Except I am sleepy and this is not my strongest subject.

Who wants to look at the addition to this post and explain how it makes charging a flat transaction for each *pledge* a good thing for creators and patrons? https://blog.patreon.com/updating-patreons-fee-structure/

I’ll try to look at it in the morning, but my eyes glazed over. Right now I just feel cynical.

https://blog.patreon.com/updating-patreons-fee-structure/

They are going to charge at the time each pledge is made and monthly thereafter. NOT on the first of the month. Pledges won’t be bundled and there will actually be a transaction fee for each one. 1/2

This eliminates one of the main reasons for LIKING Patreon. Why don’t they let you add money to a Patreon "wallet" so that there isn’t a fee for each pledge? And why didn’t they explain this part when they announced the thing? This was extremely poorly handled, if it’s even the entire truth. And it’s still going to make One Dollar Patreon not feasible.

2/2

@gannet
Yeeeeeap. It's the "per pledge" that pisses me off. You are processing my card ONCE. That means you are ETHICALLY only allowed to charge ONE processing fee.

Creators all over the place are decrying this new system, and some have posted screencaps of the multiple pages of their lost pledges.