Switching to Monthly Subscription Model (Patreon)

Well this came out of left field. Apparently, Apple is being a pain and demanding any app that exists on their store that uses a subscription model use the monthly subscription model. That means Patreon's per-release model and first-of-the-month model are dead to Apple, and Patreon won't support them anymore, at all.

This leaves me with literally only 1 option: switching to monthly. Now luckily for me, my release schedule is usually pretty consistent, 3 chapters a month, which makes this change a more-or-less easy thing to do, but do be aware that the listed price of tiers will triple. Your bill will be unchanged. Current patrons will get billed a monthly fee at the first of every month.

This does mean now there's a gun to my head to make sure I always release 3 chapters a month, to justify the tier price, and I'll do my damnedest to make sure that happens. But I also understand patrons are usually okay with delays if that means better quality, so... we'll see. \o/

Apple is also demanding their 30% cut, so prices will be increasing by 30% for new Apple iOS Patreon users, but only for NEW users. Old users shouldn't have to worry about the 30% increase.

This has to happen before November, so I'll be doing this asap.

Hit me if you have any questions.

Edit:

• About the apple fee: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/27992185537037-How-iOS-in-app-purchases-work-for-fans

• https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon

• "Before we go any further, we want to be crystal clear about one thing: Apple’s fee will not impact your existing members. It will only affect new memberships purchased in the iOS app from November onward."