Sketch Request Changes
Added 2017-02-08 00:33:24 +0000 UTCOkay, so as many of you may be aware, Patreon does not officially allow raffles as a reward. The reason being is that it's considered a form of gambling, and isn't allowed in order to comply with state laws. Many artists who have offered raffles in the past have had to discontinue them. I've been in violation of this rule for a while now, and I figure it's only a matter of time before I'm called out, or forced to stop... so I've tried to think of something I can offer instead that would be just as interesting.
To be honest with you, I actually really love doing the raffle and drawing your requests, so what I had in mind was to open a monthly sketch request pool instead – the idea is that every month, supporters could throw their requests or ideas into a pool, and I'd select one to draw. You could also vote for ideas you like to persuade my choice. In addition to this I'd like to set up a private stream so that all of you in this tier can watch the drawing and hang out (if that sounds interesting). I've already checked with Patreon, and this idea was approved by their support team, so I'd be in the clear to do this.
However, I wanna know how you feel about it first... Those of you in the $10 tier make up the bulk of my support, and I'd hate to lose any one of you over changes you may be less than excited about. So please tell me, is this something you'd like to participate in? Or would you feel discouraged and leave if your requests aren't chosen? With the way the raffle worked before, all you'd have to do is wait around until you were selected, but this way would require you to participate in the request pool if you wanted to win a sketch, even then, you may not be chosen... but you could still vote for ideas and watch the stream. I want to do everything I can to keep you all on board and offer you rewards you like, so please hit me up with some feedback. Do you like the idea? Do you dislike it? Do you have a better reward in mind? Let me know what you think!
Comments
Doesn't sound bad at all. Makes it more of a surprise for everyone involved especially the person who gets their request picked.
Jin
2017-02-09 00:39:42 +0000 UTCThanks for the feedback!
Erotibot
2017-02-08 18:56:46 +0000 UTCSounds fine to me.
Inquisitor
2017-02-08 10:20:15 +0000 UTCYeah, I think that's the best bet. Honestly, I think it'll be even more reason to pledge at or above $10 if we get a hang-out stream session here and there. So long as there's a good variety of art, it all sounds good to me.
Cyril Vaxx
2017-02-08 08:26:25 +0000 UTCI'm totaly ok with this
DIO
2017-02-08 07:51:11 +0000 UTCI would love to see you do your thing, either in stream or recording, it would be cool
jirs
2017-02-08 03:18:54 +0000 UTCwell it seems like patreon is going to slowly phase raffles out anyway, and youre kinda taking a risk by doing it, so i believe its a good decision to do monthly request, ive seen a couple artist on patron do the same thing and its pretty successful, also adding a private stream, makes the 10$ tier so worth it, i would definitely like that !
2017-02-08 03:11:05 +0000 UTCYeah that's an option, but I think it's a grey area, plus I wouldn't be able to advertise that option as a reward. Even if I hold the raffle off-site, I'm still offering it as a reward for signing up... maybe that would be some kind of loop hole, but I'd kind of like to keep my hands clean.
Erotibot
2017-02-08 02:27:05 +0000 UTCI agree with you. With this set up, I'll still be choosing the request, so I can try my best to keep it varied - but it can't be random. I think that's where the "gambling" thing comes in.
Erotibot
2017-02-08 02:24:38 +0000 UTCI prefer requests/raffles to voting Tbh. voting tends to kinda only get popular characters picked, randomness or even artists picking ideas they like can lead to more varied stuff.
Minamoto Terumi
2017-02-08 02:14:50 +0000 UTCI think it sounds great sir, go for it!
RoryDropkick
2017-02-08 01:35:50 +0000 UTCI'm okay with this.
Naj
2017-02-08 01:35:16 +0000 UTCSeems fine
Nicoya
2017-02-08 01:30:23 +0000 UTCsounds pretty good to me
crufl
2017-02-08 01:16:53 +0000 UTCHonestly seems like the best choice on patreon. I'd participate. The only other suggestion would be to move to a third party for raffles and make it private somehow but I understand that it's complicating things and that may also turn people away.
TakuAmazuki
2017-02-08 00:37:16 +0000 UTC