Creating an Open Channel

🌐 This article has been translated from Korean for your convenience. If there is any discrepancy, the Korean version prevails.

What is an Open Channel?

An Open Channel is a space where people who share the same interests can freely create and share posts. Unlike existing creator channels where only the creator could write posts, any joined user can publish their own writing and sell posts.

Creator Channel: A creator’s space for uploading creative works, running memberships and requests, and earning revenue.
Open Channel: A space for channel participants where anyone can create posts, share them with other users, and sell them.

You can run an Open Channel in many different ways by setting its visibility and how users can participate.

1. Select “Open Channel” under [Create Channel].

You can create up to 5 Open Channels per account.
Enter information about the channel you’ll be running, such as channel title, URL, post permanent access period, tags, and more.

2. Decide the visibility of the Open Channel within the service.

Public Open Channel: All users can freely enjoy it, and it can be exposed in more areas of POSTYPE.
Secret Open Channel: Only some users can enjoy it. It does not appear in search or discovery sections, and repost and quote to other channels is restricted.
- Secret Open Channels can later be changed to Public Open Channels, but Public Open Channels cannot be changed to Secret Channels, so please keep this in mind.

3. Decide how users can participate.

Join instantly: Users can join immediately without separate approval.
Join upon approval: Users can join only after being approved by the moderators.
- Secret Open Channels can only use “Join upon approval”.

Once you’ve created an Open Channel, visit Exploring Open Channels to learn more in detail about Open Channels.