audience for this zine is people who mostly get their information from mainstream news sources. it's by no means an exhaustive resource, but our aim was to give people the tools and the vocabulary to do their own research. send it to your parents!

our website has a link to download both a digital and a print-ready pdf. you can also read a plaintext version.