sheeeeesh donations welcome (Patreon)

So I got the e-mail I've been dreading for a few months.

As long time Patrons may have noticed our Patreon has been growing. But with growth comes more bandwidth usage.

Last year I was hit with a $5,000 bill because our Patreon got so poppin' that we used up way too much video hosting space. Since then I've made a few back up accounts to spread out our uploads so it doesn't look like one account is using up all this bandwidth.

However, even with that, one of our backup accounts got flagged because that account has been pulling in double the amount of our usual views. If you guess if it's the account we upload our Friday shows on, you guessed it. Starting with I-LAND we got more views and now with Itaewon Class and especially Kingdom, our views are near tripled on that account. Which means I got hit with an even fatter bill.

We got hit with a $13,000 bill and that made me go sheeeeeesh.

Now here's a couple issues I'm running into:

• I've got no cash right now. And I mean NOTHING. I paid off all my debt the month before and I just put in for a loan so all my cash is tied up.
• It's going to be 13k and it's going to be an UPFRONT annual bill. If these were payments it wouldn't be as much an issue and I'd just pay it monthly on a credit card.
• If we don't pay 13k by June 13th all our Friday content (i-land, good girl, kingdom, road to kingdom, etc.) and listening parties will be deleted.

Now for the good news. Last year on Patreon I had to stop posting for a month because the video hosting service wouldn't let me upload until the bill was paid. For now I can make a FOURTH account and pay for the premium ($700 a year upfront but I can easily credit card this). But I cannot keep the videos on here long because it'll attract too much attention again. I'll host them on this account just long enough 'till I can pay that $13,0000 bill.

What that means is that future Kingdom and Drama Club episodes will be posted but probably DELETED a few weeks or a month later and then I'll reupload them on the usual account once the bill is paid.

This also means TEMPORARILY, all I-LAND, Kingdom, Queendom, etc. content might be deleted on June 13th because as of now we absolutely do not have the money to pay the bill. But I will back up those episodes so that when we CAN pay the bill we will reupload them there.

I need to be clear: We can't pay this bill right now and that's fine. We can credit card a few alt accounts to keep posting content. I am also not poor or anything, this just came at a very very bad timing when I just happen to have no money so don't worry we're not financially hurting. 

But with our current earnings I don't think we'll be able to pay this bill until August. But if anyone does want to help us out we would gladly accept any donations of any amount. Our PayPal would be the best bet: media@formoftherapy.com and you could always just increase your pledge temporarily on Patreon but PayPal is more direct. But again, we are absolutely not hurting for money so please don't feel like you have to donate or help out or else you won't get content. Content will still come out as scheduled but our back log just has to be temporarily deleted.

So if anyone can help out, great! If not, it's fine. I'm a little stressed over this but at the same time I'm just tryna see the bright side of things. It just means we're doing something right and getting bigger right? I remember hearing how Roosterteeth got slapped with a $10,000 bandwidth bill on their FIRST month so I'll consider myself blessed.

Thanks for helping us grow guys!