I welcome the updates to billing if only so they can roll out gift cards and trials. They’ll be testing this new system with a small group of creators before rolling it out to everyone. The changes to billing are very far out, and Patreon is trying to be as clear as possible up front so that there are no surprises. You can read more info on the changes at the link above.
#JUST ROLL WITH IT PATREON TRIAL#
Patreon also says that this will open up other opportunities that creators and fans have been begging for, including the ability to purchase Patreon gift cards, trial periods, and more. And that’s why Patreon is trying to make changes to billing. If this all sounds a little confusing, that’s because it is. (It’s worth noting Patreon does try to make this clear while they are pledging).
This will alleviate confusion and in some cases frustration, because some fans don’t like being ‘double charged’ if they’re pledging at the end of the month and then getting billed again a couple days later. So using the same example above: If a fan becomes a Patron on December 29th, they will be charged on the 29th of each month henceforth. In a blog post dedicated to this topic, Patreon says that they will test charging fans on the day that they first became a Patron, rather than the first day of the month. In that case, if a fan pledged on December 29th, they actually wouldn’t be charged until January 1) (Many creators may not have the Charge Up Front setting turned on. This means that if a fan joins your Patreon on December 29th and you have the Charge Up Front setting turned on, they will be charged on that date and again on January 1. Currently, Patreon charges all Patrons at the start of each month, no matter when they pledged to the Patreon. – Improvements to Billing: This will probably be one of the biggest changes, if not the biggest change, to Patreon we’ve seen since its inception. It would save us all a little time and stress! I would love for Patreon to list out the benefits of each tier on the Add Post page. For those of us with tiers that hold a lot of benefits (and especially for those of us with multiple Patreons), it can be hard to keep track of which benefits are in what tiers. Speaking of content organization, I’ve had a gripe for a while that I’d love for them to fix: When you’re on the Add Post page, you can’t see which tiers receive which benefits. Let creators feature certain posts they’re very proud of, or are very popular, that will help retain Patrons over the longhaul. The Featured Tags section has been the only way to jump to a collection of posts.I hope Patreon provides creators with better ways to feature older content, and that they move away from the tag system being so prominent. For the latter, this has required the creator to assign tags to each post, and you had to tell Patreon which tags you wanted to feature in a row across the top of your Patreon page. Currently, there’s just two ways for users to sort through your content: The search bar (which itself is a relatively recent addition to Patreon for users), and Tags. – “Content Organization”: Patreon says that new ways to organize your posts are being “explored,” so this improvement sounds further off than others.
A GIF posted on makes it look like their new post system will be block-based, similar to what WordPress has introduced in recent years, where you place virtual ‘building blocks’ into a post in order to design each post. – “Improved Posting”: Patreon says that they’re working on a “brand new posting experience with an improved design, robust formatting and multimedia tools, and autosave drafts.” I’m eager to see what they do here, because I do find the current content management system to be a bit clunky. Patreon-hosted videos should come as a welcomed addition to creators who want to ensure that the work they’re making for Patrons is only accessible to those who financially support them.It remains to be seen if being able to host video directly on Patreon will be a premium service, or if this will be available to everyone at no extra charge. Previously, creators had to upload Patron-exclusive content to Vimeo or YouTube for the best experience. – “Patreon Video”: For the first time, you’ll be able to upload videos directly to Patreon. Here are my thoughts on a few things they’re teasing :
In a new webpage located at ‘ ‘ (you know it’s significant when they set up a whole subdomain for this announcement), Patreon reveals that there are several new features in development for 2022. Patreon appears to be gearing up for a big 2022, with numerous changes and features being teased for release on the crowdfunding platform next year.
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