I was a patron rather than a creator, and I ultimately ended up dropping all of my artists because none of them did what they said they'd do. I would sign up for certain tiers promising certain things (sketches, livestreams, etc.), and then didn't get those things, would go weeks and months without any content being posted, and yet my pledges would successfully leave my account every month. I'm all for supporting people to do what they love, but I work *really* hard for my money, and it kind of stung to watch it leave my account without getting anything in return.
Everyone here is (rightly) concerned about pledgers not upholding their ends of the bargain, but maybe you should put something in place to ensure that the artist does the same? I feel like a huge jerk writing this, but I faithfully pledged for a few artists for the better part of this year, and saw very little return, and I'm honestly pretty disappointed.
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Date: 2015-09-14 12:46 am (UTC)Everyone here is (rightly) concerned about pledgers not upholding their ends of the bargain, but maybe you should put something in place to ensure that the artist does the same? I feel like a huge jerk writing this, but I faithfully pledged for a few artists for the better part of this year, and saw very little return, and I'm honestly pretty disappointed.
Edited for grammer, sorry!