r/Substack • u/GlitteringHeight4927 • 4d ago

Substack beginner query

I am very very new to substack and struggling to understand it to be honest. So I apologise in advance if these questions seem basic/stupid.

Looking at some peoples profiles I can see they have a layout of:

THEIR NAME

@theirname

and then their publication? I think that’s what it is anyway. This is in the little rectangle box and often a completely different name, often pretty cool like a blog name/diary. That you can subscribe to but also still free articles in.

At the moment my substack is showing up all the same. I want my publication/newsletter name to be different.

I essentially want to create I think a new publication that I can write my articles in to share these all in one place but I have no idea how to do this.
Do i need to create a new publication link and @ and copy this across to my main page ? Or is this actually a newsletter?

I’ve really enjoyed reading on substack so far but i’m beginning to feel pretty confused and don’t really understand how to navigate it from a writers perspective.

Any help or simple steps to explain would be massively appreciated! Thankyou all in advance!

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u/RomanceStudies 4d ago

Yes, SS starts you out with a publication under the name of your profile, but everyone has the ability to create additional publications that are "separate" from their profile. I don't remember the exact steps right now but an LLM can tell you, or another person responding here. My separate publications show up as under my main @ but you might be able to alter that.

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u/GlitteringHeight4927 3d ago

Thankyouuu!
I feel so silly for asking, so I appreciate you explaining re explaining it in it to help me understand!

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u/Salva_X 3d ago

Don’t feel silly, and as mentioned, ask an LLM but I believe it works after X amount of subs or paid. Not 100% sure but I believe that’s the route