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Projects

Projects are how you organize your work on Makenot.work. A project groups related items together: an album, a podcast, a software product, a course.

Creating a Project

From your dashboard, click New Project and set:

  • Name: Display name for the project (e.g., “Debut Album”, “Sound Design Toolkit”)
  • Slug: URL-friendly name that becomes your project address (e.g., debut-album)
  • Description: What the project is about, shown on the project page
  • Category: The type of content (Music, Software, Writing, etc.)
Choose an existing category or type a new one.

Project URLs

Every project gets a permanent URL:

makenot.work/p/your-project-slug

You control the slug when creating the project.

Project Settings

From the project dashboard, configure:

  • Category: Helps fans find your project through discovery and search
  • Git repositories: Link source code repos (shown via the built-in git browser)
  • Labels: Platform commitment badges (e.g., “DRM-Free”, “No LLMs Used”) that your project can opt into
  • Cover image: Visual representation shown on your profile and in search
  • Description: Markdown-supported project description
  • Visibility: Public or draft (draft projects are only visible to you)

Project Analytics

Each project has its own analytics tab showing:

  • Revenue: Total earnings with period-over-period comparison
  • Sales: Transaction count for selected time range
  • Followers: How many people follow this project
  • Top items: Which items earn the most
  • Revenue chart: Bar chart bucketed by time period

Time range selector: 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, all-time.

Membership Tiers

Create monthly membership tiers per project:

  1. Go to project dashboard > Membership Tiers tab
  2. Add tiers with name, price, and description
  3. Toggle tiers active/inactive without deleting them

Fans join through the payment checkout. Billing, renewals, and cancellations are handled by the payment processor.

Membership tiers are separate from Fan+, which is a platform-wide membership.

Promo Codes

Create promotional codes scoped to a project:

  • Discount codes: Percentage or fixed amount off, with optional usage limits and expiration
  • Download codes: Single-use codes for free access, useful for press copies and giveaways

Share discount-applied links with ?discount=CODE appended to any item URL.

Blog Posts

Every project includes a blog. Blog posts use the same markdown editor as text items:

  • Draft/publish workflow
  • Included in the project’s RSS feed
  • Included in data exports
  • Separate from items; they have their own tab

Blog posts are always free. Use them for updates, announcements, liner notes, or changelogs.

Ordering Items

Drag to reorder items within a project. The order you set is the order fans see on the project page.

Data Export

Export all project data as JSON from the dashboard. Exports include items, sales counts, chapters, versions, license keys, blog posts, and all metadata.

Deleting a Project

Deleting a project removes it and all its items permanently. Fans who purchased items lose access. Export your data first if you need a backup.

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