Platform Fee Vouchers: How We're Self-Funding Subvert
2025 is the year we build infrastructure we own and control together.
When we released the plan for Subvert, we outlined an alternative vision for online platforms—starting with how they're owned and controlled. Now, with 2025 underway, we're making that vision a reality. Our community of 2000+ founding members are actively shaping what this platform will become—from core policies to design decisions that will shape the Subvert platform.
How we fund this platform is just as critical as how we build it. Last month, we shared our approach to transparent fundraising. Today, we're putting that into action, starting with our community before any outside investors.
Introducing: Platform Fee Vouchers
Instead of beginning with investors, we're inviting our founding members (artists and labels) to pre-purchase their future platform fees at significant discounts. Here's how it works:
- Pre-purchase platform fee credits now at a discount
- Get up to 4x value when Subvert launches
- Credits automatically apply to your future platform fees
- Credits never expire
For example, if you pre-purchase $100 in credits today, you'll get $150 to use toward your platform fees when we launch. The more you pre-purchase, the bigger your discount - up to 4x value.
Why This Matters
Every voucher purchased reduces our reliance on outside investment, helping us build a platform that's truly owned by its community. When we fund differently, we can build differently.
By starting with our community, we ensure that Subvert's development aligns with the needs of the artists, labels, and supporters who will actually use and own it. This is what infrastructure built for us, by us, looks like.
Join Us
If you're a founding member, you can purchase platform fee vouchers now through February 28, 2025.
Questions? Join our next town hall or reach out directly.
Sincerely Ours,