New Patreon incentives, possible changes in the future (Patreon)
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So... YouTube has demonetized my entire channel with its 15,000 subscribers and over 6,5 million views. This is very unfortunate, as YouTube has been my biggest source of traffic for couple of years now. I've been extremely lucky to get such a large following for such a niche project, and only a handful of my videos have ever been demonetized.
Now, let's be frank – I've always been on borrowed time on YouTube, as my content can be seen as "containing sexual themes or content isolated for the purpose of sexual gratification", as YouTube so kindly currently defines it. This is not the initial purpose of the content, of course, as it is the literal opposite – but if I put myself in the position of some underpaid YouTube staff consultant, I can completely understand their differing view.
There is the option to reapply for the monetization status at the start of October, but I don't hold high hopes for that. To be monetized again would require for me to pretty much hide most of my videos or reupload them and hope that the new edits would not look too "sexually gratifying" on the eyes of the person who looks upon these things on YouTube.
What will this mean? Will there be videos?
Yes. I enjoy creating videos and I'm absolutely not going to stop doing so. What will be different, though, is that the upcoming videos will be Patreon-only. As I briefly mentioned before, this means that we'll be able to chat more freely with the models, as the video will be published for a very limited and trusted audience – you.
Because Vimeo works well with Patreon to limit the availability of the video to Patrons only, you'll find the future videos over there. As far as I've understood it, Vimeo has a much better video quality, too. Hopefully you'll be happy with these changes.
Future Patreon benefit changes possible – what do you want?
As the "balance" of the Patreon benefits will change due to the upcoming video change, this might mean that adjusting the pricing/benefits might change, too. Patreon has also teased with the possibility to change the main currency from USD to EUR, which would be beneficial.
Any future changes in any of the tier benefits and/or pricing will follow if this becomes available. You will be notified before any possible changes and I'm more than happy to discuss with what you would prefer.
So the questions are...
- What would you like to change with the Patreon benefits?
- Would you like more of something?
- Do you find some aspect of your patronage unnecessary?
- What would add value to you?