# No paywall decision email template

> Explore this no paywall decision email template for arts and culture. Preview its story, three clear sections, and two actions.

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Marketing Newsletter & editorial

# No paywall decision email template

An editorial decision about access explained.
Illustrative example. Replace the fictional sender, dates, amounts, locations, and account details before use.
**Best for**
: An editorial decision about access explained
**Structure**
: Campaign context · Headline and editorial premise · Three skimmable sections
**Style**
: poster · modern serif
**Industry fit**
: Arts & culture
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Message anatomy

## A useful starting point, with the important parts named.

A paywall would roughly double the income and would exclude the readers who write to me most. That is the trade and it is not a costless principle.

### What you can change

- Brand name
- Subject line
- Preheader
- Eyebrow
- Headline
- Supporting copy
- Primary action label
- Primary action URL

### What to keep clear

- Campaign context
- Headline and editorial premise
- Three skimmable sections
- Primary and secondary action
- Preference and unsubscribe footer
Complete starting copy

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**From**
: Drover's Way Journal
**Subject**
: There will not be a paywall, and here is what that costs
**Preheader**
: About £6,000 a year of income I am not taking.
A decision

### No paywall, which costs about six thousand pounds a year

A paywall would roughly double the income and would exclude the readers who write to me most. That is the trade and it is not a costless principle.

#### What it would earn

About six thousand a year on comparable conversion rates. That is a real amount and I am not pretending otherwise.

#### Why not

Because the letters I most value come from people who would not pay. Not because they cannot afford it but because they would not, and both matter.

#### What happens instead

Voluntary support from about four percent of readers. That is enough, currently, and if it stops being enough I will say so rather than quietly adding a wall.
Moosewave MCP

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