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Evan You makes 180k/year just from Patreon, excluding additional gigs such as speaking at conferences. (https://www.patreon.com/evanyou/overview https://www.pat
by ohadron 8y ago
Evan You makes 180k/year just from Patreon, excluding additional gigs such as speaking at conferences. (https://www.patreon.com/evanyou/overview https://www.patreon.com/evanyou/overview)
Some more about his business model: https://blog.patreon.com/vue-js-creator-evan-you https://blog.patreon.com/vue-js-creator-evan-you
- vbsteven 8y agoYes, and it took him 2 years as the developer of one of the biggest JS frameworks with thousands of users to reach that level. And even then, over 80% of his Patreon comes from 3 backers at 2000/mo and 18 backers at 500/mo. I assume those are all companies. The revenue he has from individual users is peanuts.
- tinus_hn 8y agoI hope Patreon doesn’t take a percentage out of that..
- JshWright 8y agoWhy wouldn't they...? Shouldn't they be compensated for the service they provide?
- tinus_hn 8y agoThey don’t provide a thousand times as much of a service as they would if the donation was $2.
- petecooper 8y agoPatreon take 5%, as I understand it.
- madshiva 8y agoAnd I don't understand why a bunch of guy that show computer with no basket and many stickers can sell things.