F2U is for anyone to freely customize to their own heart desires. P2U is basically you just need some money for creating the base. So... up to you really

Back when I wasn't so confident in my animation, I'd make my old 2d animated character YCH bases also free to download. A few people attempted them, but nobody completed them, in large part due to how many frames there were to fuss with. Nonetheless, I think they had some interest (relative to the small amount of followers I had at the time).

Following that, I decided to make my ($5) p2u bases easy to complete; I designed them with 1 frame of character and ready animated layers around it. They've had minimal popularity, tending to only get a couple sales at times of posting on DA. When I moved off DA, I put them onto Patreon. There have been only 2 Patreon sales of p2u bases so far.

Hoping to salvage the whole thing, I did the following:
Firstly, I made them all downloadable to Patreon supporters $10+. While it's a pretty good deal, none of my Patreon supporters actually joined for them, to my awareness.
Secondly, I gave them a YCH option ($25) that I'd complete myself. Despite being the most expensive option, it had more interest, since I did sell 3 slots on one of 'em. Not much, but still a surprising result.

.. So these are my adventures with a pretty specific style of p2u base that I haven't seen others attempt. Certainly not like the ones I've seen you post just now. I think those kinds of ones, that you can make a refsheet with, seem to be more useful, since some people want characters but don't have lining skills/money.

Perhaps the best thing that can be taken away from the above is that the YCH option might be worth considering to appeal to a different category of customers (ie. ones that like the base but don't want to edit it).

Whatever options you choose to offer, though.. it'll be interesting to see how this run goes!

Yee even if it doesn’t really go anywhere, it’s there for folks who want it by chance, and I’ll hopefully get to max out my line work skills. I’ve had my Ko-fi for a long time, but I didn’t really do much with it, though it was interesting seeing a few sale notifications on my older bases after giving up on it lol (idk what I’m gonna do with .42 cents but yay its mine now >:3).

I remember seeing ur YCH animations, those were so cool! especially the dragon ones, and the one where the character looks up with glowing eyes! I can't say that I’ve seen others offer animation like that either nor base animations.

I think animation bases are pretty neat though, the problem I see is it still requires a lot of work for someone not accustomed to animation, I remember my first animation project and man lowkey felt overwhelming due to how many frames and not knowing where all the tools are, ah man, I even remember wishing for auto coloring at one point XD.
But perhaps I’ll take a stab at run cycle bases

I’ve tried YCH in the past, but I don't think my skills were really there yet since I’d only get a few sales, I’ll have to think about trying again. But I've been mostly looking at lots of base packs and I think the customization aspect of different parts is pretty neat to play with!

Thanks for sharing ur stories with P2U, ur animations are very unique! im always happy to see more of them o3o

The non-p2u YCH's are still technically available, but I haven't advertised them at all lately..
Once I mentioned P2U bases alongside the YCH ones on an ad I ran on FA, but the ad still liked to the YCH's, so maybe that's why those got more attention. I wonder what would happen if I ran an ad solely dedicated to the P2U stuff..

I recall there was an animator out there who mostly did 2d character animated p2u! I forget what their name was but they seemed quite successful.. it's definitely about getting that right balance between coolness and feasibility, I think.

Yea though man, do what makes sense for you! We all have different goals, interests, audience, etc. ..

Always been facinated by base art, but I have never used any since I am a bit to obssessed with drawing my own stuff and those ideas don't fit most bases. XD

True! My current bases are pretty generic, the more unique you go with parts the harder it is for all the pieces to fit. Plus, nothing beats making your own characters from scratch! I think that's why I'm not interested in using bases, and it's a bit of a pride thing lol

Genaric bases are the most flexible ones.
And yeah, there probably is a bit of a pride thing when it comes to designing a character from scratch.