Bad News.
Added 2015-10-05 13:43:00 +0000 UTCWell, it seems like this month was a huge failure. I always try to be understanding and avoid making harsh decisions. We're all here to have fun and look at silly pictures. But it's time I do something. For a long time now i've had free-loaders on my patreon, staying month by month without contributing anything. On the left you'll see roughly 170 patrons with $530 pledged. This month I've received barely 1/3 rd of that promised amount. In previous months, i've received a bit more than half but it's been the trend that that's on the decline.
I'm going to start to purge my patrons who have not paid for consecutive months. If you haven't been able to pay for some other reason, please sort it out and re-pledge.
Thank you for reading.
If you have anything you want to discuss, you can email me personally.
I will begin the purge today at 4pm.
Comments
awesome because I have mine set to go out automatically and I make sure I have enough each month I love being updated on your works.
Zealot of Malice
2015-10-18 12:56:42 +0000 UTCYeah it's only in regards to those who don't pay and haven't been paying for a long time. As long as you're good on your pledge you are a friend of mine.
Whargleblargle
2015-10-17 19:28:29 +0000 UTCso this actually doesn't pertain to any of us who actually give the 1 dollar or 5 dollar pledge but to just idiots who want to freeload off empty credit cards thank goodness I was worried it pertained to me and I wouldn't get to continue viewing the amazing art you do WhargleBlargle.
Zealot of Malice
2015-10-15 21:42:46 +0000 UTCempty credit cards, wow that's real clever and a douche move. Is $1 really that hard to honestly pledge?
JoJamesMcGurth
2015-10-13 06:01:28 +0000 UTCi appriciate the advice.
Whargleblargle
2015-10-12 18:29:44 +0000 UTCSome users have pledged with empty credit cards. Meaning month by month passes with them having acess to paid content, without them actually paying. I've found cases where 6 months have passed without a single payment.
Whargleblargle
2015-10-12 18:28:59 +0000 UTCYou might want to release teasers on your other free sites and have a link to your patreon for the uncensored or finished version. Also as Damansskin has stated, you might want to wait till the end of the month to release your work. I'm glad to be supporting you since you actually focus on subjects that is rarely touched on. Don't get too frustrated, keep doing what you're doing and talk to other artists to see how they deal with the problem you're currently having.
JoJamesMcGurth
2015-10-12 06:01:59 +0000 UTCCould you elaborate on the whole free-loading business? If you have a patron pledging at least $1 a month how is that user a free loader? Are you saying some users are only pledging on certain months?
JoJamesMcGurth
2015-10-12 05:50:41 +0000 UTCSome artists have started to wait until the end of the month see who's payment goes through then direct message them a link to download that months new works.
Coomcheese
2015-10-06 06:43:35 +0000 UTCHave you considered a password protected tumblr with changing passes each month?
ZERA
2015-10-06 03:38:12 +0000 UTC
