I think this is a great idea. I have one concern which I will share with you.
You should introduce new writers to POB, you should earn money off of this leg work that you do... but at some point, you should cut the writers loose to be their own POB'er. That is likely the only way to ensure longevity of your project.
As a contractor, working for a middle man is always a good foot in the door, but once I find out how much money he is getting from "hooking me up" I get mixed feelings. At that point, I quit and try to be my own man. This will ultimately happen with your magazine as well. If you can keep bringing in good writers, make money off of their introductory post(s) and then onboard them to the platform and repeat the process, it is win-win-win.
You will have my support on this.
Thanks.
I don't understand the second part.
Are you saying, that I should stop hiring them after a while?
I'm already planning to send every writer a link to every post, so that they can see how much they could have made, if they had posted it themselves.
I feel like that's fair enough. I can't force them to join POB if they prefer not to.
No, that's all you need to do... as long as they know the game it's all good. It will bring more good content to POB. Some people would rather get $20 than 140 POB. I wouldn't, but some people might.