MMF VS Minihoarder (Patreon)

Hello everyone!

I have done a bit of exploration on MMF and I am ready to share what I figure out from the platform. We have to decide which platform to use and what can happen, each has its advantages and disadvantages.

MMF review

Creating user groups is a simple task and I can attach files to it really simple and easy after I got the hang of things. 

As you have experienced Subgroups can be a problem because Products and Users must be in the same subgroup. If you are not then you will not receive a miniature.

Deleting a miniature or a User from the list can be troublesome because the user will lose access to every miniature shared with him.

The way to get around this: Every month I will create a subgroup for the miniatures released during the month (or the pack), I will add users to the list and next month I create another subgroup and add users to it.

Patron Commission/Loyalty Reward models will be harder to manage and susceptible to errors but doable. I will create a separate group for it and manage each file separately and manually, adding users to each model as they unlock the miniatures (as time goes on this will be too time-consuming because the number of models will increase, 1 per month)

Unfortunately, on MMF I will have to be like everyone else, people will have access only to the miniatures released on the month, next month I create another list and grant access. An evergrowing welcome pack will be impossible because users must remain in the list and I can't add new miniatures to the list, or else a user (not subscribed) will have access to a miniature that he should not have. I can however create Welcome Pack 1, 2, 3 4... and so on, unfortunately, this would also increase my time adding new users to each pack.

The Shared with me will be organized in this structure

Imagine Minis> Patreon >202X MonthX Releases

                                                 >202X MonthY Releases

                             > Loyalty Reward > Each miniature listed

                             > Welcome Pack > X-Group of 6 miniatures

                                                                   Y-Group of 6 miniatures

Minihoarder review

There are no user groups, no product groups, so I have to manually pick the list and add them for each product. With one click I pull the list of Patron but have to do it every time I give products.

Creating a Welcome pack will be hard because as time moves on I will have to "remember" the list of products to give.

Once I give the product it's yours, I can't take it back. If you don't have an account the website will wait for you to create your account to give you the miniatures, even if you unsubscribe.

I can't keep doing both platforms, at least not without help, or else I could put at risk miniature sculpt time. Changing from Minihoarder to MMF will imply a split of model releases, meaning you would need to download new releases from MMF and older from Minihoarder.

I will release miniatures on both Platforms and offer the lowest prices on Minihoarder (Lower commission and no month subscription fee), but I have to pick one to make Patron delivery.

In my opinion, no Platform is perfect, having advantages and disadvantages. I will do what you guys decide and think it's better, this poll will be open until 30th of December where I will announce changes for next year on the Monthly report.

Sorry for the long post but, I had to add as many details as possible. If you have any comments or doubt's please, leave them in the comments or send me a DM.

Best regards,

Ivo