FA+
Shop
New raffle alternative, new terms of service
4 years ago
Behold! Argon Vile's Terms Of Service
This preempts a few questions which have never come up, like "What if Argon gets sick on the day of my stream" or "what if I forget!" But, I also wanted to enumerate some specific things I won't draw. 99% of the time when someone asks "will you draw this?" the answer is "yes, i will try!" But, sometimes it is no. It is so rare, out of 22 years as an artist it has only happened three times! Maybe now it will happen less.
I will open commissions some time in the next two weeks! In lieu of "raffle skip slots" I will be offering two kinds of commissions:
• Raffle slots: these will be the usual slots in the $40-$70 range where you have to win a raffle
• Commissions: these will be unlimited but will be very expensive, in the $130-$200 range (!?)
Instead of "raffle skip slots" I will be keeping commissions open! FOREVER! ...maybe! I didn't like that both times with "raffle skip slots", the slots got taken extremely quickly and someone got left out. So, I'm experimenting with keeping commissions open permanently by charging too much money.
The reason I need to charge too much money is that about 30 people want commissions! If I charge a reasonable amount, everybody will have to wait their turn in a 30-person queue. So to keep from being super-bogged down with commissions, my goal is a price where about 90% of you say, 'that is OK, I can wait for the raffle!'
I hope this all makes sense! I am not trying to be predatory and I am not desperate for money. But, there are some people who want to commission me ten times, because they have ten ideas! And, they do not have the patience to wait until 2082 to win ten raffles. They think they should be able to pay extra to cut in line, and I think that makes sense.
The extra money I make from these expensive commissions will go toward regular commissions cheaper, so if my cool spreadsheet formula does its job, I will be getting the same amount of money overall!
Thanks for your patience while I work all this stuff out. If you have any questions, suggestions or if you're worried I'm going to start charging $20 a head for my free Saturday streams or something let me know 😀 I promise I am trying not to be evil
This preempts a few questions which have never come up, like "What if Argon gets sick on the day of my stream" or "what if I forget!" But, I also wanted to enumerate some specific things I won't draw. 99% of the time when someone asks "will you draw this?" the answer is "yes, i will try!" But, sometimes it is no. It is so rare, out of 22 years as an artist it has only happened three times! Maybe now it will happen less.
I will open commissions some time in the next two weeks! In lieu of "raffle skip slots" I will be offering two kinds of commissions:
• Raffle slots: these will be the usual slots in the $40-$70 range where you have to win a raffle
• Commissions: these will be unlimited but will be very expensive, in the $130-$200 range (!?)
Instead of "raffle skip slots" I will be keeping commissions open! FOREVER! ...maybe! I didn't like that both times with "raffle skip slots", the slots got taken extremely quickly and someone got left out. So, I'm experimenting with keeping commissions open permanently by charging too much money.
The reason I need to charge too much money is that about 30 people want commissions! If I charge a reasonable amount, everybody will have to wait their turn in a 30-person queue. So to keep from being super-bogged down with commissions, my goal is a price where about 90% of you say, 'that is OK, I can wait for the raffle!'
I hope this all makes sense! I am not trying to be predatory and I am not desperate for money. But, there are some people who want to commission me ten times, because they have ten ideas! And, they do not have the patience to wait until 2082 to win ten raffles. They think they should be able to pay extra to cut in line, and I think that makes sense.
The extra money I make from these expensive commissions will go toward regular commissions cheaper, so if my cool spreadsheet formula does its job, I will be getting the same amount of money overall!
Thanks for your patience while I work all this stuff out. If you have any questions, suggestions or if you're worried I'm going to start charging $20 a head for my free Saturday streams or something let me know 😀 I promise I am trying not to be evil
It is a lot of money but a quick slot yoink is worth it, after- wait, 20$ for free streams?!
Argon, your tool species, which name I dont remember, needs some oil to fix it up
just kiddin'. Hope all goes fine~Though you may end up even more bogged down
1) i have a lot of awesome fans who don't have a ton of money, but they still have some. i don't want to price them out
2) i have a few VERY nice friends who will pay whatever i charge, because they want to show support. i don't want to gouge them
3) when i have a "bad art day" i feel bad about wasting people's money. the more money i charge, the more this stresses me out
The raffle thing may seem a fit of unbridled and unwarranted generosity (and maybe it is, to an extent) but really, it just helps fix some problems like this. My awesome fans who aren't swimming in cash can still get commissions. My nice friends can enter the raffle to show support, they don't have to pay whatever silly prices others pay. And for every time I feel bad about someone paying too much for a stream where I didn't draw very much -- I can feel good about someone paying way too little! It really does help~
I think keeping commissions open permanently will help derail the hype train, since there's no like, "oh! i have to decide now! NOW!" so -- y'know, we'll see if it works or not.
If it works, commissions will die down and my raffles will go back to sensible prices (something around $70) ...if it DOESN'T work then like... i don't know, i'll have to jack up my prices again, and won't have time for raffles because i'll be swamped with work!? At least it will be a nice paycheck! But I have no idea, It's an exciting time. Wish me luck! I want it to work~