Possible Changes to Patreon (Please Read, Feedback Needed!) (Patreon)
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First of all, I just want to open up with saying thank you once more for supporting my art here on Patreon, and for sticking with me so far and being so helpful and supportive with your comments and conversations we've had. Right now I need your help with improving my Patreon page, and what I have to offer to you and future patrons.
Lately I've been thinking about how I run my Patreon, specifically regarding commissions. When I first started here, my plan was to have commission slots exclusive to Patreon, to help keep better track of them and to help raise money. While that's worked out pretty well thus far, I'm starting to wonder if it's the right direction I should be taking. In retrospect, it doesn't seem fair for my viewers to pay money in order to... well, pay money again for art. At the very least, it doesn't seem like much of an incentive.
So I've thought of a few things I could do- I could offer a few commissions on each of my various sites- DeviantART, Tumblr, FurAffinity- as well as Patreon, but perhaps offer more exclusive types of commissions: on every other site you could get sketches or inks, but on Patreon you can get full-color commissions, that sort of thing. Or maybe just offer more commission slots on Patreon than any other site.
Another idea I had was exclusive types of commissions. I've seen more than a few artists offer special types of commissions- mugshots, Your-Character-Heres, themed pictures featuring people's OCs in a predetermined setting or costumes... things like that. They look like fun, and I've wanted to try my hand at them for quite some time.
I've also thought about doing a Livestream where you can watch me draw, but I'm hesitant to do that- I've never really sat through another artist's Livestream, let alone done one myself. I'll have to look into it.
Finally, I've thought about making designs to sell on merchandise for RedBubble. I have a few ideas in mind that I think would look great on a t-shirt, though like Livestreaming, I've never done anything like this before, so I'll have to look into it before I can get anything made.
With all that said, please leave any comments, feedback and suggestions in the comments below! I would really appreciate it. I want this Patreon page to reach its full potential.