Patreon Fee changes (Patreon)

Patreon recently announced plans to change their existing fee system, where processing fees are paid by creators (us), to one where those fees are paid by patrons (you) — adding a surcharge of 2.9% plus $0.35 for each subscriber.

While Patreon is attempting to frame this change as beneficial to us, we join the overwhelming consensus of creators who oppose this decision as it harms smaller creators and needlessly burdens fans who can only donate low-dollar amounts. 

We had and continue to have no input on this change.  While this change actually does mean that we, as the content creator, will keep more of your pledge, I’d rather we absorb all the processing costs and Patreon % fees on the backend instead of you, the supporter.

We encourage you to send your feedback to Patreon on social media, and/or directly using the following link:

https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new

Thank you so much for your continued support! 

~Karl