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Is selling a patreon account now valuable? Ie if a company holds a patreon account, sell the company with just that asset to someone making similar content with

Is selling a patreon account now valuable? Ie if a company holds a patreon account, sell the company with just that asset to someone making similar content with a small transition period to fool any possible rules >:)

SilasX 8y ago
Depends on whether: 1) The transfer counts as an expense or gift under tax law. 2) Whether Patreon will cut you off when they find that's what you're doing. 3) Whether you can trust the person to user their donation link and that they'll correctly forward the money that's intended for you.
- gjs278 8y ago
  you wouldn’t get the money forwarded to you. you’d take the account credentials.
petercooper 8y ago
Maybe, but I expect you'd rarely ever see it due to the personal element. Podcasts are similarly valuable once they have a regular roster of advertisers but you almost never see them getting bought/sold because they're too associated with the hosts.
- hayksaakian 8y ago
  I've registered a patreon account years ago that has no sentimental value to me, and I assume many others are in the same boat. Much like social media accounts, which are bought and sold regularly, there's now a market for patreon accounts.
- emilfihlman 8y ago
  That's true but a transition period can change that, not to mention that some content is not creator dependent, especially if anonymous.
caprese 8y ago
yeah probably you have a lot of people still thinking its novel to buy followers, when its much more effective to buy accounts I've run a lot of companies/product launches this way and there are decent escrow services now. People really shouldn't waste their lives attempting social media any other way. The cheapening factor will probably reduce their dopamine addition to social media as well. A lot of fraud (between the buyer and seller) can be prevented if the platforms helped people sell and escrow accounts, taking a cut there too. Instagram, Patreon, Youtube could be making a lot of money from this.

SilasX 8y ago

Depends on whether: 1) The transfer counts as an expense or gift under tax law. 2) Whether Patreon will cut you off when they find that's what you're doing. 3) Whether you can trust the person to user their donation link and that they'll correctly forward the money that's intended for you.

gjs278 8y ago
you wouldn’t get the money forwarded to you. you’d take the account credentials.

petercooper 8y ago

Maybe, but I expect you'd rarely ever see it due to the personal element. Podcasts are similarly valuable once they have a regular roster of advertisers but you almost never see them getting bought/sold because they're too associated with the hosts.

hayksaakian 8y ago
I've registered a patreon account years ago that has no sentimental value to me, and I assume many others are in the same boat. Much like social media accounts, which are bought and sold regularly, there's now a market for patreon accounts.
emilfihlman 8y ago
That's true but a transition period can change that, not to mention that some content is not creator dependent, especially if anonymous.

caprese 8y ago

yeah probably you have a lot of people still thinking its novel to buy followers, when its much more effective to buy accounts I've run a lot of companies/product launches this way and there are decent escrow services now. People really shouldn't waste their lives attempting social media any other way. The cheapening factor will probably reduce their dopamine addition to social media as well. A lot of fraud (between the buyer and seller) can be prevented if the platforms helped people sell and escrow accounts, taking a cut there too. Instagram, Patreon, Youtube could be making a lot of money from this.