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[MAJOR UPDATE⚠️] - WE ARE LEAVING PATREON
🕑 Added 2023-04-01 18:25:04 +0000 UTCHey y'all! Please if you can, watch all of this video!
THIS IS OUR DUE DILIGENCE BEING DONE.
This will provide you with a detailed update / answer questions some of you guys have had regarding the future of LKTV x Patreon, and I'm excited to announce that as of May 1st, everything will be on our new website:
lktv.au
which is now LIVE!
I don't want to write too much of an essay as the video explains it all and I'll likely write another update post at some point, but here are the main takeaways:
- Please make sure to unsubscribe from the Patreon by the 30th of April, 2023. From the 1st of May, all content will be uploaded SOLELY to the website alone, and Patreon will become one giant redirection to the website. If you cancel your Patreon subscription even now, then you will still receive full access to content until April 30th.
- For the month of APRIL, I will continue uploading our regular weekly contents over here as normal, so if Patreon has autocharged you for this month already, you'll still receive all the benefits as normal. I will ALSO be uploading the same content on the same days at the same time on the website too as well as migrating all other previous content. The website is currently having content migrated so alerts are indeed alerting but if you'd like to be around for it, then feel free!
- IF you would like to become a first member on the website in April but have already paid for Patreon this month then feel free, but do just keep in mind if you do so, then you'd be double charged for both Patreon and the website - I can't offer refunds if you decide to move to the website but are already paying for Patreon this month. Applying refunds for 1000+ people would be impossible, so do so at your own discretion ❤️
- There are new tiers on the website and better pricepoints! On the website, there are now 5 different tiers, all of which I think will suit the needs of all of us a little better.
🆕 'All-Star' Tier: $6 USD (includes everything the moon tier does here)
🆕 'K-Star' Tier: $4 USD (includes ALL and ONLY K-Pop content - no animes or dramas)
🆕 'D-Star' Tier: $4 USD (includes ALL and ONLY K-Drama related content)
🆕 'A-Star' Tier: $4 USD (includes ALL and ONLY Anime related content)
🌌 'Cosmos' Tier - still Cosmos tier lmao. Still $15, nothing has changed but apparently is cheaper than Patreon because no VAT.
I noticed that some people had wanted this for a while in feedback forms and also since we started regularly doing more of these contents, I felt this would be a really good idea. More flexibility, and of course if you want 2 tiers (K + D for example), then All-Star is cheaper. Kind of like buy 2, get 1 free.
Some last things:
- As far as security is concerned, this website is powered by a membership creation platform called FourthWall. They utilise the same security measures in storing of patron/member data - I can only see when people subscribed, their emails in case I need to get in touch, but no payment details are viewable by me as these are processed and protected by 'Stripe'. Stripe is an e-commerce provider many online stores use in tandem with Shopify, etc so payments and those details are as safe as they are here. The only thing I receive is just the payouts as I do normally on Patreon.
- PayPal as a method of payment is currently unavailable. I will have a FAQ page on the site soon addressing things like this, but it will hopefully be available soon. I'm in contact with the developers of that platform trying to get it added as I know some of us use it, but for now the main accepted methods of payment for subscriptions are Credit/Debit (VISA, Mastercard, AMEX) & Apple Pay / Google Pay. This membership platform launched only recently, so PayPal shouldn't be too far away.
- Finally, regarding the video sharing situation, last month we ran into copyright issues over here with certain contents starting to be struck. It might seem isolated right now, but eventually ALL PATREON PAGES for other creators may be at risk to copyright strikes as Patreon moves towards becoming liable for all videos uploaded through its native player.
- In order to futureproof ourselves and also make sure nothing happens, on the new website there are some cool changes I've implemented, but Dropbox HAS to be one of them. I've tried 8 different cloud sharing services over the last few days, all of which have been inconsistent across multiple devices, browsers or even have traffic limits, and this severely impacts your ability to watch and enjoy content.
- SO, on the new website, regular shows like TXT's 'To Do', Enhypen's 'EN-O'Clock', (basically group specific reality / variety content) for example, will be posted directly to the site as YouTube embeds. You'll never see these videos on any channel as they're 'unlisted', but the quality of these will be GOOD.
- Dropbox will be reserved for anime, Korean survival shows, and also K-dramas, but I'll be uploading these in parts like I used to (no Dropbox file will be over 1 hour long because this is when they start messing up), and this should work. For album listens, music show stream VODs, concerts, etc, these will all be in the native website player which is also really GOOD.
So Dropbox is unavoidable, but I'll be changing how I film, upload and edit to make these videos easier to watch.
Either way, I hope this all makes sense, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask them down below! Once again, please make sure to read all of this and heed the necessary time / grace periods, and I'll see you soon for our regularly scheduled Sunday content! ❤️
Love ya!
~ Lok
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Comments
Bennime
You dont even need an Android Phone! Google Pay is also available on the App Store afaik. And in the case you have neither of these but a PC you can always just download a Android Emulator. There is no excuses anymore!!! Sign up to lktv.au :)
Most welcome! Thank you for reading!
