Create on your terms.
Trellis was built for creators who are tired of being exploited by the platforms they built their audiences on. Here, you keep what you earn, your audience sees everything you post, and the deal never changes.
The economics are simple.
When your audience subscribes to support you on Trellis, you keep 95% of every dollar they pay. We take 5% to keep the lights on. That number will never change. We have no investors demanding higher margins, no board pushing for monetization experiments, no quarterly pressure to squeeze more out of creators. We have subscribers. They pay us. We build the platform. You keep your money.
Through Editions, you can sell your work directly to your audience — digital or physical. Books, essays, photography collections, zines, patterns, sheet music, anything you create. You keep 90%. Compare that to the 35–70% that traditional digital publishers take. No gatekeeper. No submission process. No algorithm deciding whether your audience gets to see what you made. You publish, they buy, you get paid.
Every creator has a place here.
Trellis isn't built for one type of creator. It's built for anyone who makes things and wants to share them with people who care. The platform works differently depending on what you do, but the economics and the principles are the same for everyone.
Writers & Authors
Serialize your novel. Publish essays behind your supporter paywall. Sell finished books through Editions. Build a writing collective with other authors and split revenue however you agree.
Visual Artists & Photographers
Your work is protected with invisible watermarking and screenshot detection. Sell prints, collections, and limited editions directly to supporters. No AI training on your images. Ever.
Podcasters
Offer bonus episodes and early access to supporters. Build a community around your show where listeners actually talk to each other. No algorithm deciding who hears about your new episode.
Makers & Crafters
If you sell on Etsy, you know the fees. Sell patterns, kits, and finished goods through Editions at 90% take-home. Share your process with supporters who care about the craft, not just the product.
Musicians
Share demos, behind-the-scenes recordings, and unreleased tracks with your supporters. Sell albums and merch through Editions. Build a real fan community, not a follower count.
Local Journalists & Newsletters
Trellis gives independent journalists a platform with built-in payments, an audience that sees every post, and no editorial interference. Form a collective with other local reporters.
Cooking & Recipe Creators
Share recipes with the stories behind them. Publish a cookbook through Editions. Your supporters get every recipe you post — no algorithm hiding your best content behind a paywall you don't control.
Coaches & Educators
Fitness coaches, tutors, language teachers, business mentors. Offer premium content to supporters, build a private community, sell courses and guides through Editions.
Creator Collectives.
Up to five creators can form a Collective: sharing a subscriber base, publishing together, splitting revenue however you agree. Start a writing collective. Launch an anthology with four other poets. Build a local journalism partnership covering your city from different angles. We built this because creators do their best work together, and the economics should make collaboration easy, not impossible.
Your audience is yours.
On other platforms, you build an audience of ten thousand people and your posts reach three hundred of them. The rest are hidden unless you pay to boost. That's not a bug. It's a business model. Your organic reach is throttled so the platform can sell it back to you.
On Trellis, every single person who chose to support you sees every single thing you post. One hundred percent reach. Not 10%. Not 40%. All of it. Always.
We will never throttle your reach to sell you visibility. We will never change the economics to fund our growth at your expense. We will never insert ads between your posts and your audience. The deal we make with you on day one is the deal that stands.
Ready to create on your terms?
Join the waitlist. Creator onboarding opens with our first 500 founding members.