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Olivia Chen

Covers creator stores, offers, and the playbooks that turn bio traffic into repeat buyers on Tapmy.

Olivia Chen

Articles by Olivia Chen

  • One store vs five tools: what a creator tool stack really costs

    Sep 12, 2026

    Selling through five tools costs you twice: in fees and in buyers lost between them. A worked example of a creator stack versus one store, and how to move without breaking anything.

  • How to reduce membership churn: keep members past month two

    Aug 8, 2026

    Membership churn is the share of members who leave each month. How to calculate it, why the first two months decide most of it, and five fixes, with Recurly's benchmark of 6.77% average monthly churn for consumer subscriptions.

  • Creators vs brands in 2026: who owns the customer?

    Jun 30, 2026

    In 2026, the creators who win are not the ones with the largest following — they are the ones who own the customer relationship. Here is how independent creators reclaim buyers from platforms and brands with owned stores, email, memberships, and one-step checkout.

  • Why we built one-step checkout, and what we left out

    May 10, 2026

    Tapmy's checkout asks for three things on one screen: name, email and payment. Why we built it that way, what we removed, and when a multi-step checkout is still the right call.

  • Community vs membership: which should you launch?

    Apr 28, 2026

    A membership charges for access to your content and perks; a paid community charges for access to other members. How to choose between them, what each costs to run and when to combine them.