Wow, Patreon really backtracked on their fee increases
Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 7:23 am
So they were announcing that they were gonna charge creators LESS than they used to (probably because a competitor is now getting into the market)... but that they were gonna make up the difference by adding a 0.35 surcharge to each dollar spent on Patreon. Which targets the PATRONS, not the creators.
Well, $1 and $2 Patrons make up a HUGE chunk of the business of Patreon creators, and guess who cut down on their patronage as a result?
So after all of a week, Patreon has apologized and scaled it back: https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/
Rather odd for a company to be so forthright about this, but they had some REALLY angry creators as a result of this- many of them lost income at their most-sustainable levels.
Well, $1 and $2 Patrons make up a HUGE chunk of the business of Patreon creators, and guess who cut down on their patronage as a result?
So after all of a week, Patreon has apologized and scaled it back: https://blog.patreon.com/not-rolling-out-fees-change/
Rather odd for a company to be so forthright about this, but they had some REALLY angry creators as a result of this- many of them lost income at their most-sustainable levels.