What’s Included
Where Your Podcast Gets Distributed
Every UpLeft Media podcast gets automatic RSS submission to all major listening platforms:
- Apple Podcasts — the largest podcast directory
- Spotify — auto-ingested via RSS, no Spotify for Podcasters account required
- Amazon Music / Audible
- iHeartRadio
- Pocket Casts
- Overcast
- Castro
- Podbean
- TuneIn
- Any app or directory that supports RSS
You own your RSS feed. It lives at your domain (yourpodcast.com/feed.xml), not ours. If you ever leave, your feed URL stays the same and your listeners don’t notice.
Real Numbers
Platform fees only — Stripe transaction fees (2.9% + $0.30/transaction) apply to both UpLeft Media and Patreon.
| Monthly subscription earnings | UpLeft platform fee | Patreon platform fee (10%) | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $50 | $100 | $50/mo |
| $2,000 | $100 (5%) | $200 | $100/mo |
| $5,000 | $250 (5%) | $500 | $250/mo |
| $10,000 | $500 (5%) | $1,000 | $500/mo |
How We Compare
| Feature | UpLeft Media | Patreon | Buzzsprout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platform fee | $50/mo or 5% | 10% | Not available |
| Payment processing | Stripe standard rates | Stripe standard rates | N/A |
| Custom domain | Included | Subdomain only | $24+/mo add-on |
| Podcast directories | Auto-submitted | Manual | Included |
| Content ownership | Full | Platform-controlled | Full |
| Analytics | Included | Limited | Paid add-on |
| Ad insertion | Included | No | $90+/mo |
| Subscriber data export | Full, anytime | Partial | N/A |
Why $50/Month or 5%?
The flat $50/month base covers our infrastructure costs — subscriber management, paywalled feeds, and priority support. At $1,000/month in earnings the 5% rate takes over, and from that point forward we make more only when you make more.
Our platform fee is half of Patreon’s 10%. Both platforms use Stripe for payment processing, so that cost is equal. At $5,000/month, Patreon’s platform cut is $500. Ours is $250.
Curious how we compare to Substack and Patreon on more than price? See why we’re different →
No Lock-In
Your content belongs to you. Export everything at any time — episodes, analytics, subscriber data — in standard formats. Your RSS feed lives on your domain. We don’t make it hard to leave because we don’t need to. We’ll earn your stay.