Public Poll - Subscription Billing

Hello, people who follow me on Patreon but are not subscribed!

If you are already a Patron of mine you should not vote in this poll. Instead you should vote in the next poll, which is for Patrons only.

Yesterday, Patreon sent out an email to all creators informing us of the implementation of Subscription Billing. What this does is when you subscribe to a creator, you will get charged immediately. Then you are charged every month on the same date that you originally subscribed.

Currently, I have up-front charging enabled. So you are charged immediately upon subscribing to me. And then, once you are subscribed, no matter when you are subscribed, you are charged on the first of the month. So if you subscribe on September 30, you will get charged on the 30th and the next day on the first.

There are advantages and disadvantages to each system. Some of the people I've spoken to have said they'd rather be charged on the date of their subscription so that they're not hit with all of their Patreon charges at the first of the month.

Some have said they prefer to be charged at the first of the month so that they always know when they're going to be charged.

So I'm reaching out to you guys and my Patrons separately. This does not affect current Patrons. Current Patrons will still be charged at the first of every month. It only affects new Patrons if I implement the change.

Also, this change is permanent. There is no going back if I don't like it. So my plan is to ask you guys what you think about it in this poll. I have a separate poll that only current Patrons can vote on. But I want to hear your thoughts! Feel free to leave a comment with more detailed thoughts down below.

If I do implement this change it will probably not be for a couple weeks, after I've considered everybody's opinions and after I've seen it in practice for other developers. So it would affect the November billing cycle.

Let me know what you think!