rochestedorm

Removal of $30 Tier

Added 2017-07-25 22:41:11 +0000 UTC

No idea if Patreon sends people notifications for it - But either way I should say it here.

I've decided to remove the $30 tier from the patreon page - for a myriad of reasons really, but in the end it was serving zero purpose or point outside of raising stress levels. It started as a way to encourage people to pay for commissions through patreon - get access to the MP4s and other WIPs for the month, etc etc, keeps all my money coming from one single place - but it quickly (and I should have seen it coming) turned into people pledging on their own and then putting me in the tight spot of feeling forced to do the animation, since the money is now in my wallet, and I need this money, so I can't just refund it, but I don't necessarily want to do the animation they want me to, but I have to do it -

This lead to a lot of delays and that lead to more pledges building up, and well here we are. Had a client last month that I just couldn't work with (not that they were rude or anything, our methods just didn't mesh) and demanded a refund, along with after a small talk suggesting to remove the tier, which I had been thinking about doing for a while. That was really the only push I needed so here I am.

The existing clients will still be getting their animations, and I will still be accepting payment for commissions through here (to keep everything in one place), but this way there's no big button saying "Click here, get instant commission" that puts everything in one big awkward situation