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[POLL] [IMPORTANT!] Potential Word Reward Changes! Please Read!

  • I am a Patron, and this would interest me / is better than the old system 4
  • I am a Patron, and this would not interest me / is not better than the old system 2
  • I am not a Patron, and this would interest me / is better than the old system 7
  • I am not a Patron, and this would not interest me / is not better than the old system 2
  • 2025-06-09
  • —2025-06-16
  • 15 votes
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Hi everyone! I've been mulling over a few changes to how I do word/commission discount rewards, and I figured I would make a poll to see if people are interested.

As things work right now, I give commission discounts to Doe and up Patrons, along with flat word count rewards to Antelope and up Patrons. I'm considering consolidating both systems into a flat word count reward system, with a spreadsheet to track what each of my Patrons has stored up. If anyone here is familiar with ScottC's Calico Rewards system, I imagine it working somewhat similarly to that; except instead of redeeming for art, you would be redeeming it for free words on a commission. For example:

Right now, a 3000 word commission from me would be $246. If someone had 1000 words to redeem, it would cut it down to 2000 words being actually charged, or $164.

I wouldn't actually be moving things between price tiers (example again, a 3000-word short story can't become a 1500-word quickie by redeeming 1500 words), but I think it's a good way to consolidate things (and it's kind of what I've been doing with my highest tier Patrons for a while anyway), as well as extending benefits to more Patrons!

Here's the word reward scheme I've come up with:

Doe - 20 words / month
Buck - 50 words / month
Moose - 200 words / month
Antelope - 500 words / month [unchanged]
Reindeer - 1500 words / month [unchanged]

I'd maintain the spreadsheet monthly. I haven't been getting a lot of people actually using their commission discounts, so I hope this would incentivize more people - but let me know what you think, both Patrons and non-Patrons!

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