Ko-fi charges a 5% platform fee on some features (like memberships, shop, and commissions), but donations are free. They also charge payment processing fees from PayPal or Stripe.
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We don’t charge a monthly fee. All features, including publishing and emails, are free for everyone. We charge a 5% transaction fee, and creators keep 95% of the earnings.
The issue is the size of platform. Once you get to certain size you can do w/e for hosting fees plus brand name support people feel comfortable donationing to. Only fans and subscriberstar charge more because others dont support NSFW stuff so thats obviously a jerk move. Sure pateron does things like tier system but is that really worth the cost. Im not sold on it yet.
So if those platforms are better everyone will move to them if they don’t like a 2% increase (or 2% decrease) in fees on Patreon. That’s great, that’s how the free market works. Vote with your dollars.
There is also Buy me coffee
The issue is the size of platform. Once you get to certain size you can do w/e for hosting fees plus brand name support people feel comfortable donationing to. Only fans and subscriberstar charge more because others dont support NSFW stuff so thats obviously a jerk move. Sure pateron does things like tier system but is that really worth the cost. Im not sold on it yet.
So if those platforms are better everyone will move to them if they don’t like a 2% increase (or 2% decrease) in fees on Patreon. That’s great, that’s how the free market works. Vote with your dollars.