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You want to build a creator economy platform. It could be a newsletters platform, like Revue or Substack, a podcasting platform like Anchor or Transistor, or a crowd-funding platform, like Patreon or Buy Me Coffee.
How do you design such a platform? There are many moving parts and infinite possibilities. Yet, after studying many creator economy platforms, we constructed a generic design you can use to build your platform.
The Two Faces of Creator Economy Platform
A creator economy platform wears two faces:
- A consumer-facing face — the link the creator gives to its fans to see the profile, newsletter, podcast, etc.
- A creator-facing face — the interface through which the creator creates content, such as uploading a new podcast, writing the profile, and tweaking the consumer-facing face
The Consumer-Facing Face
The consumer-facing face is a website, possibly with a custom domain or custom subdomain.
The website presents the creator and its activities. Its specific content will be defined by what the creator economy platform is doing.
For a newsletters platform, the website will present the newsletter information, the creator information, and a listing of newsletter issues. The front page will include a call-to-action (CTA)…
