Is Ghost good for hosting both written and podcast content?

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I’m planning to start a multimedia platform with both articles and podcast content

I want some of the podcast to be free and some for subscribers, and some of the articles to be free and some for subscribers

There will also be multiple authors writing articles

Is Ghost a good option for this?

I don’t really want to go with Substack but it seems like it might be an easier option for distributing podcasts and for my circumstances?

Thank you

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Very doable! There are several themes that work with podcasts. You can host the audio file externally or on ghost.

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@gmaz Ghost is definitely the best option. You will own your content, manage your subscribers, there is no commission taken by ghost on the payment.

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It seems to me like the podcast hosting options are a bit technically difficult though?

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I have both blogs and podcasts on my site. It works really well.

The biggest consideration in my opinion is whether you’re making a forever decision with Substack because it’s really a closed system compared to Ghost, where you can export your content and switch to another platform if you want.

Ghosts’s API makes it really easy to integrate with things that’s aren’t native integrations. For example, I hired a developer to create a two-way sync with MailerLite because my business case requires email automations not offered by Ghost. Unless Substack has changed I don’t think that’s possible.

Good luck with whatever you choose!

Jen

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is it easy to upload podcasts from ghost to Spotify apple, etc?

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Hi Bob, in the end I’ve ended up using Ghost, but using ACast as the podcast host. I just embed the ACast player in the Ghost post. If I ever want to paywall the pod, I believe I’ll have to change over to a different host that integrates with Ghost, but for now its a good solution and I’m glad I chose Ghost.

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I’m planning to create a multimedia platform with articles and podcasts, some free and some for subscribers, with multiple authors. Is Ghost a good option for this, or would Substack be easier, especially for distributing podcasts like on Spotify?

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Lots of Ghost users actually host the podcast somewhere else (some options mentioned earlier in thread), and use Ghost for show notes/accompanying blog.

It’s possible to host the podcast in Ghost as well - here’s an example:

(That’s a Ghost custom RSS feed, and podcast files live on Ghost itself.)