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Notes about patreon tiers/plans for the future.
2 months ago
I mentioned this in passing earlier, but I feel I need to go into a bit more details especially in regards to my plans for Patreon. I have not adjusted the tier prices since I literally made that account ages ago. Even then, $1 was a bit too low, but that was when I was using it purely as a tip jar. Since then, I have started doing more patreon exclusivity but I hadn’t changed the pricing at all.
I have hit the point this past month where I have officially burned the last of my savings. I have nothing in my account now which means I either need to take yet another job or I need to focus more on monetizing my writing. The choice basically came down to “Get a third job and quit writing altogether” or “try to monetize my writing more”. This is part of what lead to me testing the waters with self publishing some short stories these past few months on sites like ‘zon.
I am going to keep trying that, but the feedback I got is that a lot of people prefer having the pdf version more than they like having the whatever format kindle or amazon uses for their ebooks.
I’m leaving the $1 base tier as is. It’s still there as a tip jar if people want to kick in and help a bit. Meanwhile, I’m going to be posting new stories for the same rate that I would expect if I self published to other sites.
I see that Patreon added a new individual purchase option as well. I’ll look into that and gauge feedback if that’s worth doing. As it is, I’m going to try to keep the 2 stories a month rate going. But I realize that a lot of people are more keen on specific topics and characters than others. And I alternate a lot on topics. I’ve been trying to stagger releases so I’ll not do two of the same series/theme in a row. I’d like to settle into a routine where it’s one ongoing series and then one standalone, but it will depend on what I get the inspiration for and what I have ready to go at any given moment. I tend to have like 6 or 7 wips open at any given moment and will just poke at whichever one calls to me when I sit down to work. I could honestly ramble a lot about my process, but I don’t know if there’s anyone who’d care to hear that.
I have hit the point this past month where I have officially burned the last of my savings. I have nothing in my account now which means I either need to take yet another job or I need to focus more on monetizing my writing. The choice basically came down to “Get a third job and quit writing altogether” or “try to monetize my writing more”. This is part of what lead to me testing the waters with self publishing some short stories these past few months on sites like ‘zon.
I am going to keep trying that, but the feedback I got is that a lot of people prefer having the pdf version more than they like having the whatever format kindle or amazon uses for their ebooks.
I’m leaving the $1 base tier as is. It’s still there as a tip jar if people want to kick in and help a bit. Meanwhile, I’m going to be posting new stories for the same rate that I would expect if I self published to other sites.
I see that Patreon added a new individual purchase option as well. I’ll look into that and gauge feedback if that’s worth doing. As it is, I’m going to try to keep the 2 stories a month rate going. But I realize that a lot of people are more keen on specific topics and characters than others. And I alternate a lot on topics. I’ve been trying to stagger releases so I’ll not do two of the same series/theme in a row. I’d like to settle into a routine where it’s one ongoing series and then one standalone, but it will depend on what I get the inspiration for and what I have ready to go at any given moment. I tend to have like 6 or 7 wips open at any given moment and will just poke at whichever one calls to me when I sit down to work. I could honestly ramble a lot about my process, but I don’t know if there’s anyone who’d care to hear that.
