BREAKING
Explore. Exchange. Evolve.
The business
The reading experience is free. The product is ready for four commercial motions, and none of them bill a card in this build.
Story pages reserve a labeled placement. It currently promotes the house membership so the slot is visible. A future ad server can replace that block without rewriting the article layout.
An editor can mark a story as sponsored and name the partner. The public page shows the label above the text.
Stories can be tagged as membership pieces. Until billing exists, those stories stay readable and say so. Hiding them behind a paywall that cannot be paid would be a broken door.
An affiliate flag adds a disclosure. It does not rewrite the story or insert tracking links by itself.
Leave an email if you want a note when a paid desk exists. It is stored with the newsletter list, source “membership”.