DOLLA for Podcasters — Skip the Ad Reads
Your listeners pay $1/month. You keep 100%. No host-read pre-rolls required.
Every podcaster knows the trade: read sponsor copy you don't fully believe in, or run a Patreon and watch them take a percentage on top of payment-processor fees. The third option — direct listener support, zero middlemen, no scripts — has never really existed at scale until now.
The math of $1/month, applied to your work.
DOLLA's $1/month follow is exactly the price point podcast listeners already absorb. Run your show free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube; offer your real fans a Monthly Page with bonus episodes for $1/mo and a Weekly Page for the inner circle. Every dollar lands in your wallet — DOLLA takes 0% on creator transactions, forever.
Free → Monthly → Weekly. The funnel built in.
Show trailers, episode teasers, bonus 5-minute clips, behind-the-mic moments, the b-side of an interview.
Full ad-free feed, monthly bonus episode, the deep-cut interview that didn't make the main show, listener Q&A.
Pre-release access to every episode 24 hours early, voice-memo deep dives, the unedited recordings, a weekly inner-circle thread.
What would your audience pay you?
Move the slider. The math is simple — that's the entire pitch.
Share of audience on the Weekly Page ($1/wk ≈ $4.33/mo).
Same audience. Same unit price. The take rate is the difference.
2,250 Monthly followers + 250 Weekly followers = $3,333/mo on DOLLA, paid the day they follow.
On Patreon at 8–12% + payment processing, the same audience nets ~$2,250/mo. The platform takes ~$250/mo of that gross — that's where the Patreon fee shows up.
What this looks like at different scales.
800 paying followers = $800/mo. That's enough to cover hosting, editing software, and a part-time editor — without reading a single sponsor script.
5,000 followers split between two hosts is $2,500/mo each direct from the audience. Verified and Sovereign tier adoption typically lifts this another 30–50%.
15,000 paying followers ≈ $15,000/mo direct. At that scale a podcaster can hire a producer, a clipper, and stop chasing CPM-based ad networks entirely.
Common questions from podcasters.
How is DOLLA different from Patreon for podcasters?
Patreon takes 8–12% of every dollar plus payment processing. DOLLA takes 0% from creator transactions — $1 paid is $1.00 USDC received. The 3-page architecture also gives podcasters a built-in funnel (Free → Monthly → Weekly) that Patreon's flat-tier system doesn't.
Can I run an ad-free feed on DOLLA?
Yes. The Monthly Page is the ideal spot for an ad-free version of your main feed. Many podcasters use the Weekly Page for early access (24–48hr before the public drop) and the Monthly for the ad-free archive.
Do I need to migrate my existing podcast hosting?
No. DOLLA isn't a podcast host — keep using Buzzsprout, Transistor, Megaphone, or whatever you're on. DOLLA is the membership and direct-support layer that runs alongside your main feed.
Can I import my existing Patreon supporters?
DOLLA doesn't yet have a Patreon migration tool, but most podcasters announce DOLLA on their next 2–3 episodes and a meaningful share of supporters move within a billing cycle. The 0% take rate makes the pitch easy: 'same support, more of it actually reaches me.'
Start free. Keep 100%. Forever.
No platform fees on your $1/month follows. No minimum payout. USDC settles to your wallet the moment a fan follows.
Create your DOLLA — it’s free →