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Bring your listand your archive.

Bring your list from any platform as a spreadsheet, paid links via your Stripe. A full Ghost export imports intact. Here is exactly what comes across from where you are now, and what does not.

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Where you are now

What comes across,platform by platform.

GhostFull site import
Posts, pages and tags
✓ Universal import
Members
✓ Members CSV
Settings
✓ Imported

From Ghost: everything, intact.

This is the easy one. A full Ghost content export — posts, pages, tags and settings — goes in through "Universal import", because it is the same underlying format. Members come across in their own CSV through Members, linked to the Stripe account you connect. If you are moving from self-hosted Ghost or from Ghost(Pro), your archive comes with you intact.

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SubstackSubscribers · CSV
Subscribers
✓ Imported
Paid status
✓ Via your Stripe
Post archive
By hand or converter
Paid billing
Stays with Substack

From Substack: your list, free and paid.

Substack lets you export your subscriber list as a spreadsheet, and TribeTale imports that directly. Paid subscribers keep their status when their subscription is in the Stripe account you connect: their Stripe customer ID in the file links them. Posts are the harder half: Substack's export is not a format we can import in one click, so archives currently come across by hand or with a converter. We would rather tell you that now than after you have moved.

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beehiivSubscribers · CSV
Subscribers
✓ Imported
Paid status
✓ Via your Stripe
Post archive
No importer

From beehiiv: your list, paid status included.

beehiiv exports subscribers as a spreadsheet and TribeTale imports it directly. Paid subscribers keep their status when their subscription is in the Stripe account you connect: their Stripe customer ID in the file links them. Post archives do not move in one click — we do not have a beehiiv importer, and we would rather say so than let you find out afterwards.

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Kit & othersAny platform · CSV
Subscribers
✓ Imported
Paid status
✓ Via your Stripe
Labels
✓ Imported

From Kit, or anywhere else.

Export your subscribers from wherever they are now and import the file here. Labels come across, and paid subscribers are linked by their customer ID in the Stripe account you connect. Kit is also one of the 10 email tools TribeTale syncs members into, so you can keep it and run both.

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How a move works

Three steps,in this order.

  1. 01

    Export your list

    Download your subscribers as a CSV from the platform you use now, with Stripe customer IDs if you have paying readers. Moving from Ghost? Take a full content export as well as the members CSV.

  2. 02

    Connect Stripe first if anyone pays you

    Paid status comes across by linking each row to its customer in the Stripe account you connect (Creator and up), so connect it before you import. Free subscribers need no Stripe.

  3. 03

    Import, then tell your readers

    Select or drop the CSV in Members; labels come across. A Ghost content export goes in Settings, Import/Export, "Universal import". Connect your domain, then send your readers a note that you have moved.

Before you move

What doesn'tcome across.

  • Substack and beehiiv post archives. Neither imports in one click today. Substack archives come across by hand or with a converter; we have no beehiiv post importer.
  • Substack paid billing. Paying subscribers' billing relationship is with Substack and cannot be transferred to your Stripe account. Plan a migration message.
  • Their networks. Substack's recommendations and beehiiv's ad network only work inside those platforms. We have no equivalent.
Still deciding

The honest comparison,including where they win.

TribeTale vs KitKit is the best automation tool for creators and has the most generous free tier in the category. It also takes 3.5% plus 30 cents of every sale — on every plan, including the $66 one.Read the comparison →TribeTale vs SubstackSubstack will find you readers better than anyone. It will also keep 10% of what those readers pay you, for as long as they pay you.Read the comparison →TribeTale vs beehiivbeehiiv is a genuinely good product with a generous free tier. It also charges you $43 a month before it stops taking a cut, and $96 a month before you can have your own branding.Read the comparison →TribeTale vs GhostGhost is excellent, and TribeTale is built on it. The difference is what we added on top, and what Ghost's hosted plans charge per subscriber.Read the comparison →
FAQ

Questionsabout moving.

What do I need to export?
A CSV or spreadsheet of your subscribers from the platform you use now. That works from any platform. From Ghost, also take a full content export: it goes in through "Universal import" and brings the posts and settings with it, while members come across in their own CSV.
Will my post archive come across?
Post archives are a separate matter and we would rather be straight about it: a full Ghost export imports intact, because that is the same underlying format. Substack and beehiiv archives do not come across in one click today.
Moving from Substack: will my paying subscribers have to re-enter their card?
Yes, in most cases. Their billing relationship today is with Substack, and it cannot be transferred to your Stripe account. Plan a migration message. This is true of any move off Substack, not just to us.
Should I actually replace Kit with this?
Often, no. If your business is built on Kit's automations, keep them. Use TribeTale for the parts Kit was never meant to be — a real publication on your domain, a paid membership, a community, an audio version — and let the two sync. We would rather have you as a happy integration than an unhappy migration.
Can I leave TribeTale later?
Yes. The export is Ghost's own format, so a full export imports straight into any Ghost install. That is deliberate — a product you cannot leave is not one you own.
Can I move today?
Not yet. TribeTale is opening soon. Join the waitlist and we will tell you the moment you can bring your list over.

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