That fee stuff
Ok people, patreon will not change current fee system (and I am TOTALY happy about that)
For all people who have missed drama - Patreon wanted to take fee for money transfer from patreons (currently they take that fee from creators) with new fee payment 2.9%+0.35$. So 1$ patreons will pay 1.38$ for supporting (crazy!!). This affects all low-pledge creators/patreons very much. But people didnt like that new system, many patreons canceled their pledges // creators contacted with Patreon team. As result - https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/
There are no words how glad I am about it ^^
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I'm very glad they reconsidered this move to charge Patreon users more, at least that MUCH more. When I first read about it, I wrote up a graph out of curiosity to see what the % change would be to me personally. I would have been paying nearly 25% more per month, which is silly to jack the cost that high. Their reasoning was because they want Patreon creators to get a more consistent and higher payout of their patron's support (95% from their email). I'm all for creators getting more monies, but the average pledge is $6.76 according to an article they have conveniently taken down now, which results in about 8.5% increased cost to all Patrons. I would have kept my pledges the same, but I would feel a bit sore toward Patreon for taking more out of my pockets. If there were another way to support the creators I follow, even direct paypal payments, I probably would very quickly leave Patreon to switch to that.