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I'd love to know what the other options are out there, as mentioned in the article. Right now, patreon is well known, and I'd be concerned with an unknown site

I'd love to know what the other options are out there, as mentioned in the article. Right now, patreon is well known, and I'd be concerned with an unknown site turning supporters off.

cosmojg 6y ago
Liberapay[0] is my favorite. They're a nonprofit funded by donations through their own platform, and they don't charge any fees. [0] https://en.liberapay.com/about/ https://en.liberapay.com/about/
kradeelav 6y ago
SubscribeStar is popular among creatives https://www.subscribestar.com/ https://www.subscribestar.com/
elicash 6y ago
Self-host ghost.org?
quadrangle 6y ago
Here's a thorough summary: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfunding https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfundi... (at the wiki of still-not-launched different type of patronage platform that is sharing its own research)
- mirimir 6y ago
  Looking through that, I see some Bitcoin-driven services. What I don't see are any that accept payments and pay out via a wide range of channels, from PayPal to Bitcoin. And for Bitcoin, I don't mean Coinbase or exchange accounts that enforce KYC rules. Stripe used to work with Bitcoin, but no longer.
  - smichel17 6y ago
    We don't proactively search for new services or re-review those listed to make sure the information is still up to date[1].. but we do update the page if we hear about new ot changed services through other channels. So, if you or anyone else are aware of particular services that are notable for their flexibility in payment providers, please let me know and I'll add them to the page. That said, I would not be surprised if none exist. The more payment processors you support, the harder it is to avoid handling the money directly, which means more legal hurdles (regulations, liability); the simpler alternative (that snowdrift.coop is currently pursuing, for those practical reasons, although it is limiting in some respects) is to coordinate donations though other platforms. [1]: Aside, I was trying to write this sentence in the form "re-review the information for [up-to-date-ness]", but couldn't think of the right word. "Accuracy" is close, but doesn't capture the element of time. Any ideas?
    - mirimir 6y ago
      up-to-date-ness = currency It's not the usual meaning, and so confusing, although arguably the meanings are fundamentally consistent.
ivan_ah 6y ago
Gumroad has been pretty solid for all things I've tried. They have subscriptions, which is not exactly Patreon, but essentially the same kind of thing (recurrent payments).
voiper1 6y ago
I'm not totally sure what the UX is for a non programmer, but stripe is an option. They just released a customer billing portal for users to self-manage their plan on recurring billing. Sounds like it could hit many of the features.
serial_dev 6y ago
I know locals.com. I like their UI and they have a couple of bigger names on their platform. My impression is that most of the creators lean right.
wishinghand 6y ago
I keep hoping a self hosted option will pop up that’s easy to setup with Docker or an NPM install.

I'd love to know what the other options are out there, as mentioned in the article. Right now, patreon is well known, and I'd be concerned with an unknown site turning supporters off.

cosmojg 6y ago

Liberapay[0] is my favorite. They're a nonprofit funded by donations through their own platform, and they don't charge any fees. [0] https://en.liberapay.com/about/ https://en.liberapay.com/about/

kradeelav 6y ago

SubscribeStar is popular among creatives https://www.subscribestar.com/ https://www.subscribestar.com/

elicash 6y ago

Self-host ghost.org?

quadrangle 6y ago

Here's a thorough summary: https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfunding https://wiki.snowdrift.coop/market-research/other-crowdfundi... (at the wiki of still-not-launched different type of patronage platform that is sharing its own research)

mirimir 6y ago
Looking through that, I see some Bitcoin-driven services. What I don't see are any that accept payments and pay out via a wide range of channels, from PayPal to Bitcoin. And for Bitcoin, I don't mean Coinbase or exchange accounts that enforce KYC rules. Stripe used to work with Bitcoin, but no longer.
- smichel17 6y ago
  We don't proactively search for new services or re-review those listed to make sure the information is still up to date[1].. but we do update the page if we hear about new ot changed services through other channels. So, if you or anyone else are aware of particular services that are notable for their flexibility in payment providers, please let me know and I'll add them to the page. That said, I would not be surprised if none exist. The more payment processors you support, the harder it is to avoid handling the money directly, which means more legal hurdles (regulations, liability); the simpler alternative (that snowdrift.coop is currently pursuing, for those practical reasons, although it is limiting in some respects) is to coordinate donations though other platforms. [1]: Aside, I was trying to write this sentence in the form "re-review the information for [up-to-date-ness]", but couldn't think of the right word. "Accuracy" is close, but doesn't capture the element of time. Any ideas?
  - mirimir 6y ago
    up-to-date-ness = currency It's not the usual meaning, and so confusing, although arguably the meanings are fundamentally consistent.

ivan_ah 6y ago

Gumroad has been pretty solid for all things I've tried. They have subscriptions, which is not exactly Patreon, but essentially the same kind of thing (recurrent payments).

voiper1 6y ago

I'm not totally sure what the UX is for a non programmer, but stripe is an option. They just released a customer billing portal for users to self-manage their plan on recurring billing. Sounds like it could hit many of the features.

serial_dev 6y ago

I know locals.com. I like their UI and they have a couple of bigger names on their platform. My impression is that most of the creators lean right.

wishinghand 6y ago

I keep hoping a self hosted option will pop up that’s easy to setup with Docker or an NPM install.