A quick update on Patreon fees (Patreon)
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From December 18th, Patreon will add a new charge on top of your pledge - specifically, 2.9% + $0.35. A $1 pledge, for example, will now cost you $1.38.
The idea is that Patreon creators like me will receive more money from each pledge. 95% instead of about 87%. Something to do with transaction fees.
Personally I'm not very happy about it and have sent an email to the company, asking them to reconsider. I believe that creators should take the hit to ensure that backers don't receive surprise charges, and so that backers can support lots of different creators with small payments.
Patreon is a service built on trust, fairness, and generosity, and I think this betrays those values. So on that note, I will totally understand if you need to reduce or remove your pledge. I thank you for your support this year!
But I hope you stick with me though!
I think that with the reading list, insider, game club, early access, credits list, playlist, and bonus posts like tutorials, reviews, and blogs I have proved to be one of the most rewarding pledges on the site and will continue to provide all of this in the new year - plus another bunch of well researched and presented videos that I absolutely cannot make without your help.
Either way, right now I'm finishing up the final video for 2017 and putting together all the Patreon rewards for December so I can have a couple weeks off for Christmas. I haven't taken any real holiday this year so I'm looking forward to a proper break. And I'll be back in January for some brand new videos on big topics, brilliant games, and awesome design concepts.
Cheers. Any questions lemme know and I'll do my best to answer them. Patreon also has a Q&A here.