New fees update and plans

Update on the new fee system. There is a big uproar and a revolt of people leaving Patreon, both creators and supporters. Really bad rep for the site IMO. Just so you know, Jack Conte, Patreon's CEO, has declared he is aware of the big problem and they are reviewing things. They will come up with something next week apparently.

Not to get anyone's hope's up though. They might roll-back this completely, or lessen it a little. Either way we're all preparing for the worst. My commitment is to you, my loyal Patrons. I didn't like this change to begin with and while we're talking about a few cents or dollars here, it's not the amount that has most people angry, it's the contentious and unfair way this is being passed.  But I have a plan, a work around to lessen the fees, stick with me.

The change hurts "per creation" accounts more than others. As it is now, you'd be charged the 2.9% (no escape there) plus 35 cents for every map I post. To be honest, there's no way for me to know how many posts you pay per month, only the pledge-per-map. Assuming you paid the 10 I post monthly. Under the current model you'd pay 10 + 2.9% (29 cents) + 3.5 (35 cents per map) for a total of $13.79.... abominable, ludicrous, ridiculous....

If this was a monthly-contribution account, for the same 10 dollars you'd pay: 10 + 29 cents + 35 cents, for a total of $10.64. That's better!

It seems like we're all being driven to change to monthly accounts. I'd do that but being honest, this patreon account amounts to a big chunk of my household income. I left my day-job to work on this so I can't make a change like that because all people's current pledges would become monthly (instead of  "per map") and my income would drop drastically. I am really sorry to talk about numbers like this, I'd rather write about fantastic locations.

So here's my plan.

We can change to a monthly scheme and pay way less in fees but we have to do it gradually. What I can do is set up some new pledge levels of support for you to switch. Like I said, I don't know how much each of you pledge, only you know how much you pledge monthly to me, so you'd be able to chose a pledge level of say: 5 dollars, 15 dollars,  30 dollars. Whatever is your current contribution and then set it as a one-paid post per month.

My account would still be working as "pay per map" but when you switch and set it to only one map, you can rest assured you'll be charged only that one and a lot less fees. It's important that you set it up because only you can do it.

Since the month already started I can't do this now, I can set it up to work for January. There's still a chance that Patreon rolls these changes back , please bear with me and this situation and let's wait for next week's news about the current fees.

Please tell me what you think about this.