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 UTCHello 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- Tier $5 and Tier $30 of this primary page are going to be 'unpublished'.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- If you're subscribing to an unpublished tier, and be billed by the September billing cycle due to not being able to change tiers in time, you can request a refund.
If you're subscribing to an unpublished tier, for example, Tier $5 of this primary page, here are my suggesting steps: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:
- 先確定您已下載所有五鎂會員專屬的獎勵。
- 在九月的結帳週期啟動之前,切換到較小的會員等級,如一鎂或二鎂會員。(或乾脆取消訂閱,持續免費follow我的公開文章)
- 等待下個獎勵包確定已製作完成,並上傳到第二專頁。
- 屆時再贊助第二專頁,加入三鎂會員,下載該獎勵包。
至於有些比較熟Patreon的朋友可能會問,幹麻不乾脆轉成「計費文章」的模式就好了?(Patreon有兩種模式,一種是月結,一種是計費文章發表時才結帳)去年自行測試後,發現這種模式問題很多而作罷:一來沒有立即結帳制度(charge upfront)、二來計費文章不能指定會員等級發表。
總之這次調整的目的就是,讓自己在僅能完成小型獎勵的情況下,不致於完全零收入;而在能完成較大型獎勵的情況下,得以收取相應的贊助金額(只收一兩鎂真的蠻難糊口的...)。不好意思又讓大家讀完一篇這麼長的解說文!😭