Ty Guzi
Thank you for the update!
Let's gooooo just saw you there! <3 I'll probably post a little update with this soon as a workaround just while we wait for integration. Thank you so much for trying this!
Aaron S.
yes, it finally worked once I used google chrome instead of my usual browser! proud new all-star sub as of about an hour ago. :D
Was this able to work for you Aaron?!
Let's goo man! Glad you like the idea of that :) <3
Good idea!
Aaron S.
@ people who aren't sure about subbing because of the 'no paypal' thing - if you have an android phone, you can link your paypal account to google pay!!! when you open lktv.au afterwards, via the chrome browser (!) on your phone, google pay will automatically pop up as a payment option once you sign up to a tier - underneath the credit card option. so, even though it's a bit of a detour, you'll be fine. i'm so excited :-)
Aaron S.
lok!!!!!! i finally figured out how to use google pay (which is connected to my paypal) so the credit card won't be necessary. so excited to be there basically from the start. :D let's goooooo
Aaron S.
i can't believe it took me 574538 tries to realise 'hey, maybe i should use chrome instead of my brave browser' and THEN it worked with google pay! thank you so so much!!! :-)
omegashots59
Google Pay option appears if you access the site from an android mobile device ❤
NightOwl
eh Ill think about it but better unsubscribe now then
Lance Ma
looking forward to the move, and I like the choices for the tiers, I am mainly for kpop so I am happy you have tier just for it.
All good Aly! ❤️ Thanks so much for being so keen to get into this with me!
If you need any more help Lucia, please feel free to let me know in this thread!
A perfect tutorial!
Thank you so so much Aaron! Your comments are always so sweet and encouraging and amongst all of the hectic stuff going on right now (self imposed lmaooo) this was so nice to read! ❤️ And RIGHT?! Demon Slayer banner looks clean as hell! Hahaha nooooo don't look at the Credit Card! I appreciate the love regardless man and appreciate that you just love the vibes enough to be as kind and as vocal as you always are here! Not a worry - Paypal is apparently a payment option for their merch sites, so I can imagine their memberships integration with Paypal surely isn't far away. Excited to have you over there soon regardless! And all the love right back at you! Always ❤️
So excited!!! Too bad patreon already charge me for this month. But will follow you there by the end of the month! 🫶🏻
Aaron S.
the link for the website is in the post - lktv.au . once you're on the site, you can create an account and then go back to lok's site (same link). click "become a member" or "join to access" and select the tier you'd like to pay for. then you enter your credit card info and you should be good to go. :-)
lucia
i have no ideal what's a website is how do you work it once you sign up where can I find it to watch
Love you always brother ❤️❤️🥺 hope you're doing alright man! Glad the new site is a vibe for you!
Aaron S.
oh, that UI is gorgeous! i'm super excited for you. i'm sure it's a lot of stress to migrate that content backlog but i'm sure it's gonna be worth it - compared to patreon, it really looks a lot more intuitive and user-friendly. (that banner is so pretty, fuck.) it's a testament to how much i've grown to love your exclusive content over these past five months that i'm looking into getting a credit card for the first time in my life right now lol google pay wasn't an option for me when i tried to sign up for some reason, so i'll see what i can do. at the latest, i'll be scratching at your door once paypal is implemented. all the love to you as always, and thank you for being so transparent with everything! :-)
ShadowMirror
Will follow you anywhere man, really liking the feel of the new site.
Let's goo man! Looking forward to having you over there! ❤️❤️❤️
redwolf2010TWO
Just joined your new site
Let's gooo Cami!
Let's goooo! So excited to have you over there Shancii!
Shancii
Done!
Doyoungismyult
So excited! I can’t wait to join you over there as well. ☺️
Let's gooo Shrimp! Thanks so so much man! <3
LFGGGG
Let's goo let's goo!
Let's goo man!
Let's fucking goooo man!
Thanks so much Steph! Yeah raised this with the devs and hopefully it'll be up soon. The platform itself is relatively new, but can't imagine this being absent for long!
Solitary Shrimp
Just got my account set up on the new site and gotta say it's gonna be a gem to work with! 👍 Really glad this is all working out for you! I'm sure there will be some kinks to iron out at first but when I was navigating the site, it was real easy to use!😄 Thank you for all the hard work you put into this! It's really awesome! ☺️🫶
Justin_AndaKage
The due date is the day before my B-day. Ha, I'm already there bro.
Stephanie
Thanks I must have skipped that part 🤦🏼♀️ I‘ll just be patient.
Aaron S.
He mentioned PayPal near the end of the post - it's not available yet but he's in contact with the page devs to hopefully speed implementation along. :-)
Stephanie
Just wanted to switch over but I could only select credit card as payment option. Will Paypal be there eventually?
Echofied
Let's gooooooo! See you all over there!
Let's go, excited for this new adventure !! <3
Schnaaki
First? Let's go. Hope all will be going smooth
