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On the other hand, Patreon bills supporters as one lump sum and then pays out as a lump sum as well - that should at least offset the flat per-transaction fee,

• harles 4y ago
  On the billing side, I’d guess it’s unlikely to help. I’ve never paid more than $6/mo total on Patreon and I’d expect this is typical.
  • Cerium 4y ago
    Mine is about $20 a month, a couple $5, a couple $1 per episode, one $3.5.
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• echelon 4y ago
  They should have a system to charge in bulk up front that you can then use to support creators. Similar to how Reddit allows purchase of hundreds of thousands of coins at once. Sell "Patreon Tokens". 100 for $100 at a one to one exchange rate. You can then spend in stores (one time redemptions) or subscribe to creators.
• egypturnash 4y ago
  They keep on proposing stuff that will break this. Usually it is claimed to be an attempt to solve the problem of someone supporting a creator who uses Patreon to create a paywall, snagging everything they can, and cancelling before the monthly charge ever hits. Which is a problem but their proposed solutions always seem to involve things like "now everyone pays on the anniversary of when they started supporting a creator" which just completely fucks up the original value proposition of "we merge lots of little transactions into one decent-sized one", as well as fucking things up for people like me who are just using Patreon as a tip jar for stuff they release publicly. Letting individual creators decide this will work for them and opt into it is never mentioned as an option, so Patreon gets to hear a loud, sustained scream from creators who are normally quiet, and walk it back a week later.