6 Contributing Writing Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: November 1st, 2023

Start A Contributing Writing Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a contributing writing business:

1. Merrative ($24K/year)

Harshala Chavan, the founder of Merrative, came up with the idea for her business after noticing a lack of dedicated spaces for people to discuss literature. After attending a book club meetup, where she had a great discussion with others who had read the same book, she wondered if she could bring this experience online at scale. She validated her concept through participating in BPlans and growing her Instagram page, which eventually led to the launch of Merrative as a community-led marketplace for publishing talent.

How much they make: $24K/year
How much did it cost to start: $100
Current team size: 0

How I Bootstrapped A $2K/Month Online Community To Discuss Literature

Merrative, a community-driven marketplace for publishing talent, generates an average of $1,500 per month in marketplace transactions from their 5,000+ strong community of readers, writers, journalists, and scholars.

About

Harshala started Merrative over 3 years ago

Revenue

Harshala grew the business to $2K/month

Costs

It cost Harshala $100 to start the business

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Where they're located: Fresno, California, USA
Website traffic: 66.7M/month

5. Michigan State University

The nation's pioneer land-grant university, Michigan State University is one of the top research universities in the world. Home to nationally ranked and recognized academic, residential college, and service-learning programs, MSU is a diverse community of dedicated students and scholars, athletes and artists, scientists and leaders.

Where they're located: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Website traffic: 5.36M/month

6. Prowly

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Website traffic: 300K/month