Malphier
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REWORKING TIERS, REWARDS AND MONTHLY PAYMENT
🕑 Added 2022-02-04 23:09:58 +0000 UTCHello, everyone!
I've been thinking about some changes regarding the overall "Patron experience", and I would like to know what you think about the following changes:
- Changing monthly charging to upfront charging (only really applies to future Patrons or returning ones, since after joining, the charging cycle is basically the same)
- An upfront charging makes it possible for you to get access to rewards as soon as they are ready throughout the month.
- Every beginning of month, Patrons would get a redeem code that can only be used to redeem works of that same month on Gumroad. So whenever an artwork is ready, you just need to copy-paste the code there to download it. I considered simply making it available for download here, but whenever a new Patron arrives on the future, they would have access to it. This isn't inherently a problem in itself, and in fact, it would be far easier for me, but I would like to know what you feel about it.
- When I change the payment method to upfront, you may be charged again, since now you are paying for the instant access to pieces whenever they are ready. I understand that it may impact your finances considerably by being charged twice in a month, so I will issue refunds to everyone. If it won't affect your finances and you would like to support me further, you can send me a message stating that you don't need the refund, otherwise, everyone will be refunded by default after a few days.
I will probably need to rework the usage of redeem codes with all the changes, so make sure to use yours! I will make another post a day or two before applying the changes, but for now I am still looking for alternatives that could be better, so feel free to leave opinions and suggestions. Thank you, everyone!
Comments
David George
I think the upfront payment is a good idea, if you do that probably best to mention it somewhere so that if someone does sign up at the end of the period and then is charged again the next day they’ll know why
