> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://ghost.org/help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Has Ghost got any funding? What's your business model? - URL: https://ghost.org/help/funding/ - Published: 2023-04-19T14:12:23.000Z - Updated: 2023-05-02T17:46:16.000Z - Description: Our business model is to make a product people love and provide world-class infrastructure and management for it. - Author: Ghost - Tags: FAQ We're very proud that Ghost has raised over **$8,200,000** directly from the world's most prominent investors in the space we're in: Our customers. Ghost started with a $350,000 Kickstarter campaign in 2013 and has been profitable every single year since the beginning. We've made over $8M from customers in return for 0% equity and, as a non-profit organisation, we plan to stay fully independent: Forever! Our business model is to make a product people love and then provide world-class infrastructure and management for it, you can read more about it on our [about page](https://ghost.org/about/?ref=ghost.org). --- > As I predicted, substack writers are leaving for [@ghost](https://twitter.com/Ghost?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) (according to this [@pkafka](https://twitter.com/pkafka?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) story) > > Ghost is 99% cheaper because is charging based on a SaaS model -- I am not an investor in GHOST but I would love to be! Hit me up team GHOST > > — @jason (@Jason) [March 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1373057543560306691?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) --- > Very kind! > > But we're a non-profit org with no share capital making free open source software - so there's nothing to invest in :) > > Lots of people choose Ghost because we've structured ourselves to be permanently independent. > > ✌️ > > — Ghost (@Ghost) [March 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/Ghost/status/1373292185865576450?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw)