pulsarbird
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New Patreon?
🕑 Added 2019-01-20 00:02:05 +0000 UTCOver the past few weeks I've been considering how I can make some changes to Patreon to be able to do more comics. Originally my plan was to convert this Patreon to a pay-per-post model so I could focus on comics, and charge per comic page. It turns out I can't do this. Once a Patreon account is set up to charge patrons at the beginning of each month, the account is locked into that format forever.
So now I've been considering starting a second Patreon account insteadwhich may end up working out better anyway.
For several months now I've been wanting to do more comics. But I've found that they don't bring in much traffic, at least not with how infrequently I do them. I can work really hard on a comic for a month or two and put a lot of time into it, but ultimately I don't make any more off of that than I do just posting the regular art and sketches I already post. So there's not much incentive to do more of them.
I'd probably start them at $1 per colored page, with around 2 pages likely to be done each month. (With a maximum of four. Unless I end up doing comics full time, I doubt I could do more than one colored page per week.) If there are tiers, I might have a $2 or $3/page tier that would include voting on future comic topics and possibly on the directions of the comics. I don't need to make very much per page in order for it to be viable. It would just be helpful to have something so I can justify spending more time working on them.
I'm curious to know what you all think. I'll probably post a poll right after this to get some feedback.
Some other thoughts:
I'd likely eliminate my $1 tier here. It'd make more sense to put that dollar toward my comic Patreon account and actually get something for it.
I will probably eliminate the $20 as well. I had plans to do more with it, but part of those plans involved giving away comics (or other art packs). But if I'm doing that separately, then I think it would be nice to simplify my offerings here.
I may eventually transition away from the this account too. I'm considering putting monthly art packs up on GumRoad instead. This has the advantage of allowing people to catch up at any time by buying the packs, and they would be available throughout the entire year. It would also make it easier to take vacationwhich right now is hard to do, at least not without feeling like I'm not providing value for that month.
Anyway, let me know if you have any thoughts.
