Important update on payment schedule!
Hello everyone! I want to start off by thanking you again for joining my Patreon. I'm so happy you like my comic enough to want to support it monetarily.
Unfortunately I've had some trouble lately with people abusing the system so I've decided to follow my friend's advice and charge patrons up front. That means starting next month payments will be made on the 1st of each month rather than the end of the month. I'm doing this because I've had people joining as $5 patrons, reading all the updates, then changing their pledge to $1 immediately after to avoid full payment. Then next month they changed it back to $5 and repeated the pattern. Of course you're totally entitled to change or withdraw your pledge anytime you want to, but doing it in that particular way seems a little calculated. "Stealing" your way to content is not only disrespectful to me but also to the patrons who actually pay full price for access. I won't mention names, but I hope the responsible parties will rethink their actions in the future and not do this to other Patreon creators.
I hope that this update in the payment schedule will solve the issue. Just to clarify, you can still change and withdraw your pledge anytime and you'll be receiving the same content as before, the only change is that you'll now be charged at the beginning of the month rather than the end.
Thank you for understanding and happy reading!
Comments (14)
So I just signed up to pledge and I was surprised that I won’t be charged until August 1st. It’s so early in the month that I assumed I would go ahead and pay July’s pledge. At least I think that was the case with other accounts I have pledged to. Maybe it’s something you consider? I would gladly be willing to pay it
Oh, I'm honestly also a little confused as to how it works. I will look into it. Thanks for the heads up!
Man, I used to have sooo many patrons like that before I changed to "charge upfront". This one person kept pledging 3$ then unpledging RIGHT before the payment was due, then re-pledging again next month, which was super fishy. I asked them about it and they said it was a mistake because they switched credit cards and that they were on the road atm but they would get it fixed asap - or unpledge until they could because they didn't want to take free content from me without paying. Then they did the exact same thing for another two months after that. I'm like okay, I can be understanding up to a point, but don't claim you got a new credit card three months in a row lmao. Some people are just more focused on what they can take than what they can give. I'm personally more than happy to support you and I really enjoy your content, I hope the "charge upfront" solves any issues you've had!
Oh, wow. I can't believe they kept going even after getting called out. That's so crappy and unbelievably rude. I'm so glad there the is the charge upfront option! Thank you so much again for telling me about it!
I feel really bad because at first I was paying $5 dollars but then my parents changed their minds and said I could only do the $3 one instead so I basically did the same thing without even realizing Sorry
No, no! Don't feel bad about that! I understand that people have perfectly legitimate reasons to lower their pledges. Even not being as interested in the material is a good reason and I don't take offense! I was more talking about the cases where it's very obvious that they never intended to pay in the first place. Also, your parents allowing you to join as a patron is very cool!
Same; that's so icky of people to do! I hope changing the charging system works well for you. Thank you for letting us know, and I hope you are doing well! ^_^
Thank you for understanding! I hope you're doing well too! =D
I agree. But people who tried to cheat the system to get free content without paying for it are the worst. Honestly it’s not that expensive I know other content creators that would charge triple the price. Which it doesn’t matter what the price if you like something you should be willing to pay for it. Sorry things like this makes me really angry, when people take advantage of creators who are self made.
I agree. It's really rude and discouraging. I'm glad I found out about the up front payment system but I feel bad for other creators who are unaware and experience this.
I’m so sorry this is happening to you hopefully charging people the first will get you the money you deserve!!
Thanks! I hope so too. Although it's not so much about the money as the principle of it all.
That sucks, it is really calculating does it not still charge them the $5 anyways even though they changed it for next month?
Unfortunately not. Any last minute change in pledge had immediate effect. :(