How to Change Your Substack Profile Color

Hint. You Don't Need to Be a Bestseller Anymore.

I want to preface this post with the fact that I have been searching for way to customize my profile color this since they initially launched this feature a few months back but…

It has notoriously ONLY been available for people who have hundreds of paying subscribers…

I am obsessed with color psychology, and if you take cultivating top tier digital spaces + authentic self-expression seriously then, you may like it here welcome aboard.

You’ve probably seen a handful of these.

Ft. Gresha. I really enjoyed his profile design.

There has been no official update about the sneaky release of this ability being given to non-bestsellers.

Even if you ask substack’s official support chat bot it will tell you—

this feature is not for you, you peasant non-bestseller

On this platform where self-expression is everything, the custom branding feels like a MUST to me, to visually distinguish yourself from the sea of orange/gray.

After searching multiple dozens of profiles. I found a handful of outliers that weren’t bestsellers, yet they still had the profile color so I found hope.

What they all had in common was that they had these new flower badges that you now get when you grab a paid subscription to ANYONE’s publication.

Yes… pay to play sucks but if there is that one person you’ve been wanting to show your appreciation to for their writing this is a great opportunity to do so.

For me that would have been Matt Giaro but my mans is ADAMANT about not monetizing on substack and will die on that hill so… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I gave mine to Ed at PKM Weekly because it was only $5 a week and his posts have been super helpful to me over the past two years staying on top of the latest knowledge management tools.

• I’ve recently switched over to Tana after being a loyal Workflowy user over the past two years, I just needed something a bit more scaleable and neat.

I suggest you support your favorite writer on here but if you are on a budget and you don’t want to be paying $5-80/mo. I may have a solution for ya.

My pub is only $33/yr which comes down to only $2.78/mo so if you want a more affordable way to get your own custom profile colors. You can grab my yearly plan.

• There’s a bunch of other community bonuses coming like live workshops, challenges, and threads you’ll get access to by becoming a member.

This would greatly support my MASSIVE Ego’s dream of becoming a substack best-seller as well as my efforts in building The Collective Impact Network ㊥

• I have a slight obsession with verification badges & authority hacking

Thanks for being here.

— Dan ㊥