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Oct 28, 20267 min read
Pelcro Release 3.9: Smarter AI, Support Analytics, and Tax Precision
Pelcro Release 3.9 adds an AI usage dashboard, carrier rates by route and product, faster AI Studio, automated CSAT surveys, a canned tickets report, AvaTax for eCommerce, Stripe Link, and more.
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Oct 26, 20264 min read
5 Signals for Customer Profiles and Audience Profiling
Customer profiles and audience profiling for publishers: the five signals, identity, billing, behaviour, source and preferences, that build segments you can act on.
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Oct 26, 20264 min read
How to Increase Customer Lifetime Value: 6 Levers for Publishers
How to increase customer lifetime value with six levers: cut involuntary churn, onboard faster, upsell bundles, move to annual, save at cancel, and price right.
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Oct 26, 20264 min read
Monthly vs Annual Subscriptions: 5 Trade-offs for Publishers
Monthly vs annual subscriptions: annual plans lift cash flow and retention, monthly lowers the entry barrier. Five trade-offs publishers should weigh.
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Oct 26, 20265 min read
Paywall and Registration Wall Examples: 7 Patterns Publishers Use
Seven paywall and registration wall examples for publishers: metered, freemium, hard, dynamic, registration wall, data wall and hybrid, with when to use each.
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Oct 26, 20264 min read
Progressive Profiling for Publishers: A 4-Step Guide
Progressive profiling collects reader data gradually across visits instead of one long form. A 4-step guide for publishers to grow first-party data.
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Oct 26, 20266 min read
12 Questions to Ask a Subscription Platform Vendor
A checklist of 12 questions to ask a subscription platform vendor about billing, payment recovery, paywalls, print, migration, data and pricing at scale.
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Oct 19, 20266 min read
Claude Code + Webflow: How to Move Off Webflow in 5 Steps With an AI Coding Agent
Claude Code and Webflow: when Webflow still fits, when a code-owned site wins, and 5 steps to migrate from Webflow to Next.js without losing SEO.
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Oct 19, 20266 min read
What Is a Print Fulfillment Platform? 6 Jobs It Runs for Publishers
A print fulfillment platform decides who gets each printed issue and how it reaches them. Here are the 6 jobs it runs for newspaper and magazine publishers.
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Oct 13, 202610 min read
6 Best Magazine Subscription and Circulation Software Platforms
A fair comparison of six magazine subscription and circulation platforms on bundles, gifts, back issues, USPS address tools, fulfillment and audits.
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Oct 13, 202611 min read
7 Best Paywall Software Platforms for Newspapers and Magazines
A fair comparison of seven paywall software platforms for newspapers and magazines: metered, freemium, hard and dynamic support, pricing, print and best fit.
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Oct 13, 20269 min read
Metered vs Premium vs Dynamic Paywall: Choosing Between 3 Models
Metered vs premium vs dynamic paywall: how each model works, what research says about results, and how to choose by size, content and audience.
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Oct 13, 20269 min read
6 Ways Publishers Reduce Failed Payments and Involuntary Churn
How publishers reduce failed payments and involuntary churn with smart retries, card updaters, pre-dunning emails, payment fallback, grace periods and win-back.
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Oct 13, 20267 min read
What Is an AI Coding Agent? How to Use One in 5 Steps
An AI coding agent turns a plain-English request into working code. Here is how it works, and how to use one to change a paywall in 5 steps.
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Oct 7, 20266 min read
What TypeSafe Jev Taught Us: 129,960 AI Decisions for $0.87
TypeSafe Jev made 129,960 content decisions across our site for $0.87. Why cheap AI judgment, not AI writing, is the shift publishers should watch.
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Oct 5, 20266 min read
How We Built Our Website With Claude Code: 5 Steps to Building a Successful Website With AI
How Pelcro builds pelcro.com with Claude Code: rules in the repo, a Wix migration skill, Claude Design, a test site, and checks before anything goes live.
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Industry TrendsOct 5, 20266 min read
New York Times Q1 2026: 310,000 New Digital Subscribers
The New York Times added 310,000 digital-only subscribers in Q1 2026 as revenue grew 12% and digital ads jumped 31.6%. What the results mean for publishers.
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Industry TrendsOct 5, 20266 min read
New York Times Q2 2026: 280,000 New Digital Subscribers
The New York Times added 280,000 digital-only subscribers in Q2 2026, reaching 13.35 million, as revenue rose 11.2%. Key results and lessons for publishers.
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Industry TrendsOct 5, 20266 min read
Wall Street Journal Q3 FY2026: 4.3M Digital Subscriptions
WSJ digital-only subscriptions grew 11% to 4.3 million in News Corp's fiscal Q3 2026 (January to March). Dow Jones results and what they mean for publishers.
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Industry TrendsOct 5, 20266 min read
Wall Street Journal Q4 FY2026: Dow Jones Profit Up 20%
Dow Jones segment EBITDA rose 20% in News Corp's fiscal Q4 2026 (April to June) as WSJ subscriptions hit 4.8 million. Key results and lessons for publishers.
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Oct 1, 20264 min read
Pelcro Release 3.7: Smarter Fulfillment, Reporting, and AI Workflows
Pelcro Release 3.7 adds a bundle manifest report, a fulfillment activity report, carrier-grouped Bundle Tops, saved AI Agent skills, flexible payment method removal, new refund reasons, and more.
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Sep 28, 20265 min read
What Is an AI Harness? Plain-English Control for Subscription Operations
An AI harness lets you query data, run bulk operations, and manage subscriptions in plain English, with every change approved before it runs.
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Sep 21, 20264 min read
Conversion Rate Optimization for Subscriptions
A practical guide to conversion rate optimization for subscription businesses: paywalls, checkout, and pricing tests that turn more visitors into payers.
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Sep 21, 20266 min read
Customer Acquisition for Publishers & Associations
A practical guide to customer acquisition for publishers and associations: paywalls, free trials, and promotions that turn visitors into paying subscribers.
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