Monthly?
Added 2017-02-03 18:41:53 +0000 UTCHey all, it's been clarified to me that there's some confusion on my part about how the patreon system handles pledges.
The way it actually works, is that the system charges you as soon as I put up a "pledge post", and you guys don't have to do anything extra like I'd originally thought. Anyone that signs up after that post, doesn't get charged at the end of the month, and has to wait until the next time I put up a pledge post.
So understanding that, I realize I need to change some things. I can either put up a pledge post on the last day of every month that a release is coming, or I can switch to monthly cycles, and any month I need to break, I can 'pause' the account, which'll prevent it from charging for that month.
I think I'll make it monthly, which feels like the intended option for how I'm handling this (and really isn't any different than the other method, save me not having to make a pledge post each month.) If you guys are cool with that, I'll switch it over with the coming release (February 15.) Unfortunately, anyone who pledged after Jan 15 will have to get in at the end of February. I'll still send you the early release anyways if you're pledging at that tier or higher.
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What I didn't understand at the time was that you guys get charged at the time that I put up the pledge post (instead of getting to choose), and anyone pledging afterwards doesn't have a choice to pledge on that post. They would just have to wait until the next time I put up a pledge post, which would be a month later. That means I would have to wait until the last day of every month to put up a pledge post, or risk leaving new people out. But if I miss putting one up on the last day, then I go the month without pay, which would not be fun as you can imagine. Really, the only difference between the current method and monthly is that I don't have to make an arbitrary pledge post on the last day of each month. Everything else stays exactly the same.
Indivi
2017-02-04 16:33:45 +0000 UTCWell, it think it would work if you are using the method of sending the rewards in emails for patrons who paid you the last time, so that people can't just pop in to reap the rewards and then remove their pledge before any payment occurs. Even if I still can't understand why you just couldn't stick to your current "per-release" option. But in the end, I'm pretty neutral about the methods, as long as I get the rewards for my pledge.
meianmaru
2017-02-04 09:48:00 +0000 UTC
