Thank you to everyone who voted and/or commented on the subscription reward-related polls! Here are the results:

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DAY 1: Of the following subscription reward types, which interests you the most?

RESULTS: 7 votes
1st (71%): Reductions to Adoptables or commissions.
2nd (14%): Early access/ daily progress.
3rd (14%): Community/interactivity (streaming/ exclusive Discord server/ etc.)

Makes sense: Reductions allow repeat buyers to make their money back while getting any extra content that comes with the subscription. The rest is pretty standard and relatively easy, which is a great start.

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DAY 2: Should I offer personal + commercial tiers for downloadable items, or offer everything commercially?

RESULTS: 6 votes – 50-50

This one's pretty split. I'll likely eventually do both as that offers the most flexibility for subscribers.

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DAY 3: Should I have a cheaper tier that only gives you new subscription items, or give everyone access to everything?

RESULTS: 6 votes
67% want tiers

Noted. I'll have to look into this and make sure that I can actually set up this option on all 3 sites.

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DAY 4: If I offer early access/ daily progress" as a subscription reward, how would you prefer that sale items be handled?

RESULTS: 5 votes
40-40 tie between including previews VS including previews + presale

I've already said my thoughts on this; I'll include previews for adoptables but don't plan on giving subscribers special privileges to regularly-scheduled adoptables. Creating extra, patron-exclusive adoptables is how I'd rather handle this particular issue, since it won't take away from what I already offer watchers.

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DAY 5: If I offer themed livestreams, what style of stream would you prefer?

RESULTS: 7 votes
1st (43%): Artist Q&A
2nd (14%): Adoptables
3rd (14%): Art in general (recommended)
+ (29%): All of the above

Seems like all of the above with a preference for Q+A streams. Once I've set this up, I'll likely do a Q+A stream every 2nd month, with a subscriber-voted stream filling up the in-between months. If I see people getting tired of the Q+A streams down the line, I can mix things up. In any case, I always plan to have some form of art on-screen for these streams, as I am not interested in showing my face for privacy reasons. So a Q+A stream could become an adoptable or general art stream if there is a lull in interactions/questions.

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DAY 6: If I offer some form of limited reward tier, which would you prefer?

RESULTS: 5 votes
1st (60%): streamed creature designs
2nd (20%): streamed general commissions
3rd (20%): Other (no comment attached)

Noted for the future.

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DAY 7: If I offer exclusive adoptables as a reward, which would you prefer?

RESULTS: 8 votes
1st (38%): smaller adopts
2nd (38%): one big adoptable
3rd (25%): both

A complicated way of saying both xD

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DAY 8: If I were to offer physical goods in the future, what would you prefer to see?

RESULTS: 5 votes
1st (100%): stickers

Noted; people like stickers! (I get that, I also like stickers). This one's still far from becoming a reality, but stickers are definately more feasible than a lot of other options. Once I'm more comfortable with the extra work associated with running 3 new subscription sites, I'd be open to looking into this.

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FINAL RESULTS (In order of priority)
+ New rewards only (patreon only based on available options?) VS access to everything tiers.
+ Reductions to adoptables over 1 week old.
+ Reductions to all full-priced commissions/adoptables at higher tiers.
+ Early access/ "daily progress", including items for sale.
+ Streaming (Atrist Q&A w/ general art feed | Small adopts by request | Subscriber's choice months).

Next/Future:
+ 1 limited tier per month – streaming-related (Extra stream? Or Artist Q+A?).
+ Non-commercial VS Commercial tiers (when it becomes applicable).

First Thoughts on Subscriber Tiers + Prices:

Note that some of these rewards may take a bit of time to properly set up, and that exact details/prices are subject to change. That said, this is how I'm planning to set up my tiers based on the polling results. This is all I plan to offer until I have acclimated to running the 3 subscription sites. As always, feel free to add your thoughts, especially if you have experience either as a subscriber or artist offering subscription rewards. I will post another update once everything is up and running.

Tip Jar Tier $2 CAD ($1.50 USD)
+My gratitude.
+ Daily progress, including items for sale. NEW POSTS ONLY. (if setup is available w/ the subscription service).
+ Monthly stream. (rotating; specify each month) NEW STREAM ONLY. (if setup is available w/ the subscription service).


Observer Tier $5 CAD ($4 USD)
+ Daily progress, including items for sale.
+ Monthly stream. (rotating; specify each month. Q+A every 2nd month.)


Adopter Tier $10 CAD ($8 USD)
+ Daily progress, including items for sale.
+ Monthly stream. (rotating; specify each month. Q+A every 2nd month.)
+ 25% off adoptables over 1 week old.


Shopper Tier $25 CAD ($19.50 USD)
+ Daily progress, including items for sale.
+ Monthly stream. (rotating; specify each month. Q+A every 2nd month.)
+ 50% off adoptables over 1 week old.
+ 10% off all full-priced general commissions, upgrades, and adoptables under 1 week old (applied when bidding ends).


Big Spender Tier (Rotating, limited tier): $100 CAD ($77 USD)
+ Daily progress, including items for sale.
+ Monthly stream. (rotating; specify each month. Q+A every 2nd month.)
+ 60% off adoptables over 1 week old.
+ 25% off all full-priced general commissions, adoptables and upgrades under 1 week old (applied when bidding ends).
+ Experimental commission of the month (rotating; specify each month)