The Lifetime Subscription program has been a massive success — with multiple huge benefits to The Lunduke Journal. (Which I talk about further down the page.)
But its time has passed.
The Lifetime Subscription option will only be available until Monday, August 14th. For $119. After that -- just a few days from now -- no new Lifetime Subs will be offered. Seriously.
All Lifetime Subscriptions will be honored. For life. Obviously.
Scroll down for more thoughts — but, if you want a Lifetime Subscription to The Lunduke Journal, grab one now. $119. For all eternity. Just grab it now before the 14th… when they’re gone forever.
Because I’m not going to bring this option back, no matter how much people beg. ;)
How to get the Lifetime Subscription
Get a free subscription at Lunduke.Locals.com.
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.
Select “Give Once” and enter “119” in the “Amount to give” field.
Then, if you want full access on the Nerdy Entertainment and Nerdy Politics sites (you do), become a Free member on each… and let Lunduke know by emailing Lunduke at: bryan at lunduke.com.
Easy peasy. You’re all set for life.
Why the Lifetime Subscription has been so great
I’ve gotta tell ya, the Lifetime Subscription option has been an absolute blessing for The Lunduke Journal.
And I’d like to take just a moment to talk about it — Why it has proven so beneficial up until now. Because I think some of you will find this interesting.
It has brought in a boost of revenue, to help fund the early days of The Lunduke Journal, as we grew. This allowed us to fund the early building of this publication… without taking on any debt… and without needing to take a single penny from Big Tech. For a small publishing business, this is absolutely unheard of. Quite simply… what we’ve accomplished shouldn’t even be possible. Amazing.
Having a number of you become Lifetime Subscribers cemented a built-in, long-term, dedicated audience of amazing, passionate nerds. This is not only helpful for The Lunduke Journal — both as a publication and as a community — but that vote of confidence from all of you meant the absolute world to me. Practical and psychological benefits galore.
Plus, and this is me being a little sneaky, it helped to boot-strap those two other publications I’m slowly building up. By throwing in a full subscription — to both of them — for all Lifetime Subscribers… it creates a base that those other sites / communities can build from. That is immensely valuable.
Amazing.
But the reality of the Summer of 2023… is different than back when we first created the Lifetime Subscription.
The Lunduke Journal is no longer in need of that “early days boot-strapping” that the Lifetime Subscriptions provided. We’re growing like gangbusters — and are on track to exceed all of our goals for the year.
In fact, some of you will recall that I originally planned to sunset the Lifetime Subscriber option earlier this year. But then the big “Substack to Locals” transition happened and it made sense to keep the Lifetime Sub option around — on and off — while we made that a success.
One other reason we’re ending the Lifetime Sub… is an effort to simplify the subscription options.
Until recently, the subscription options for The Lunduke Journal were… a bit confusing! Monthly. Yearly. Founding Member. Lifetime. Multiple sites. Both Locals and Substack. Oy vey! Too much!
Going forward, everything is streamlined. Nice and simple:
Monthly ($5)
Yearly ($45)
All on Locals. Simple. Boom. Done. (Though all existing Lifetime and Founding Member subscriptions will still be honored. That's how I roll.)
So.
If you want the Lifetime Subscription — because, you know, you plan to still be a nerd a year or two down the line — grab it.
Because this is, literally, the last time they will be offered.
Thank you to everyone who has picked up their subscription — of any kind — and helped to make The Lunduke Journal what it is!
-Lunduke
