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State of Something Address! 5/24/19: Patreon & Commissions Update
🕑 Added 2019-05-24 16:15:37 +0000 UTC
Hey everyone, I hope your month has been going well. There's a few things I'd like to talk about with the patrons and the public in general, so you might want to grab a cold one and sit back as I have quite a lot to discuss.
First off, as you've noticed I've been taking on quite a few more commissions than I'm used to, especially towards the end of April. This is mostly because I have plans to travel next year, and want to make sure I have enough money to cover those funds. But as you've noticed it comes with a downside, as I wasn't able to take any new commissions through May. And while that may not sound terrible, I do feel like I need to change a few things just so something like that doesn't happen again, as I want to try and take new commissions on a monthly basis.
As part of this, I've decided it's time to make a change to my pricing, as I've been at this for several years without any sort of adjustment. Don't worry though, it's nothing too drastic, as I'm only raising it to 1.2 cents (or .012) for the time being. My private fee, however, is going up to 50%, just to experiment with that one.
Obviously, there are some of you that have been with me for some time, and have had stories in the works throughout that started prior to this change. I've taken that into consideration, and for any series that are still ongoing, those stories will be grandfathered in with the original 1 cent per word pricing until they've reached their conclusion. This price won't be in effect for any new stories suggested by the old clientele, however. As an example; Gorillas on the Horizon will still be worth a penny to that client, but any new Overwatch stories requested by them will be raised to 1.2 cents.
For others that don't want to use the new commission pricing, I do offer an alternative. My Patreon account, which doubles as a word bank for all patrons $3 and up, will still be done with the penny per word structure in mind, so rather than changing any old words banked to fit the new structure, they will instead be charged 500 words for 5 dollars every month, just as an example. You can also take the words you've built up through the bank and use them to decrease the amount owed for another commission. As an example, if you have 1k built up at the $5 tier and want a commission for 3k words, you can take that 1k and decrease what you owe down from $36USD to $24USD.
Speaking of Patreon, there's a few things that need to be discussed here. I've been seeing many of the content creators discuss raising their cheapest priced tier, usually the dollar mark, up to $2, as that seems to make a bigger difference when it comes to funds. I'm not against the idea, but I feel like I would need to figure out what to offer for that price. Right now I also have the $3 tier, and raising the poll tier to $2 makes them feel a bit too close to one another in pricing to consider dropping or adding an incentive. This will need a lot of consideration on what to do in the future, so I will give it some thought when I can.
I do, however, want to add a new tier as both an added incentive, and so that people can have more words in their bank at a faster rate. Likely starting in July, I'll be adding a $10 tier that will not only give you, the patron, 1k towards the word bank, but you will also be allowed to participate in a monthly prompt suggestion thread, where I will take what I feel is the best suggestion and write a 2-3k story based on that.
Anything else? Well, there's a few projects I've been working on outside of commissions, notably with Brothel City, a game worked on by Darot Games. I recommend joining their Patreon if you can in order to check out the dialogue I've been writing. Hopefully it'll leave you laughing. I'm also looking into publishing a book series based on some new OCs, but haven't had the time to really get to work on the more important things. The first book is written up, but I'll be looking into formatting and other things, which doesn't sound too bad. But I get very absent minded when it comes to writing, so I'll end up forgetting to do certain tasks in the long run.
I think that's all for now. Anything else will be addressed in a future update, so please be sure to keep your eyes out next time that happens. Take care until next time.
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