Lets Discuss
PSA: Everything I talk about here is an IDEA that I want to discuss with all of you. That means i will not be implementing these changes immediately or anything like that. So don't freak out
So, the subject I need to discuss with you all is not something I take lightly because I know how things are in this world and how hard life is for all of us. But the subject that we need to talk about is "Potential Price Increase" (I know I know, but please just hear me out).
I have been having a long and hard look at our current budget and let me tell ya, it's gotten out of control. We are blessed to have so many of you support us, and we are equally to be able to make so many high-quality items as well. But something has to give here if we keep going at this rate.
I broke things down to make it easier to comprehend and organize where I am coming from and such.
Table of Contents:
History of Yosh Studios
Our Options
Conclusion
I love you all
History of Yosh Studios
We started this Patreon back in March of 22. We only had one tier at 15$ and were only giving out four cosplay related items per month. Flash forward to today, we are giving out 20 cosplay items and 4-5 life size statues per month.
As we have grown over the years, I have equally put almost all of the money back into the business to get us where we are today. Now we have a very large team of super talented people making these items and I have people helping me do customer service and test printing for all of these items. As you might imagine all of these things combined is totaling up to a lot.
It is honestly crazy how far we have come, and I am glad that we can do what we do.
Our Options
Which brings us to our next point, our options.
The way I see it we have 3 possible routes we can go.
We keep our heads down and keep doing what we have been doing and hoping that our new models and marketing can help us reach new people to sign up.
We cut back how many items we make per month and let go some of our modeling team.
We increase our prices which will allow us to keep doing what we are doing and little more.
So obv none of these things are really fun for any of us. And that's why I want to discuss this!
For the cut back option: we would go from 20 cosplay to 15 items. and 3-4 statues to 2-3 statues
For the price route, we have a few options of what that could look like
15$ tier goes to 18$. 20$ will stay the same for now but could go to 22$ when we start delivering new things.
15$ and 20$ tiers become merged as one. The base line tier will be 20$. This option would increase the amount of cosplay items from 20 to 22 and life size to 3-4 to 4-5 statues. (I'm adding extra to add extra value for you all.
Conclusion
So, with all that said, I don't take this lightly and I hate how larger company's increase their subscriptions prices all the time, and we the little ppl can do nothing about it. That's why I want to hear what you all have to say.
Let it also be said, I'm not doing this to be greedy either. I am simply looking at our books and realizing that this is costing way too much to maintain.
Please let me know your thoughts!
