126 – Unpacking Patreon’s Controversial Changes and the Coming of Drip, Kickstarter’s New Competing Service

Find out what popular ongoing crowdfunding platfrom Patreon did to anger most of it’s creators and learn about a competing service owned by Kickstarter that may be coming to try to eat Patreon’s lunch. Plus, the most important take-aways from these developments that independent creators must keep front and center.

Highlights of this Session Include:

How a small change in Patreon’s fee structure to “benefit creators” earned almost universal ire and condemnation.
If Patrons and Creators aren’t happy, why did Patreon do this?
Is the new Kickstarter owned competitor DRIP a viable alternative for creators unhappy with Patreon’s decision.
Plus: The danger of building your entire platform on rented land.

Links Mentioned in Today’s Show

ComixLaunch Mastery Application link –> ComixLaunch.com/mm-apply
ComixLaunch Mastery Info Session Replay. Want to know more about it –> ComixLaunch.com/mm-info

This session is sponsored by

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Imagine you have a Patreon. What could you do to add $1 more in value a month to $1 patrons who just saw their $1 pledges go up by $0.38 cents though no fault of theirs or yours?