For New Patrons: Charge Up Front (Patreon)

I've applied a new setting to the ThreatWire Patreon account called "Charge Up Front". Since I've introduced the discord server reward and need to keep it exclusive to only paying contributors, I've had to keep track of anyone who hadn't paid by auditing the server members. Because of this process, I lost patrons who had signed up but not paid yet, which doesn't help the show or my ability to keep financing myself or the content. I didn't mind giving away free access for the first month, and actually considered it to be a really cool perk, but the upset patron made me realize that process wasn't as clear as I thought it was.

So I've turned on Charge Up Front. This setting doesn't change anything for current patrons. You are still charged on the first of the month like usual. 

This does affect new patrons. You'll now be charged on the day you pledge, then every 1st afterwards. So if you pledge on June 20th, you'll be charged on June 20th, then again on July 1st, August 1st, September 1st, etc. You'll no longer have a freebie month up front. This does mean that my Patreon-only content is better protected, but it also means it's beneficial to you to pledge at the beginning of the month instead of at the end.

Any questions? Hit the link on this post or hit me up in the Discord server. You can also send a message on my Patreon page.