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Feedback Request - Adding a Middle Tier
🕑 Added 2022-02-01 09:18:41 +0000 UTCHi everyone,
Some feedback that I have been getting over and over is that I am missing a 'middle tier' in the $6-$12 price range.
I previously had a $5 tier for Guest Comics and a $15 tier for Physical Goods, but the former quickly got out of hand for signups and the latter I closed when Covid lockdowns started happening in 2020.
If you are still on those old tiers, I still want to get you your outstanding rewards! I think I need to invent some kind of ticket system where I give each person a number and they have up to a week to get their requests resolved before I move on to the next person...
Being based in New Zealand certainly adds an extra challenge - it costs $20 just to ship one enamel pin, so any physical rewards should ideally be flat like a book or stickers, etc. to keep costs down. Alternatively I would need to partner with someone overseas who could fulfil deliveries, but I kinda think receiving something straight from me here in Middle Earth is more special, right?
With all of that in mind, I want to create a tier that is generous, rewarding and will not run in to the logistic unpleasantries of overburdening me at a large scale. To that end, I would really appreciate any feedback you have about the kinds of rewards you would like to see in a middlest tier. Let's pretend its $8.33 for now, so you'd be paying exactly $100 a year...
Comments
ShorahNagi
Regular stickers, bumper stickers, window/regular decals, and flat magnets are all light and easy to ship (some toy might even be able to get away in shipping in a standard envelope. Maybe even post cards
Takama
I like stickers and magnets are pretty versatile also. (Forgot hittin enter on my phone sends it .. no formating me! XD ). An art book maybe or the comic in physical forms at some point would be awesome! I'm not a huge fan of pins, where do I use them? And do so safely? I love the look but the practical use is sort of up in the air.
For me, digital stuff is preferable, as stickers and postcards just sit in a pile and eventually thrown our or shoved in a drawer (to be thrown out in 2 years time). Without knowing the workload, for this price range, maybe another mini-series like axes? If it has to be physical stuff, the plastic "stickers" that stick to glass, but can be peeled off and re-used are cool. I'd give them to my kids to use in the car, so they stop sticking apple stickers to the glass.
Matthew Wills
Try not to think too hard about solving my logistical problems - I'd rather hear about the things YOU PERSONALLY want to get, digitally or physically. :)
Getting things directly from the artist does have a certain appeal. Could you get them all ready and still bulk ship it to someone that can do the final deliveries for less cost?
unsquare
Maybe you could find someone in a better logistical location that would send individual packages to patreons and you would send a 'bulk' to him/her - that could cut the package cost.... maybe π€ (I think I did a 'my own amount' of something like 5$ π€ so I am all for it)
Flat things like stickers sound reasonable and awesome π
