June 2022 Financial Update (Patreon)

The monthly update is coming soon as Kyle can take a moment away from his Alpha-hull to write his paragraph. In the meantime here are our June figures for you guys.

After platform fees and merch that'll be sent out soon, we got $7,810 of the $10,834 that was pledged for June on or around July 5th. There's actually $1,182 available to withdraw from July still that Patreon found (they do every month after the initial first round of attempted charges) which will change the figures.

Patreon's cut totals $1,122 and payment fees (like billing costs) were $601.

The merch this month was $992 (see note below for special talk about merch.)

YouTube ad revenue brought in $1,209 for the month of May on June 22nd.

Our expenses for the month of June were:

Lawyer fees to the ex-GmbH (tomorrow they are paid and only $2,546, woo!): $3,675

Seven members of the core team: $3,802

Subscriptions for three monthly and one yearly service: $309

Postage: $241

Ads for our store and site which I thought were supposed to end, and I am gonna figure out now...: $274

Misc. store refunds, COGS, purchases, and fees totaling: $1,424

Not an expense, but transferred to our VDR savings account: $2286.

A special note about merch! (this will be addressed in the update too)

We've gotten a lot of messages and emails wondering where your merch and rewards are as you've been with us for a while! This is something I've wanted to take a moment to address. About half a year ago we had Patreon handle our merch instead of us mailing out postcards and prints due to the stress and time commitment. It was very difficult for one person (Matt) to mail out hundreds of items monthly after April 2021 and there's still *a lot* of merch that is due from the TU year that we hope to get to this fall. Having Patreon manage it takes a load off our backs and, presumably, doesn't get us stuck in a situation like we are with the model ship store. 

But we did set up the items you get, we can't guarantee when exactly you get them after Patreon processes them. We ask you to be a little patient and perhaps check out their FAQ on the merch at the bottom of this page (it is more detailed to creators but it might help you understand.)

Please make sure you have your physical addresses filled out in your profiles. When your merch is coming you should get an email from Patreon (check your spams!) which will have tracking! They provide all the customer support if anything gets lost or broken and will replace (apparently within reason, they had to write out on their page...)

I hope that answers any outstanding concerns! Your merch is coming! Patreon guarantees it!