I would suggest making a bot tier

make it your highest priced item, and if anyone claims it, you know to block them (be sure to mention its a bot tier, bots dont read it but real people do)

Thats a really wise idea actually! Thanks o:

Bot tiers?

What are the bots doing?

A lot of the bots are run by the asshole of yiffparty, or just other people. Basically most people run their content that you get it first, and then pay for it at the start of the next month.
The bots subscribe, get the content, leak it, and then the account bounces next month, and it leaves the creator losing out on the money, while their stuff is shared elsewhere.

A good way to avoid that, is to have bot tiers, since bots will subscribe to the highest tier to get the most rewards.

Ah, thanks, good to know.

I thought raffles would cause issues.

How come? o:

I believe it's against the Patreon TOS, and not an allowable reward.

Presumably, because it's kind of gambling, and also it opens the door to deceptive wins, ie: a new sockpuppet or friend account always 'wins' so actual patreons keep paying in with no reward. Even something like multiple slots on a random wheel to win stream sketches, was too much a game of chance.

I don't know if their policy has changed.