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Ah, I see. Well, Hive.io is not compatible with the for-profit model because it's just a front for the Hive blockchain. The only possibility I see is if it allows paid registrations to the Steem blockchain, but free registrations are being developed, sooo, I don't see a way. Do you have any ideas on how there could be self-funding profit from the website?

Sure, first a voluntary donation selection with a percentage slider in the article formatter like how you can select your payout %, would probably earn quite a bit. I'd accept both Steem and Hive at first.

The other option would be to take a percentage of each article that's not voluntarty, like Busy and Dtube do.

I think these two are the most feasible to start right off, but of course prefer voluntary donation over a manditory fee.

Then we'd have to see how much it brings in and add more options if not enough.