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Hello, everyone!

With Patreon updating their community guidelines, my page is in trouble of being terminated. Because of that, I'm asking you to switch to supporting me on Subscribestar as soon as possible.

CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE TO MY SUBSCRIBESTAR! 

Substar uses a system that charges you when you sign up, and then charges you again on that same date the next month. So, I'd recommend only signing up right now if you have the money: otherwise, wait to sign-up at the beginning of next month. (I'll post a reminder about this.) Substar only charges you once, while here on Patreon you can choose to pay me once or weekly depending on your budget.

To put it bluntly: when I do get the boot, it's going to be the biggest pay-cut I've taken in my entire life. My whole career is about to get re-structured so please bear with me through the growing pains.

Right now, I'm in the middle of re-uploading all of my PDFs to Substar to make them available to folks pledged there. Solanaceae page backlog will come next. This is an ongoing process, since I have a ton of stuff, so please be patient as the archive gets up to date.

The Secret Club site will not be affected at all by this process, as it operates entirely on it's own and is hosted by a fantastic person.

I do not plan on taking down my Patreon page until I absolutely have to: but you may see work from the archive here disappear as I clean up. I recommend downloading as many PDFs off this page as possible, while you still can. 

What are the next steps?

First, we try to get as many folks as we can moved over to Subscribestar. Then, we wait it out. It's going to be very tough to get folks to move over to Substar and I can't afford to close down this page until I'm forced to. I'll be updating both pages simultaneously for now.

I'll have to be a lot more focused on commissions and game work for a while until I can start making money from PDFs again.

Again, to be clear, I am not shutting down this Patreon page until I'm forced to.

Why is this happening?

Patreon recently updated their community guidelines to ban and restrict a bunch of content, and some of those bans affect my page. Specifically their updates policies about monster stuff, BDSM, and bondage.

Even though I think all of my content is still up to snuff with the guidelines, there is now a huge possibility my page will be wiped from the site without any prior notice. This is something all of us saw coming, we just didn't know when it was going to happen. 

So, I'm preemptively moving my content over to Substar and trying to get as many folks to follow me as I can.

What forms of payment does Substar take?

Unfortunately, Substar doesn't accept Paypal. (But remember, Paypal is a bit part of the reason I'm even in this mess right now...) You must use a debit or credit card to pay. I'm pretty sure pre-paid cards are allowed though, which is something Substar has over Patreon.

And as with Patreon, I don't think Cashapp, Apple pay, or Google pay work either.

What changes are you making to tiers?

Tiers here on Patreon will remain the same until I'm booted. As for Substar, I've trimmed it down quite a lot. The $3 and $5 tiers remain as is, but the commission tier has combined into one, bigger commission slot of $30 for a 2 person, color sketch commission. 5 slots are available-- feel free to grab one!

How are you doing?

Frankly, I'm stressed. But, there are a lot worse things going on in the world right now so I'm just trying to take it step by step and keep looking forward as much as possible. My life will probably change for a while, and that's just how it goes. I appreciate everyone here so much and I can't thank you enough for the support you've given me.

It's my Mom's birthday today, so I'm going to go spend time with her. Love you all.

Feel free to ask more questions below and I'll try to answer you best I can and include them above. I'll be adding more info later, when I'm more available.

✔ ADDED QUESTIONS HERE...

Do I need to be subscribed on Substar to get the Secret Club password?

I'm still going to be updating this Patreon page for as long as possible alongside now updating Substar too. So, you can be subscribed to either Substar OR Patreon for the Monthly Passwords. (You don't need both.)

You moving over to Substar just ensures that you're able to stay in touch with me and my content when the inevitable big delete happens. 

I'll be looking into alternative ways for folks who can't use Substar to buy the Secret Club password once Patreon goes down. I'll post about that as soon as I have more details.

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Mr H00PZ.

Enjoy your Mom's birthday. 🎂 I'll definitely subscribe to you again.

djpon.3

For the secret club, should I subscribe on Substar to get the monthly passwords instead of here?

Wed0kto

I am wondering the same thing. Ngl

D Tanuki

Subbed on Subscribestar too <3

PaganPrince

Definitely thinking of you at this time and sending all the good vibes into the universe for you. I'll def be transferring my sub over asap 💕

Mr H00PZ.

There we go. All subbed now. Sending good vibes your way!

