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I feel a bit cheated... (Patreon)

Published:
2018-11-30 21:12:37
Imported:
2026-06

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Hi guys,


I'm considering changing the pledge option to "charge upfront" for the following months. This change will only apply to new pledgers. I'm still thinking about it though and haven't fully decided on it yet. But it could be an action I would take.


I've recently noticed that the honor system I wanted to promote on my Patreon was being taken advantage of. Quite a few people have 'fake pledged', took content and cancelled their pledges and ran off before I can collect. I just felt let down at some level.


I mean I want my content to be accessible to most people but having that feeling of being taken advantage of sucks. And I do put out free content on my galleries too. They could have at least pledged one time, get as much content as they want from my Patreon and then cancel, that would have been fine. But take all my content and not even leave me a dollar at least? C'mon, that's just low.


I'm currently looking at what other artists do with their Patreons where they package their monthly content and just send supporters links to download it from as opposed to uploading it all on their actual Patreon page archive for people to download like what I have been doing. Though doing that can be time consuming.


I'm open to suggestions too on how to deal with this fairly. I'm just posting this to let you guys know what I'm thinking of before I even decide on it.


As for all of you who are still here supporting my page after all this time, my deepest thanks go to you. I haven't been able to grow my Patreon support this year like I was hoping to but I'm still thankful to those of you who stayed to support me. Your contributions really help out lighten the financial burden a bit for me.


I'm still hopeful that I would reach my first goal after some time.


Thanks again for the continued support, you guys!







Comments

Studio Oppai

I started using charge upfront right when they first added it to Patreon. Unfortunately a lot of people will try to just be a patron and skip out by the end of the month. It's really the best and most sure approach. On top of using the charge upfront I also at the start of every month share a dropbox link on my Patreon for my fans to download all the content from the month prior more easily. I got taken advantage of a lot when I first started Patreon too until they added the charge upfront system.

meganeJoe
>>17604707

Thanks for the input. I'm checking out what other artists do regarding this too and it seems that a lot of them do that same thing. Come to think of it, I haven't seen an artist directly upload their rewards on their Patreon page (the ones I follow, at least). They always tend to link their reward packages outside of Patreon.

pengin senshi

The Creators I follow that do direct posting on Patreon have charge upfront, which is fine. Others do the messaging route, but if that’s too much work, charge upfront will be your best bet.

Lunar Astra

Sorry to hear that happened. I have also seen artists post lower res images as a preview or even censorship, then mail out a link at the end of the month, but I could see that being pretty time consuming. Whatever you decide, I hope to keep supporting you long term! I have enjoyed working with you since my first request back on Hkey. Keep up the great work!

Galatea

Oh Man, that is definitely being cheated. Charging up front 1st is I do think a good method. It's hard these days to run things on trust. I remember I was watching Zone Tans private channel while she drew her new piece and it was an honor system not to leak it out but she shut down everything the moment it was found leaked on 4chan. Whatever you do Joe, You have my full support!