Did you do it yet? Publish an article behind the paywall? It is no big deal. As someone who is not yet a paying member I have never been upset with an author for putting an article behind a paywall. I put one article behind the paywall. Thirty days later I had one clap and 2 bucks and was thrilled, for no apparent reason. It’s worth it just to experience what it is like to be thrilled over earning 2 bucks. (And no, this was not the first time I have been paid to write so that was not even part of it.)