StainedKarbonMaps
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Important update regarding lowering prices (Good for you), feedback needed!
🕑 Added 2022-03-14 13:37:38 +0000 UTCHey everyone, this is a little bit of a long one so please read if you are able <3
Just so it is clear, prices would be going DOWN, not up, so this would be good for patrons!
There is something that I've been giving a lot of thought to lately and that thing is tier prices and the general state of things in the world, financially speaking. Everyone including myself has seen a rise in prices across the board, from utility bills, to gas, to tax and food, internet, basically everything it feels like is going up.
This sucks, especially when it ends with many of us having to cut out things that make us happy, subscription services like netflix, patreon, music and all the other good stuff. I've definitely had to cut back on some things I really didn't want to.
I've gotten a lot of message from patrons saying that they wish they could stay but are unable to because of all the above stuff going on, which is of course completely understandable, thank you from the bottom of my heart to every single one of you past and present.
I started this patreon because I wanted to be able to help people bring their games to life and become part of cherished memories of the adventures they'd been on, while hopefully be able to make a living off of it so it is something I could keep doing for a long time.
So with all that in mind I've been mulling over a decision regarding the pricing of my tiers in hopes that doing so would enable many of you to continue to enjoy my content without feeling too much of a financial hit from it.
In the spirit of full transparency if I were to go forward with my decision to lower tier prices, I would take a hit, it would theoretically cut my patreon income by around half if everyone took advantage of the change. I've gotten a lot of feedback from others telling me this is a stupid idea business wise and that I shouldn't do it, I understand where they are coming from. That would hurt, yes, but the more important part for me is that it would help you, hopefully.
I was thinking of rearranging the tiers into just one tier, at perhaps $4 which would be around:
A 50% discount for the $8 Stainer of Karbon tier.
A minor discount and value boost for the $5 Scoffer of Brownies tier .
A huge value boost should they choose to spend an extra dollar for the $3 Little Kultist tier.
If this was unclear, let me know!
As for you who have annually pledged who would basically be screwed over by this change, I definitely see you, this is something I'm still thinking on.
So I've made a poll that I'd love for you to vote on, and of course leave any comments/feedback or DM me directly if you'd like about this idea!
Thank you so much!
- Krane
Comments
Cascade Crisis
That's all anyone can ask of you.
Stained Karbon Maps
Thank you <3 I'm actually a pretty asocial person IRL but if someone is going to go through the effort of engaging with my content in any way, whether its a comment or a pledge or and email or DM , whatever it is I'm gonna make damn sure I engage back! :D Dealing with community aspects of this stuff can be difficult, especially if you aren't used to it, my approach is to just be myself and hope people don't find me annoying XD
Cascade Crisis
Lol... I need to work in time to download some damn maps this week.
Cascade Crisis
Your stuff is great and you actually interact with your patrons. There are quite a few people that run a Patreon page but don't want to deal with any of the community aspect of it. Makes it seem like they don't care... which isn't good for their retention numbers I'm sure.
Stained Karbon Maps
Yeah there is so much choice and amazing creators out there that I'm honestly surprised that I get anyone willing to support me at all :D Every patron absolutely makes a difference for me, no matter the tier or length of stay <3
Cascade Crisis
I feel this. On my end I’m supporting 6 or 7 different Patreon artists. It’s more of a matter of cutting back on how many I support. There are a few that have 20k patrons and don’t need my money as much as some others so I’m reevaluating and making sure my contribution is making a difference in someone’s life.
Stained Karbon Maps
That's exactly why I'd like to do this, I know how much it sucks to have to give up something you enjoy when times are hard, especially if you don't have that many 'luxury' things in the first place. I appreciate the support and kind words <3
Anthony Iverson
I've been doing a couple different map design patreons for the last few months and had to cut back a bit for exactly this reason, but i would be very happy to upgrade to a $4 tier, your art style is always so wild and weird, and that's what i love about it. it's a great kindness, but it's also important that you get compensated for your beautiful art, so i'm on the bus either way
