You agree to the terms of service below, and the Terms of Use for Substack, the technology provider.
1. You Keep The Rights To Your Work
You can request your article to be removed at any time, or republish it to any additional website you want even if it’s still published in our newsletter. TDO holds the rights to our publication name and logo, but we do not own your work and we never will.
2. Personal Information
We do not sell or publicly share any personal information except for the date you applied, your first name/display name, and status of your application.
We do not use AI editing tools.
We do not feed your article into an AI such as ChatGPT, Grok, Google Gemini, etc.
We will only contact you using the email you provide (seen only by the editing team), Substack private messages, or the private comments on your draft Google Doc.
3. Payments
If TDO earns a paid subscriber through your article (as shown in Substack stats page)
will pay you the equivalent value of the first year (for yearly subscriptions, $50) or the first 3 months (for monthly subscriptions, $15).
If the payment comes through a discount promotion, we will adjust the payout to match the discount.
In other words, we pay exactly what we were paid.
What To Expect Afterwards?
There are two types of writers in a Substack publication.
Contributor - Writers who can submit an article for approval. Once approved, it will be published on a schedule. Everyone starts here.
Accepted Authors - Trusted and longtime writers who can publish without approval.
Contributor Process
Meet the requirements (above) and APPLY
Check the status of your application by finding your first/display name and date submitted HERE
Once accepted an editor will send an Invite Email through Substack to be added as a writer. YOU MUST ACCEPT THIS or we can’t add your name as the writer (aka the byline)
Once you accept the invite, an editor will send you a Google Doc link to create/paste your article.
If needed, the editor can edit, leave comments, or accept as is.
Editor will publish to Substack with your name as the only byline.
FAQs
1. How often does TDO Publish?
A few times a week (likely to increase over time).
2. Who do I contact for help or questions?
Direct message
on Substack or email thedaoistonline@gmail.com