Loss of Patrons

That is odd, I haven't had many patrons say that they've had a problem like this before.

Kairomaru

When my payment was declined that it would fix itself since people have been saying that the site has been having trouble lately. When I checked today I saw that my name , zip, and cvc were messed up.

shawn nico

How do you mean?

Kairomaru

They just screwed up my payment info

shawn nico

I appreciate any and all Support, my friend. I was just concerned to have so many leaving. As a writer/creator you always wonder what 'You' did wrong to make people leave. It's usually an unfounded fear and not something a writer or creator should be asking themselves but most of us do when stuff like this happens.

Kairomaru

It likely have more to do with the Pandemic, maybe problems with finances. When the Pandemic started and I realized I would get less and less income due to finishing school, I decided to downgrade from Legendary General to Captain instead. I just don’t have enough to support as Legendary General.

KristofferXxXxX

I'm overwhelmed at the show of Support! I was just wondering if I'd done something for people to leave and suddenly everyone is just showering me with Support and reassurances, I had to happy cry a bit yesterday.

Kairomaru

My man, your writing has only improved over the years. Do not worry. Besides as I said you are my main form of entertainment now lol. People have faith in you. Look at all these rank up. The support army mobilizes!

Thomas E Nellis

*Sits Down* *Tries Not To Happy Cry* *Happy Cries A LOT!*

Kairomaru

Your writing is as excellent as always, I follow both your HP stories. I get excited when I see an update, I usually drop everything to read it first. Thank you for writing such great stories!

The World is going through A LOT right now, to be fair.

Kairomaru

It is more than just the pandemic, you also have hurricanes and the insurance not covering everything plus temp housing, I’d say people may not have the time and decided against spending money on something that they can not afford. Could be a mix of all or part of these issues along with others quoted higher up.

John McCormick

I don't think the story quality has changed. I would think it's other circumstance (pandemic, changing lifestyle, whatever). Or maybe they have gotten so busy (i.e. new kids) that they don't have the time to read as much. But personally, I think the quality of the stories is at least as good as when I joined.

mark geier

Many things can cause a person to drop out. But the main thing is keep your head up and know it wasn't you. blame this pandemic, and people loosing interest in the stories.

Kent Hanson

You'll see it a lot on all forms of media where people join in order to get the more recent updates, wait around for a month or two, then leave.

Hadrian512

Your writing is as great as it usually is so its more than likely because of the pandemic.

Brody Meech

D-Did you just...Phillip! *Tears up and barely holds back from hugging you*

Kairomaru

Well thank you for sticking with us! But if you need to drop this one too, just tell me in the Exit Survey! No judgement, I'm sure you'd be back when you could anyway!

Kairomaru

I'm pretty sure it's just the pandemic affecting people's finances. I myself had to drop a patreon due to the pandemic

NTLuck

I believe they just don't have the money anymore. Your work is still as good as always.

I hope you're still enjoying the stories you're following then! I'm going to go out on a limb and Guess HP? Maybe Pokemon?

Kairomaru

I know a few of them that didn't fill out the exit survey were one-offs. Only here for a month. The others were all three or four months, minimum. One was even closing in on a year.

Kairomaru

Many possible reasons: 1. Of course, money problems are the most important thing. 2. I know some people who do not follow a big story all the time, but for example remember it every few months. Partially read what is posted for free since the last reading, then pay for a monthly subscription, download updates - and then again forget about stories for a couple of months that are no longer paid. And so on until the next time when they are again interested in the author. 3. I don’t know how it is now, but before it was possible to enroll in patreons until the 1st, download the one you need, and then just exit the subscription before debiting the money. Maybe these are the same freeloaders? If, of course, this method really works. 4. Maybe you just don't like the new material? To be honest, I am still reading the smallest part of what you wrote. Both because of a lack of time, and because I do not know the original source for new stories.

Evgeniy Kazanin

Thanks for the reassurances friends, it means A LOT to me! Like I said, I'm just hopeful that the Pandemic is just causing the issues. I will NEVER expect someone to Pledge if they need their money elsewhere. I'm not entitled to a single cent from anyone. I just try and put out the best content I can and hope others will want to support the creation of said content. Seeing over 300 Patrons that DO is always heart warming.

Kairomaru

I can't say that the writing level has gone down at all, so it's likely pandemic related. Would you be aware of how long the 11 were subscribed? Maybe they just join for a quick one off as a donation?

Windfury

It could be for any number of reasons, but I doubt it's because of you Kairo.

Tristan McKenzie O'Meara

It could be that they follow you somewhere else and decided just to wait longer for updates for free on those sites.

Sith_Paladin

Maybe, they just lost interest, or they had to relocate were their money was going to whatever reason. From what I've seen and reading I can't say that you have done anything to worry about yourself. Its definitely odd that 11 dropped in such a short time but who knows. Life is crazy that's for sure. I'm still highly entertained by your work.

John Balman

Money troubles I would never fault anyone for. Their bills/expenses are FAR more important than a Pledge to ANY Patreon Page. But in loss of Patrons I'm specifically referring to people that have chosen to leave. The 11 I mentioned were just the ones who filled out the exit survey. There are a few more that left and didn't fill out the survey too.

Kairomaru

Could be money troubles or patreon not automatically billing them like it sometimes does to me

Jackson. R