Your Knowledge is a Goldmine. Why Are You Getting Paid in Peanuts?

We're living in the creator economy, a supposed golden age for knowledge. Every developer, designer, financial analyst, and marketing guru is sitting on a treasure trove of expertise. Yet, when it comes to turning that expertise into real income, the path 수익 창출 (su-ig chang-chul, "profit creation" in Korean, a nod to a global audience) feels less like a modern highway and more like a bumpy, frustrating dirt road.

Does this sound familiar? You pour your heart and soul into creating something brilliant, only to be met with disappointing results and a nagging sense of being short-changed.

If so, you've likely felt the squeeze инновация (innovatsiya, "innovation" in Russian) from the platforms we’ve all come to rely on. Let's talk about the chains they've wrapped around the knowledge economy.

The Three Chains of Mainstream Creator Platforms

Whether you're writing newsletters, building courses, or fostering a community, you're likely navigating a landscape dominated by a few big players. And each comes with its own set of "gotchas."

Chain #1: The Platform Tax—Brutal Commissions & The Unpredictable Algorithm

• The usual suspects: Substack, Medium, Udemy, Skillshare, etc.

• The problem you face: You craft an insightful article or a killer course, and the platform immediately slices off a 10%, 30%, or even a whopping 50% cut. It’s not just about the money; it’s a fundamental devaluation of your work. Every dollar you earn feels like a negotiation.

• The real kicker (the "gotchas"):

  • The Algorithm Black Box: On platforms like Medium, your content's visibility is at the mercy of an algorithm you can never fully understand. One day you're viral, the next you're invisible. This volatility turns creation into a stressful gamble.

  • The "Bring Your Own Audience" Trap: With platforms like Substack or Ghost, the commission rates are lower, but they offer virtually zero built-in discovery. You're handed an empty island and told to build your own boats and find your own visitors. You become a full-time marketer just to get eyeballs on your work.

Chain #2: The Duct-Tape Tech Stack—A Never-Ending Engineering Nightmare

• The usual suspects: WordPress + a mountain of plugins, self-hosted sites.

• The problem you face: To escape the high fees, you decide to go indie and build your own site. Congratulations, you've just traded your creator hat for a sysadmin helmet.

• The soul-crushing reality:

  • Plugin Hell: Your WordPress site needs a paywall plugin, a membership plugin, an email marketing plugin, an SEO plugin... Each needs to be configured, updated, and they often conflict with each other. You spend more time debugging than you do creating.

  • The Broken User Journey: Your reader consumes your article on one site, gets shunted to Gumroad to pay, and is then redirected to a Discord server to join the community. Every single redirect is a point where you lose a customer.

Chain #3: The One-Trick Pony—Monetization That Doesn't Match Your Ambition

• The usual suspects: Most platforms excel at only one thing.

• The problem you face: Your knowledge isn't one-dimensional, but the platform forces you to shoehorn it into a single, rigid format.

• The creative straitjacket:

  • Substack/Medium: They're built for newsletters. But what if you want to sell a premium, one-off deep-dive report? Or a standalone video tutorial? Or host a paid micro-workshop? Good luck.

  • Course Platforms (Udemy, etc.): Great for structured video courses. But what if you want to offer ongoing support through a paid community or supplement your course with premium articles? The platform says no.

We’re trapped. We either pay the platform tax and bow to the algorithm, or we get lost in a technical jungle with fragmented tools. What we, as creators, really want is simple: a place that lets us focus on our craft while offering flexible, low-cost, all-in-one monetization.

Breaking the Chains: How postion is Rebuilding the Creator Experience

postion was born from these very frustrations. It’s not just another incremental improvement; it’s a fundamental redesign of the creator's toolkit, built on a single premise: give creators back their freedom and their financial dignity.

Here’s how postion directly solves the problems that hold you back:

1. Ditch the Platform Tax: Keep Over 95% of What You Earn

From day one, postion rejected the commission-based model. We integrate directly with global payment leaders like Stripe, so you only pay their standard, transparent processing fees (typically around 2.9% + 30¢).

This means over 95% of your revenue goes directly into your pocket. Our business model is aligned with your success. We succeed when you do, by offering powerful, optional features, not by taking a cut of your hard-earned money.

2. End the Tech Headaches: An All-in-One Workflow

With postion, you can finally throw away the duct tape. We’ve seamlessly integrated the tools you actually need into one intuitive dashboard:

• An elegant, distraction-free editor that lets you get into a state of flow.

• A flexible paywall: Whether you want to offer site-wide subscriptions, sell individual posts, or even gate a specific section of an article (teaser content!), it’s just a few clicks away.

• Built-in member management: See who your paid supporters are and manage your community 화학 (hwahag, "chemistry" in Korean) without ever leaving the platform.

From drafting and publishing to paywalling and managing members, it all happens in one place. You can finally get back to doing what you do best: creating.

3. Shatter the Mold: One Platform for All Your Monetization Ideas

postion understands that knowledge comes in many forms. That’s why we support a diverse range of monetization models to match your creative ambition:

• Want to run a paid newsletter? Done.

• Want to sell a $99 in-depth industry report as a one-off purchase? Easy.

• Want to launch a 5-part mini-course with premium videos? No problem.

• Want to build a private, paid community for your biggest fans with exclusive content drops? You can do that, too.

On postion, you are free to mix and match these models to build your own sustainable, multi-faceted business.

It's Time for a Change.

Your knowledge deserves better. Your effort deserves to be rewarded fairly. Stop letting platform limitations dictate your potential and technical complexity drain your passion.

Come see what we're building at postion. We've set the stage for you—a clean, powerful, and creator-first platform. All you need to bring is your expertise.

Visit postion.app and start your new chapter in knowledge creation today.