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No "Beta-Lite" rewarded added to the $15 tier (Patreon)

Published:
2021-09-02 12:25:59
Imported:
2026-06

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Hey!

After yesterday's discussion and poll, I've decided not to add a "Beta-lite" reward to the $15 tier. Sorry for the whole announcement about it, but given how people were feeling and all the discussion around it, I figured I'd formally announce the results. 

Comments

Harrison Vanderbyl

If you find yourself building up a backlog, you could always release for your top tier at your pace, while everybody else has a schedule. Puddles I think did that with LORG and now his $10 tier is now +200. Absolutely no reason to get a lower tier when the top tier is sooo far ahead and has a slightly faster release rate.

Alexey G

There is nothing wrong trying to figure out what to do with different patron tiers. Testing it out is far better than making sudden announcements about doing things that you are conflicted yourself. With the income you receive perhaps you could hire a professional editor with whom you could offload portion of your work so you could release more chapters and focus more on content rather than on fixing textual errors and wording issues as well as get some writing improvements. Or it could only be feasible once you get a few hundred more patrons - not that I know anything about it. About the 15$ subscribers - I am really uncertain what to add. Requests for side stories and addition of side characters could be a thing but you already do so. That's being said, the 10$ subscribers could be entitled to these bonuses as well. I am not sure if it is really worthwhile to differentiate patron groups based on $ tier - anything beyond the 5$ is primarily people that really like you and your work and just want to support you extra - not sure why you want to differentiate between 10$ and 15$.

Grumlen

I get the complications when it comes to balancing subscriber tiers. My general thought process is based on the average price of a digital novel ($5-15), which means there's 3 main factors: Quantity, quality, & queue. For quality it's pretty simple, because if I don't like the content I won't back it. The community can also factor into this, since it's enjoyable to be able to discuss what I read with others and none of my IRL friends read like I do. Quantity is a matter of how quickly new content is released, and I like to feel I'm getting a significant chunk of content on par with a light novel. Queue is the gap between free and patreon content, and while most authors measure it in chapters I prefer to measure it in time. Overall, my personal preference is a 1-2 month queue and enough quanity for at least half a novel per $15 spent. The $15 tier you suggested would add about 3 weeks to the queue at potentially lower quality for $10 extra, which didn't really interest me. The kicker, however, is that it would trigger the FOMO response, which is part of annoys me when people have multiple tiers with the only difference being the queue. Hope my reasoning explains things without sounding accusatory. Love the story, and plan to keep backing until you finish it.

Billy Wolf

I don't normally comment on these, I join the Patreon just to support novels I am reading and love finally going to print. As long as I am getting consistent releases and it being ahead of Royal Road I'm usually ok with it. However when people go up to a 10/15 a month subscription I feel like they are asking too much. Some of my favorite authors on the planet. Like L.E. Modesitt only charge 14.99 for a brand new release. So for me once the price point goes too much beyond $5.00 a month I'm out. It's simply not worth the price I'm paying. In my opinion.

Rui Lourenço

I think differentiating the $15 tier is not necessary. These are people going above and beyond because they love you and your work and can afford the expense. At the moment I can't justify it, but if I did I think the whole point would be that the extra dollars were entirely extra and serving as a donation. If anything, I would enjoy little surprises and gifts like the occasional artwork maybe a physical trinket once in a blue moon. Something that felt like a gratitude gift and did not turn my donation into a payment for a service. As someone that is *not* a 15 sub I know that the existence of these advance chapters would make me want to pay those 10 bucks. It might seem petty to vote no on an issue that wouldn't change my tier at all but it's not about others. Its simply the way it warps my brain to know that the answer to a cliffhanger is 10 dollars away. In either case, I love this story and I love supporting it and I hope to one day be able to give more than the bare minimum, no matter the rewards. I think giving to authors working to make this growing genre great, specially authors that give away their work for free, is 100% positive. Keep doing this great work and I think I speak for a majority of patreons when I say you're already doing more than enough!