New Patreon fees for patrons
Hi guys,
I've got this email today (actually yesterday, but did not check my mailbox that late) about raising fees for people who support artist on Patreon
Pretty weird change, if you ask me - I mean there isn't so much people who actually want to support you with $, comparing to amount of people who just play / like my or other's artists projects. You're pretty much a miracle to me, and I was fine with creator handling the fees. I mean - if someone is willing to support you, why he / she should pay a fee for it's support?
That's weird.
If they wanted creators to earn more due to this change, I'm not sure this is going to happen. And there are better ways to make creator earning more - allow patrons to search for NSFW projects (if they check this option at their account) via Patreon, make NSFW projects legal, promoted and visible for patrons, who are interested in them...
I don't really know what else to say, and I completely understand, if some of you guys will delete / change your pledges after this change.
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I really appreciate the honesty I've seen among creators so far regarding this issue. while I am frustrated by this change I do intend to stick around with the few creators I've been supporting. ya'll are awesome and I'm not about to abandon you over less than a dollar.
;D
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. Sadly, I have deleted all of my pledges. Hopefully a better solution is found
You got my support still
thx, m8
Kinda weird indeed. It's like they just want attract more projects than anything else. But, as a 1$ patreon, I'll have to cut out some patroning, and so support less projects.
yeah, I guess we will see first changes in January. If 1$ pledges will drop significantly there will be no reason to keep this tier. And if they do, this drop will not get covered with removing 5-7% bank fee
So a supporter will see it as a $1 pledge, but will secretly be paying $1.38. A $10 supporter would really be paying $10.64. Hope all the creators will be honest and change their tier descriptions to show that a $1 pledge will be billed as $1.38, and so forth.
I don't think it is going to be 'secretly' - patrons will probably get some calculation per month before actually paying the pledge
Dude, that patreon decision makes no sense. This will kill the 1$ pledge. I'll stay here tho. Hopefully they see reason before the 18th.
exactly! And I have no idea where did they come up with extra 0.35$ per pledge from
I think I need to stop pledging to some of the creators I am supporting, I do not have the extra money to give away for that. But I Will definetly still pledge here.
thx, m8