Creator guide
How to open and run a channel on PanQuill. Please read it before you apply.
Opening a channel
- Submit your applicationLog in and fill out the creator application. You can save a draft as you go.
- Operator reviewThe review takes about 5 business days and focuses on your sample posts. We'll send the result to the contact email on your application, and you can also see it in My account.
- Agree to the termsOnce approved, you accept the Creator Terms in the studio (platform fee, responsibility for posts, refunds and disputes). Meanwhile you can set up your channel in the studio.
- Open your channelYour channel opens as soon as you accept the terms. From then on, readers can see your channel and posts.
What to prepare
- About you: pen name, contact email, and a short bio
- Your channel plan: channel name, category, description and topics, publishing frequency, the monthly price you have in mind (USD), and writing language
- 1–3 sample posts: PDF or DOCX files (up to 10 MB) or links
- Portfolio link (optional): blog, social media, an existing newsletter, etc.
- For Investing channels, the credential documents below
Investing channels
To sell investment information such as stock or trading calls, you must file a quasi-investment advisory report with, or register as an investment adviser with, Korea's Financial Services Commission. If you choose the Investing category on the application, a credential step appears.
- If you sell stock or trading calls: upload your quasi-investment advisory report certificate or investment advisory registration certificate, plus your business registration certificate (PDF, JPG, PNG). Once the operator checks the number, business name and expiry date, your filing details appear on your channel.
- If you only write market commentary or education: you pledge not to give individual investment advice. The operator may ask for documents after reading your samples.
- Credentials such as Investment Manager (Korea), Financial Investment Analyst (Korea), CFA or proof of employment are optional. If the operator checks your copy and shows it as a badge, your channel's About tab lists "[credential] verified" with the month it was checked, until its expiry date if it has one. A badge only means the document was checked. It doesn't endorse your posts or any investment results. To add a credential or remove a badge after approval, let us know through Contact us.
- Channels filed as quasi-investment advisers can't use comments, replies or private comments. A report alone doesn't allow two-way communication with paying members.
- When your report or registration expires, new subscriptions and new paid posts stop. If you've renewed it, let us know through Contact us and the operator will check the new document.
- Documents are stored encrypted, only the operator can open them, and every view is logged.
Subscriptions and platform fee
- Readers' subscription payments go straight to a PayPal account in your name. The operator doesn't receive or split them.
- You can start selling once your PayPal account is connected. We'll explain how when you sign the agreement.
- Plans are monthly and yearly, and prices are shown in US dollars in every country.
- To change your price, request it in the studio and the operator approves it. New prices apply to new subscribers, and existing subscribers keep their price.
- The operator passes readers' refund requests on to you, and refunds are processed in your PayPal account.
- You're the seller, so you report your sales and handle your own taxes.
- The platform fee is billed separately from subscriptions. We'll announce the amount and method 30 days in advance and bill only after you agree.
What you do in the studio
- Choose free or paid for each post. In a paid post, everything above the paywall line is a public preview, and only subscribers can read below it.
- Publish now or schedule a time. Group posts into series and link translations in other languages to the original.
- See views, visitors, subscribers, and per-post performance in analytics. Views count every reader; the other numbers count readers who agreed to analytics.
- Reply to and hide comments on your channel, including private comments. This doesn't apply to channels filed as quasi-investment advisers.
- Paid sections block drag-to-copy and printing. Screenshots can't be blocked, so the Terms of Service prohibit copying and redistribution.
Rules to follow
- The Creator Terms you accept after approval are the agreement between you and the operator.
- Only post your own work. Posts that infringe someone else's copyright can be made private when reported.
- You're responsible for what your posts say.
- Follow the Terms of Service and the Community Policy. The operator reviews reported posts and comments and may hide them or restrict accounts.