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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators (www.patreon.com)
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[–] FreedomAdvocate -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They haven’t increased prices in 6 years. Inflation over the last 6 years is like what, 30%?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get what you are saying but unless pateron does waaay more than I think they do 10% cut for hosting a web page to take subscription money seems unreasonable. Which is where all the hate for it comes from.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Someone else should do it for 9% then. Easy, right?

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ko-fi charges a 5% platform fee on some features (like memberships, shop, and commissions), but donations are free. They also charge payment processing fees from PayPal or Stripe.

There is also Buy me coffee

We don't charge a monthly fee. All features, including publishing and emails, are free for everyone. We charge a 5% transaction fee, and creators keep 95% of the earnings.

The issue is the size of platform. Once you get to certain size you can do w/e for hosting fees plus brand name support people feel comfortable donationing to. Only fans and subscriberstar charge more because others dont support NSFW stuff so thats obviously a jerk move. Sure pateron does things like tier system but is that really worth the cost. Im not sold on it yet.

[–] FreedomAdvocate 2 points 1 day ago

So if those platforms are better everyone will move to them if they don't like a 2% increase (or 2% decrease) in fees on Patreon. That's great, that's how the free market works. Vote with your dollars.