A Substack alternative where your blog lives at your domain, not substack.com.
Substack's $50 custom domain add-on redirects traffic to substack.com. On Nashra Publisher, your blog is hosted at yourdomain.com and emails go from you@yourdomain.com, on a flat fee with no percentage cut.
The publishing OS for experts and publishers. Newsletter, Hub, and landing pages that grow one list.
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What Substack's custom domain actually gives you.
Substack sells a custom domain for $50 as a one-time purchase. What that buys: a redirect from yourdomain.com to your Substack publication. The underlying URL is still substack.com. The sending address is still @substack.com. Reader-facing, your domain appears in the address bar. Operationally, the publication still lives on Substack's servers. Export your subscribers and move, and the redirect stops working. Your domain points at nothing. Experts and publishers who want real ownership need a publishing OS where the blog actually lives at their domain and outbound emails come from their address.
Every line item. No fine print.
Your domain, your inbox, your archive.
On Nashra Publisher, the blog is yours: hosted at yourdomain.com, indexed by Google under your brand, with category pages and post URLs that belong to you when you leave. Every email goes from you@yourdomain.com. Write one post in the Notion-style editor; it ships to your subscriber inbox and to your blog at the same moment. Add Magic Links for lead magnets: one hosted URL auto-delivers the asset and tags the subscriber. Build a welcome sequence in the visual automations editor. Free up to 500 subscribers; Newsletter plan from $23/month at 3,000 subscribers, a flat fee with no percentage cut, 30-day money-back guarantee.
Common questions.
If I switch from Substack to Nashra, what publishing features will I lose?
The main gap is Substack's discovery network and Notes. Substack's reader graph surfaces posts to subscribers of other publications; Notes drives cross-publication engagement. Nashra doesn't replicate either. What you gain: a real blog at your domain, email from your address, visual automations, tags and segments, Magic Links, and A/B subject lines.
Can Nashra import my Substack subscriber list and post archive?
Yes. Export the subscriber CSV and post archive from Substack; both come with you. Nashra ports the content, sets up the domain, and redirects old URLs. White-glove migration is free on the Publisher plan and most moves finish inside 48 hours.
How does Substack's $50 custom domain compare to Nashra's?
Substack's $50 one-time add-on points your domain at your Substack publication. The blog still lives on Substack's servers; the sending address remains @substack.com. On Nashra Publisher, the blog is hosted at your domain from day one and email goes from you@yourdomain.com. When you leave Nashra, the domain and the archive stay yours.
When should I stay on Substack rather than switch to Nashra?
If Substack's discovery network and Notes drive a material share of your list growth, that's a real flywheel to weigh. Most new subscribers on Substack still arrive from outside the network, but if Notes is your main engine, factor it in. Experts and publishers whose priority is owning the URL, the brand, and a flat fee instead of a percentage will find Nashra the better fit.
Try it for a week.Decide for yourself.
Free up to 500 subscribers, forever. Bring your list, your domain, your archive. Take them with you whenever you want.