The Steel Arc — Ghost Theme & Subscription Setup

The Steel Arc — Ghost Theme & Subscription Setup What you have: Frontend design live at steelarc.vercel.app. Needs converting to a working Ghost CMS with subscriptions, email newsletter, paywall and steel calculators. What I need built: Milestone 1 — $150 Convert existing Vercel/React design into a Ghost theme (exact match: Bricolage Grotesque + Nunito Sans fonts, blue #1D4ED8, white background, card shadows) Ghost installed and configured (self-hosted VPS ~$5/mo or Ghost Pro — your recommendation) Stripe connected: Free and Premium tiers Email newsletter working end to end Publishing workflow live so I can write and publish without touching code Milestone 2 — $150, due first week of November 2026 3-article metered paywall (custom JS counter, subscribe prompt after article 3) Steel calculators embedded as custom pages (I will provide formulas and inputs) Tech: Ghost CMS, Handlebars theme, Stripe, Mailgun or Ghost Pro email, JavaScript for paywall and calculators. You have: Full access to the existing design files and React code. I have my own domain and will set up Stripe account before start. Questions to answer before we start: Ghost Pro vs self-hosted VPS — your recommendation and why Confirm Milestone 1 deliverables match your understanding What do you need from me on day one to start Budget: $300 fixed, split across two milestones as above.