Damien Kova

Thoughts For The Future Of Patreon (Patreon)

Published:

2021-01-24 19:14:36

Imported:

2024-05

Poll

Thoughts For The Future Of Patreon

I would stay pledged if prices increased 6
I would NOT stay pledged if prices increased 0
I would stay pledged if prices increased but at a lower tier 4
Option just to split the two polls since I can't leave one blank 0
I would lower my pledge if needed 3
I would rather stay a higher pledge 0
I would lower my pledge if needed (but would like priority in general commissions if possible) 4
Another "empty" spot 0
Post commissions instead of the monthly set 1
Post commissions instead of the monthly set, but include a Patron-voted story+art once a month 7
Don't post commissions, but lower the monthly set to 2 stories each month with art 2

Content

After having made the change of adding the $75 tier to Patreon and taking on all the work it's brought, I've noticed that things have been harder to finish than the last few months. I'm making more money because the slots on that tier filled up basically overnight, but I'm going to need to make some changes in order to adjust to make things easier on myself one way or another.

One way I've thought of doing that is by no longer taking standard commissions outside of Patreon anymore and offsetting the loss of income by increasing Patreon prices a bit. I currently charge $10 every 1,000 words on Patreon tiers compared to the $15 per 1,000 I charge for standard commissions. In order to offset that, I would increase the price for Patreon from $10 every 1,000 to $12.50 every 1k. Not too much, but enough that it should help.

Another way I've thought of doing this is by taking down the $75 tier and increasing the number of slots on the $50 tier while leaving everything else the same. It would just lessen the amount of work I have each month by a little bit. It means I'm making less, but it would free up my time a bit more by doing so.

However, I don't actually know what I want to go with. So below is 3 polls (technically 1 since I can't put 2 polls in one post) about if you would stay pledged if I increased prices ($30->$37.50, $50->$62.50, $75->$93.75). And another poll for those of you that are pledged at the higher tiers about if you'd be willing to shift to a lower one if I chose to make that change.

As I was typing this out, another option that came to mind was no longer writing the monthly Patreon story sets. But instead of just leaving you without the extra content, I would post commissions in their place and instead write 1 story each month with art to go along with it.

TLDR: Thinking of making changes to make the workload easier for me, below are polls to help me gather information to make a better choice that would keep everyone happy. If changes are made, they won't take place until March since I feel it's too late in January to make the changes for February.