Your Steady page is where visitors become members. Build and edit it any time in your Steady dashboard — just work through the steps below, from top to bottom.
Most people who visit already know you, so keep the page focused: lead with why a membership is worth it, and don’t overload it with detail.
Set up your page, step by step
These are the parts of your page, in the order visitors see them:
Add your logo or photo. Use a square image, ideally 200 × 200 pixels. No logo yet? A photo works too — a portrait of one or two people looks best, since it appears fairly small.
Write your headline and name. Your headline should say why someone should support you — for example, “Support independent news from Berlin”. Your name (or pseudonym) appears as the publisher, so use your real name or something like “Editorial Team”.
Add your one-sentence description. This short line sums up your publication at a glance.
Create your plans. These are the memberships visitors can choose from — the heart of your page.
Add optional extras. A hero image, a goal and a YouTube video all add polish, but none are required.
Publish a few posts. A preview of your posts shows visitors what they’ll get as members.
Your page also shows how many members you have and the total monthly amount they contribute. Prefer to hide either? In the “General” section of your page settings, just uncheck the boxes.
Make your page public
When you sign up, your page starts out secret — only people with the link can see it, and it won’t appear in search engines or on Steady. That’s handy while you build: you can share the link for feedback, and people can even become members already.
When you’re ready to launch, set your page to public. Search engines can then find it, and Steady can feature it — for example on the Discover page.
Making your page secret again isn’t the same as deleting it. To delete your page, contact us.
Your page URL
You choose your URL when you create your project. It looks like steady.page/yourpublication.
You can also use steady.fm/yourpublication — handy for a podcast, where a shorter address is easier to say aloud. It redirects automatically to steady.page/yourpublication.
Language
Steady shows its own wording — like “member” or the button to choose a plan — in the language of each visitor’s browser.
To force one language, add the ISO country code to your URL — for example steady.page/en/yourpublication for English. This works with steady.fm too.
Your own text — your project description and the names of your plans — isn’t translated automatically. It always appears exactly as you entered it.
Still need help?
Once your page is public, publish your first posts and invite your audience to join. If anything’s unclear, email us at support@steadyhq.com — we’re happy to help.