Quoting: GrazenTo be honest Liam, posts like this make me want to cancel my Patreon support.

Wow, okay, why? Did I do something wrong?

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Quoting: ripper

Quoting: liamdaweIndeed Patreon can be started and stopped any time!

But can you do a one-time payment without even starting the recurring option? I prefer one-time donations, and I don't want to remember that I should cancel the payment next month. That's why I welcome PayPal. If Patreon supports true one-time payments ("remember to cancel next month" doesn't count), you should definitely mention that on the Patreon page. The recurring requirement might put many people off.

Nah, your best bet is Paypal for that!

Thanks :)

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Quoting: Knuckslol the tweet has been removed. Hope that isnt a bad sign.

Who knows. We will just have to wait and see.

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Quoting: pete910

Quoting: Guest*snip
There is no need to go into so much detail. And I understand what you are trying to say however, a small dip in $ can be a huge dip in £.

*cough* tis other way round *cough :P

Well that depends on exchange rates. The way the pound was going made the patreon worth more ;)

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Quoting: bekoYou may consider Patreon again. It's perfectly possible to place "one time orders". That's up to the user. A subscription is optional (granted, only if this wasn't restricted lately)

I don't see that option, at least not for Liam. As financially disadvantageous as it may be, I'd rather pay a lump sum of $60 than have a subscription for one year and pay 12 times $5. I just don't like to have my card charged for subscriptions, not even if subscribing is immediate. I'd even cancel Netflix if it were only up to me.

Hey no problem it's all good. I know some people like it that way which is why I enabled Paypal :)

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Quoting: beko

Quoting: GuestIt's good you added Pay Pall. I don't want to be stuck with another monthly bill so I don't do Patreon, but I don't mind sending a payment or buying merchandise from time to time in order to support projects I enjoy.

You may consider Patreon again. It's perfectly possible to place "one time orders". That's up to the user. A subscription is optional (granted, only if this wasn't restricted lately)

Indeed Patreon can be started and stopped any time!

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Quoting: STiATJul 21, 2017:
Patreons: 311
Earnings per month: $1,219.38

Aug 1, 2017:
Patreons: 306
Earnings per Month: $1,215.10

Aug 21, 2017:
Patreons: 314
Earnings per month: $1,211.56

There was a one-time-high peak on July 31:
Patreons: 314
Earnings per month: $1,234.43

I'd say it was very stable over the past month, generally very stable since July. I can't see a trend which would require this post, but it's always good to remind the community ;-).

In terms of the exact amounts, the amount Patreon shows as a total is not exact, it's their guess based on cancellations, declined payments and so on, only I can see it in more detail. At time of posting it was the first month funding had gone down. Since then it has gone up a little, but overall we're still down compared with last month as it stands, thankfully not a lot thanks to the new supporters as of today.

The trend comment was one part of an overall reminder about supporting. No need to read into it so much. However, if it did become a trend over multiple months it would be worrying, this was to preempt that happening. These reminder posts generally increase our support more than any other method.

The point is to try to gain more support, so we can continue and do more. I also work in £, so the overall result is actually lower for me.

Editing to be clearer :)

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Quoting: KetilWith my current economy I cannot really support the patreon, but I would opt-in to ads if you made them an optional feature and if they are not super annoying. Especially ads for linux friendly hardware and linux games wouldn't be too bad. I also think that large gaming companies can afford to give you some money, e.g. you accept if they offer, but you don't let it affect your articles in any way, except 1-2 sentences thanking them for the support. If you are up front about it, then they will know what they get in advance.

Adverts pay so little it's hardly even worth it, they're only worth it if you have direct purchases from people. Things like google adsense get blocked by the majority of people, back when we had them around 80% of people blocked them it wasn't worth it.

As for accepting payment for thanking someone in an article for some kind of sponsorship, every single one I've come across did not want it known that they were sponsoring it. So it's a no-go.

I'm happy with Patreon, it's really the most sane option, as long as it doesn't start drying up :)

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Quoting: KuJohttps://graphtreon.com/creator/liamdawe

This looks quite good. Or not?

The trend overall has been good yes :), I'm hoping it continues! The more support I get, the more I'm able to do! We're still far away from the resources other sites have that's for certain, especially since we have no adverts, no pay walls, no timed articles or anything of the sorts. I am committed to keeping it that way too :)

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Quoting: jasondaigoRyan "Icculus" Gordon is looking for new games to port to Linux, pay not required

ehm

Yes? Did you take issue with it or what?

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