How should my Early Access work? (Patreon)
Content
Previously this was the model I was working with:
- first half of the week: Early Access Patreon content (vote pic or Patreon commission)
- second half of the week: public content (non-Patreon commission, gift art, sometimes a personal project)
There are a few problems with this, the main one being that I've been wearing myself trying to keep up with that amount of content. The next biggest thing is that it's hard to give people all that info when they want to support me and I don't want to trick them or make them read walls of text to understand all the rules/quirks of how this thing works.
Here are some of my possible solutions:
- Model A: include everything in Early Access (excluding gift art and non-Patreon commissions), but stick to a consistent upload schedule of, like, 1 guaranteed pic per-week (I'll still probably upload more than this, but it will be bonus content)
- Model B: limit Early Access to only Patreon content (vote pics, Patreon commissions), everything else gets uploaded publicly
- Model C: start a monthly OC comic and use Patreon to fund it, supporters get Early Access to new pages, 1 guaranteed comic each month, the Monthly Votes might be replaced by this comic
Personally, I'd like to try the comic model and see how it goes, but I don't know how viable it will be (if at all). Some big names in the community make some good money from comics, but I don't know if it'll work for me as well. Plus, as I mentioned in my burnout post, teasing fanart of popular characters seems to be the biggest draw for new support.
In any case, I want to make sure most of you are okay with whatever the new model will be and I'll still do some deliberating before I commit to any changes.
So, please vote on all the options you like and let me know if you have any additional thoughts in the comments!