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Patreon probably uses a credit card processor that prohibits selling pornography, as many of them do. If you're an original content creator you should not be u
by featherverse 9y ago
Patreon probably uses a credit card processor that prohibits selling pornography, as many of them do.
If you're an original content creator you should not be using Patreon as your sole source of income. Patreon is a good way to get attention for your brand, but your primary goal as a creator of goods for sale should always be to funnel your fans to your own website where you control all sales and you don't have to give a portion of each sale to someone else.
- vacri 9y ago5% is a pretty small middleman 'take'. I agree with the 'you shouldn't rely on an independent entity you don't have leverage over', but not because they're taking a cut.
- featherverse 9y agolast I checked it was 10%. They charge 5% for processing payments which is 2% higher than paypal and stripe charge for processing payments, which they are certainly pocketing as hidden profit. Which is lying, another reason not to work with them. It is _so easy_ to set up a wordpress site and start taking payments using something like wp-invoice or woocommerce. You don't need a fancy custom theme. The built in themes work great, nobody is going to care if a graphic artist uses a custom theme or not.
- vacri 9y agoFair enough, I just took it from here, which doesn't list the specific processing fee. https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204606125-How-do-you-calculate-fees- https://patreon.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204606125-How-...
- timthelion 9y agoHow would you funnel your fans to your own website if the credit card processors won't let YOU sell porn?
- featherverse 9y agoJust put a link to your website in your profile. Or in the emails you send out to your patrons periodically.
- timthelion 9y agoYou didn't understand my point. Having a website isn't enough to sell porn if the credit card companies won't let you charge money for it.
- featherverse 9y agoThere are processors who don't care, obviously, since all porn websites accept credit card payments. As a business owner you can do the research to figure out which ones to use. all I'm saying is patreon is a waste of money, and should only be used to expand visibility and reach.
- jstarfish 9y agoServices like Patreon function as something of a proxy that obscures the nature of your business from the credit card processors, who otherwise won't let you conduct adult-related transactions through their platforms.