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I've been wondering for a while if these successful developers who use Patreon had hosted their own payment page with Stripe would they have received same succe
by Abishek_Muthian 4y ago
I've been wondering for a while if these successful developers who use Patreon had hosted their own payment page with Stripe would they have received same success?
Does 'Support me on Patreon' add more legibility than 'Support me on my x website' to a potential donor?
Because, Its trivial for a developer to integrate Stripe or any other PG on their website & they can stop paying double commissions on Patreon; Besides no vendor lock-in, censorship or payment delays.
- spijdar 4y agoI'm not super familiar with the pros/cons of all the options, but the 10,000 foot view AFAIK is that Patreon has a big advantage for people who want to give small monthly amounts to many people, as they can minimize the number of individual transactions, increasing efficiency (even after they take their cut). If you only support one or two people or you give larger monthly amounts, having Stripe or whatever set-up would be better - I think it's more about creating an atmosphere where it's encouraged to give relatively small fiscal amounts (a couple dollars a month) to many people.
- Abishek_Muthian 4y agoYou make a good point, Someone who donates to you regularly likely does so for few others and a single payment system for them could be useful; Even though the heavy lifting is done by Stripe for this case too.