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Curious Question for all
5 years ago
This isn't really a rant or trying to angrily criticize those who do this, but just wondering who else notices this...
Patreon is great for content creators in many ways. Throw a dollar or two someone's way per month, with enough patrons, and you pay a few bills.
However... I've noticed an increasing number of people who do a raffle through a specific tier to even have a chance at getting commissions...
The average I feel is around 5 dollars. So that's not so bad... But i could be unlucky for months when considering the other numerous patrons. And this isn't even for free art... Most of what i mean is for the chance at a commission slot, let's pretend you're going to shell out 50-100 dollars ish.
NOW...Let's pretend you don't want to depend on the luck of getting a slot from that one creator. You choose to support many. Let's go with a dozen you want art from. All of them only accept commissions through raffled slots in patreon tiers.
That's 60a month. Not for a com... But the chance to get ONE of them to take your com, providing you pay more.
I'm not knocking any of them for doing this.
But I'm wondering has anyone thought...
"If I subscribe as they want but to all these creators... And i don't get any slots for months, what did my hundreds of dollars in Commission budget get me?"
Patreon is great for content creators in many ways. Throw a dollar or two someone's way per month, with enough patrons, and you pay a few bills.
However... I've noticed an increasing number of people who do a raffle through a specific tier to even have a chance at getting commissions...
The average I feel is around 5 dollars. So that's not so bad... But i could be unlucky for months when considering the other numerous patrons. And this isn't even for free art... Most of what i mean is for the chance at a commission slot, let's pretend you're going to shell out 50-100 dollars ish.
NOW...Let's pretend you don't want to depend on the luck of getting a slot from that one creator. You choose to support many. Let's go with a dozen you want art from. All of them only accept commissions through raffled slots in patreon tiers.
That's 60a month. Not for a com... But the chance to get ONE of them to take your com, providing you pay more.
I'm not knocking any of them for doing this.
But I'm wondering has anyone thought...
"If I subscribe as they want but to all these creators... And i don't get any slots for months, what did my hundreds of dollars in Commission budget get me?"
also yeah, i'd never support someone just for the chance of a comm. I'd do it because I WANT to support them
I do like to give some support. XD
That specific "raffle" system feels like gambling... and that feels like it has so little return.
I guess I'm more the mind to support an artist with spaced out large sums for comms rather than paying for a lottery ticket.