Quadrant

Patreon too? Sorry you have to deal with all this. Will see you over there 😁

AlysiaWright

I'll definitely go to subscribestar if your patreon gets shut down! I'd be so sad without your art◇, Battam☆, and Sal♡. I've bookmarked and screenshot everything so I won't lose you, but I also read your stuff on Tapas♡ Hope you make it though this as smoothly as possible 🙏

JustShiver

I tried but i unfortunately need a credit card for it wich is really hard to get in my country (Netherlands) I can only do paypal atm so that really sucks and I hope to find a way around it ! I want to keep supporting

Ilanit Stern

Moved over! Time to party again

DCS

Thanks very much! We had a good time, despite all that's going on.

DCS

You can be subscribed to either Substar OR Patreon for the Monthly Passwords. (You don't need both.) As I said above, I'm still going to be updating this Patreon page for as long as possible alongside now updating Substar. You moving over to Substar just ensures that you're able to stay in touch with me and my content when the inevitable big delete happens. Does that make sense?

DCS

You can be subscribed to either Substar OR Patreon for the Monthly Passwords. (You don't need both.) As I said above, I'm still going to be updating this Patreon page for as long as possible alongside now updating Substar. You moving over to Substar just ensures that you're able to stay in touch with me and my content when the inevitable big delete happens. Does that make sense?

DCS

Thanks! Make sure to remember to unsub from Patreon when you get the chance!

DCS

THANKS SO MUCH! You're amazing! 😭💕

DCS

Thanks so so much!

DCS

Yeah, Patreon was technically before Gumroad but folks didn't realize how deep it ran until we saw some responses from mods about stuff. (It isn't great.) I can't thank you enough for subbing to be over there! 🙏

DCS

Thanks so much! I'll try to make announcements everywhere that I can if/when the page here gets shut down!

DCS

You aren't able to get a debit card at ALL? How do folks in the Netherlands get money out of their bank? (Genuine question.) Right now, there's not easy way for me to be able to support folks who can only use Paypal-- which sucks! I've been trying to think up solutions (like a one-time purchase of the password thru another site, etc) but a lot of those plans either aren't allowed by sites TOS or just need more time in the oven. I'll do what I can to keep working on that and keeping folks updated. For now, at least the Patreon page is still up X__X Thanks for your patience and support!

DCS

Thanks so so much!

JustShiver

Debit card doesnt work online basically, we have our own system for that called iDeal that we use for paying with just our bank account , its been a problem with so many websites and drives me crazy, our debit cards basically dont work like credit cards, i have a debit card but you cannot use it for online payments.. its a struggle, ive been looking into prepaid credit cards

djpon.3

Yeah that makes sense. I’ll be sure to move over once needed. Thanks!

DCS

Thank *you*! I appreciate folks who are willing to move with me now and when the time comes in the future too.

Saraswati

Could I please have a link? I couldn’t find you on subscribe star :c

DCS

Damn! I thought the big " Click here to subscribe " at the top of this post would be enough X'D Here's the link: https://subscribestar.adult/darkchibishadow Where were you not able to find me? Within the subscribestar.adult site or? (There is a safe for work version of the site, oops)

DCS

Oh, wow! That's wild, I had no idea! How does the government expect anyone to be able to purchase online services with that? Yeesh! I need to look into pre-paid cards myself since I think I misunderstood the purpose of them for many people. I do believe Substar takes those tho! For now, here's hoping my page here doesn't go anywhere for a while X_X

Eve

Done and done

DCS

Thanks so much!

Saraswati

Oh no I am SO sorry I totally didn’t realize 😭😭😭 I have ADHD and I miss things all the time I’m so embarrassed 😭💕🫶

DCS

You're good! Folks tend to miss stuff a lot when I post things so, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong :S I've been trying to fix this problem for years

Saraswati

Aww no I think it was totally me! I read the whole thing and by the time I went to my chrome to look up your name “DCS” I didn’t type in Dark Chibi Shadow because I couldn’t rember what DCS stood for in the moment 😭😭 I thought it’d just be better to ask for a direct link 😭 and I had forgotten it was literally in bold in BLUE at the top 😭😭😭😭

DCS

You're good! Thanks for clarifying, as this is good info. (Also, for reference, my username is DarkChibiShadow, all one word!) I'll see if I can't improve my SEO for "DCS" in the future.

Nihal

Gonna switch over once the patreon gets shut down for sure (bookmarked it in my bowser), good luck dude

DCS

Thanks! Yeah, I think waiting is perfectly fair (and smart) and that's why I haven't shut down my Patreon page either. I know some folks ARE fed up with the site though and have wanted to move over for a bit, so having the option is good. Hopefully I'll be able to send out e-mails when/if the shut-down does come tho!