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Recent Paid Signup Experience

  • Paid signup worked fine (US) 5
  • Paid signup worked fine (non-US) 2
  • I had trouble completing payment (US) 0
  • I had trouble completing payment (non-US) 0
  • I planned to join as a free member 7
  • 2026-03-24
  • 14 votes
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Quick question for newer supporters, especially those who joined since March 9: I’ve noticed some unusual membership stats lately, and before I contact Patreon support, I wanted to ask whether any of you ran into checkout or payment issues when trying to join a paid tier.

Comments

Russ Tinkess

I had a problem in either January or February where the payment didn’t go through and I said “try it again” and the transaction just wouldn’t complete, despite me having plenty of room on my card. Solution was to cancel my membership and immediately rejoin with a new card. I’ve since tried to reset this membership‘s setting back to the old card but it doesn’t want to stick. This month’s payment came off the new card.

Cloud Beta

I think it's just because Sultryspark recommend you :)

SultrySpark

It also happened on my Patreon, some members tried to purchase a paid subscription or just wanted to keep their subscription and it didn't work/ their subscription was cancelled

Cloud Beta

I got the free membership to check out your recommendation, I guess many did

SultrySpark

Glad to hear that c: But it's Patreon's fault not mine 😔

Artoonizer

Oh, thanks so much for clarifying this in detail! It really looks like that’s the reason.

Artoonizer

Oh wow, thanks! It definitely looks like this is not an isolated case, but a broader Patreon problem.

Russ Tinkess

Biggest problem with this glitch is it screws with my ‘stats’. My membership details will say ‘Since (XXXX)’ and I’ll be like “It’s actually been a year but I’ve had to cancel-and-rejoin three times!” 🤣