New patron reward system - what do you think? (Patreon)

AniFem editor-in-chief Amelia here. Thank you all, as always, for your continued support. Every dollar adds up and contributes to make AniFem bigger and better for everyone, most recently by enabling us to make weekly podcasts and pay our audio editor for his work on them. 

We've been saying for a while now that our existing patron structure doesn't really work. However, when we've asked you for suggestions the most popular response has been "We're not really in it for rewards, just keep doing what you're doing!" This is lovely, and very much appreciated, but we want to structure things so that you feel you're getting some value for your money (and, frankly, to make it more appealing to potential new patrons so we can raise more money and accomplish even more). 

As such, we're proposing we shift our patron model entirely to one of increasing access to the team, as follows:

$1 and above: Access to patron-only feed*
$5 and above: Access to AniFem Discord for patrons, contributors and staff
$10 and above: Access to monthly Q&A with the team
$20 and above: Access to our podcast recordings live, with the opportunity to ask questions and get a recording of our responses

*After shifting to this model, the patron-only feed will start to have more exclusive content, e.g. releasing mini podcast episodes from the $20+ question sessions recorded after our podcasts, or of the answers from the monthly $10+ Q&A, as well as continuing our existing direct contact in posts like this and links to new posts. 

We're planning to make these changes this week, in time for our seven-month anniversary on Thursday, but if you have any feedback please let us know! 

Thank you again for all your support. Your money currently goes to pay writers, behind the scenes administrators and audio editors, and will soon go to pay our post editors too. I don't know of any other fan-run anime site which has prioritised paying staff from day one like this, and I couldn't be prouder to be a part of it. I hope you feel the same. 

Amelia