Changing from Per Creation to Subscription Billing

Hello, my lovely Softies and Galoshies!

The time is nearing to me to switch from Per Creation/Per Video billing to the more typical Subscription Billing. Patreon is pushing this change down the line, but the more I looked into it and how they've changed the migration process, I feel that this is the way forward for my Patreon sooner rather than later.

So, what does that mean? Here are some answers to questions I'm sure you'll have:

Will I be charged more?

⚠️⚠️⚠️ NO! You will pay the same amount that you are paying now. Basically, the tiers will have an updated price for new patrons, but for current patrons, whatever your current monthly payment is, that will stay the same. ⚠️⚠️⚠️

For example, the Softies tier will be changed to $7/month rather than $1/video. But if your monthly maximum was 1, and so you've been paying $1/month, you will continue paying $1/month!

However, if you edit or delete your membership after the migration, then when you change tiers, or rejoin it will be at the full new monthly price.

What will happen to the current tiers?

The Softies and Galoshies tiers will be split into 4 tiers as follows:

• $3 Tier: Early Access, Discord Access, Behind the Scenes Pics

• $7 Tier: All Previous Perks, Exclusive ASMR Videos, Audio Downloads

• $20 Tier: All Previous Perks, Exclusive Audios, Q&A Roleplays

• $35 Tier: All Previous Perks, Q&A Question Submissions, Mini Vlogs, Streams, Executive Decisions (Patreon Content Suggestions, Voting on Exclusive Content)

Plus one more tier:

• $50 Tier: All Previous Perks, Just for people who want to pledge more
  

What tier will I get moved to?

⚠️⚠️⚠️ If you are on the Softies tier, you will be migrated to the $7 tier so that you retain all current perks you are used to having! If you are on the Galoshies tier, you will be migrated to the $35 tier with full perks as well! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

And remember, you won't be charged more than you currently are paying, with your monthly maximum respected, unless you change tiers, or delete your membership and return later. For example, if you're paying for $1/video on the Softies tier, and your monthly max is 1, you will still be paying $1/month when you are migrated to the new tier. If your monthly max is 4, you will be paying $4/month, etc. You will not be charged full price for the new tier because your previous payment is being held for you as a current patron!

When will I get charged each month?

For all current patrons, you will continue to be charged on the 1st of the month. If you delete your membership and rejoin later, you will be charged on the day of the month you joined. For example, if in the future you delete your membership, return later, and start your new subscription on the 15th of the month, you'll get charged every 15th day of the month.

When is this happening?

In the first week of October, after payments have gone through on the 1st, my Patreon will be switched to Subscription billing. This means that all new patrons will be joining at the new prices. For current patrons, you will see your bill reflect the change on November 1st. And another reminder, your new bill will still be the current amount that you are paying now. That means in November, you will still be paying the same price per month that you are currently paying, until you change tiers, or delete your membership and come back later.

Do I have to do anything?

Nope! The migration will happen automatically.

What will the new tier names be?

I was thinking of doing something simple like Baby Softies, Softies, Baby Galoshies, Galoshies. But if you have any tier name suggestions, I'm very open to that! It'd be fun to hear any ideas y'all have so you can be included in this process :)

Why are you doing this before it's required?

In the past, if you changed from Per Creation to Per Month/Subscription billing, they simply edited the regular tier prices to be the same exact price but monthly instead. So for the $1 tier, anyone who was paying for multiple videos per month, it would all get cut down to $1, and this would cause a drastic change in my income which is scary. Because that would require the tier price to be increased, you would have been jump scared with a new price all of a sudden and many people would probably leave.

But, now that they have updated the migration process to retain the current monthly payments for current patrons, I feel a lot more comfortable making this change.

There are a lot of features that will be accessible to me once the change is made, for example, Charging Up Front. My content is fairly unprotected without that feature which really sucks.

Plus, a lot of people get confused on how the tiers work and either give up or freak out when they get the bill and didn't realize it was per VIDEO and not per MONTH pricing. Or that when they would end their membership due to financial reasons, and would get charged immediately for that month's content, not understanding that you are always charged for the content that was made during that billing cycle, not for future content. It's just confusing and upsetting for people!

TL;DR: It's easier for patrons to understand and I will be able to charge up front to protect my content.

I have more questions...

Feel free to leave a comment below! You can DM me if you wish, just leave a comment to let me know you DMed me and that will be a higher guarantee I see your message sooner lol!

Anyway, I really hope that clears things up and that no one is scared about the change! I was very careful to ask lots of questions to the Patreon team to make sure that this will be a very easy migration for everyone and that your budget is not going to implode! <3