Zedrin

Some stuff on subscribestar

Added 2020-08-01 02:51:01 +0000 UTC

SO, some stuff regarding subscribestar, just in the event anyone switches over to there:

The lower tiers ($2 and $5) are priced slightly higher than on Patreon. The reason for this: Patreon allowed me to keep the old model, where I could batch my payments for fees. I've always been on the hook for payment processing fees as well as platform fees.

On patreon, this is 5% for platform, 2.9% + $.30 for payment processor, batched.

On subscribestar, this is 8% for platform, and 2.9% + $.30 for payment processor, per *payment.* This winds up crippling smaller pledges.

For an example, this means that a $2 tier on Patreon sees a fee for me of abotu $.12-$.20. On Subscribestar, it's $.50, or 25% of the entire pledge.

However, it's on a individual cycle, so if you pledge on the 10th, you are charged again on the next 10th, rather than having to watch to make sure you don't pledge right at the end of the month.

There does seem to be one issue with changing tiers: according to two people so far, changing tiers causes you to be charged the full price of the new tier, rather than the difference. This is NOT reflected in my earnings however. I'm emailing SS about this to find out where the original payments went, to see if they're refunded, if they'll show up later, or if SS just pockets them (worst case scenario). I'll work out something if stuck witht he double charge.

I'm also trying to figure out the milestones and how to handle them. Subscribestar currently doesn't track individual supporter analytics it looks like. I'm still trying to figure out the nuances of the system overall, bear with me.