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Launching a secondary page & Tier changings | 啟用第二專頁&獎勵等級異動

Added 2021-08-27 16:00:50 +0000 UTC

Hello to all my dear patrons, if you have joined for a while, I'm sure you know that I paused the monthly billing a lot, due to often not being able to fulfill the reward goal.

2018 April, I started running Patreon with only two small tiers ($1/$2); during 2019 two new tiers($5/$30) were added. By now it should be clear that I'm not stable enough to maintain bigger tiers. I've been thinking about adjusting for a long time, and recently came up with a plan that might be simple enough for everyone(including myself!) to follow:

I'll launch another new patreon page = secondary page
This current page = primary page, will remain only two small tiers: Tier $1 and Tier $2.
The secondary page will be for bigger tiers: Tier $5 and Tier $30, and there will be a new tier: Tier $3.
So in the future, if I create an illustration pack, the downloadable content will be uploaded on the secondary page. If there's no pack being made, the monthly bill of the secondary page will remain paused.
All news, updates, WIPs, sketches, finished works(public version or HD2+ version), process commentaries, etc. will still be posted on this primary page.

[ Link to Secondary Page ]

All tiers (of new plan) explained:

Tier $1 (primary): Still a tip jar ;)
Tier $2 (primary): 1+ posts of drawings/process photos/illustrations monthly. Better resolutions than public previews elsewhere.
Tier $3 (Secondary): Access to 3 most recent packs.
Tier $5 (Secondary): Access to 6 most recent packs.
Tier $30 (Secondary): Access to ALL published packs.

How will I manage to switch to the new plan:

Tier $5 and Tier $30 of this primary page are going to be 'unpublished'. If you are subscribing to those tiers, you can still access all existing rewards.
The current HD5+ and HD30+ rewards are also uploaded on the side page.
The future illustration packs will be ONLY posted on the side page.
If you're subscribing to an unpublished tier, and be billed by the September billing cycle due to not being able to change tiers in time, you can request a refund.

If you're subscribing to an unpublished tier, for example, Tier $5 of this primary page, here are my suggesting steps:

Make sure you have downloaded all available rewards corresponding to your tier.
Switch to smaller tiers: Tier $1 or Tier $2, "before" September billing cycle. (Or cancel your pledge but keep follow my public posts)
Wait for the next reward pack to be confirmed and uploaded on the secondary page.
Once a new pack is ready, subscribe to Tier $3 on the side page, to get the new reward pack.

You might wonder why I don't just switch to a per creation system, well, per creation artists don't have charge upfront option, and can't make posts to corresponding tiers... :(

I choose to separate bigger tiers for making sure that I have a sustainable and flexible rewarding system. Sorry for all the hassles!😓

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各位晚安！這回又要來更動一些獎勵等級了(汗)老是改來改去一定讓各位無所適從，我自己也為此苦惱許久。2018年四月本專頁開張，當時只有兩個贊助等級(一鎂/二鎂會員)；2019年內增加了兩個等級：五鎂/三十鎂。但這也成了專頁經營問題的開端，如今可以肯定、我沒法穩定每月完成較高等級的獎勵，雖門檻不高，但我目前確實辦不到。

想來想去，還是來回歸最初開張本專頁的簡樸方案吧(+加上一些改良)！以下是更動的方案：

增建「第二專頁」
目前這個專頁 = 主要專頁，將只留下兩個會員等級：一鎂會員/二鎂會員。
第二專頁的會員等級有：五鎂會員、三十鎂會員，以及新加開的三鎂會員。
假設未來有獎勵包確定能製作完成，該獎勵包將會放在第二專頁，供贊助額較高的會員下載。假如當月沒有新的獎勵包，第二專頁的結帳週期會保持在暫停狀態。
所有更新公告、過程圖、草稿、公開版本(或一至二鎂版本)的作品，都仍將發表在主要專頁。

[ 點我前往第二專頁 ]

新的獎勵階級：

一鎂會員(主要)：照舊是個收小費的零錢筒;)
二鎂會員(主要)：每月至少一幅作品(線稿或插圖)/過程圖，解析度高於其他平台的公開版本。
三鎂會員(第二)：下載最近三份獎勵包。
五鎂會員(第二)：下載最近六份獎勵包。
三十鎂會員(第二)：下載所有已發佈之獎勵包。

專頁更動流程：

主要專頁上的五鎂與三十鎂會員等級將被「下架(unpublished)」。如果您正好是其中一種會員，您還是可以在主要專頁上、看到所有五鎂/三十鎂等級的獎勵。
所有已發表的五鎂、三十鎂會員獎勵包，已全數上傳至第二專頁。
未來所有新的獎勵包，只會上傳到第二專頁上。
假如您正好是五鎂/三十鎂會員，但來不及在九月結帳週期前切換會員等級，可向叭子申請九月份的贊助退款。

假如您目前是五鎂會員，這邊推薦操作步驟如下：