merch doesn’t offer any shirt print if I saw it correctly, which is a no go for me personally.
Definitely agree. People would adore shirts.
I rather want to make a Tier especially for merch where patreon takes a cut per patron rather than 3% overall.
I feel if that’s how it worked, then they’d definitely want more percentage overall. A successful campaign I think makes 2k on the low end, where 3% just means 60 bucks extra. It’s still not insignificant or anything, but I’d expect much worse in a system where they handle the production and shipping chores of physical goods.
But I think that’s just a very annoying thing you do to your patrons and can backfire. Just think it like you ordered a package on amazon and it tells you you have to wait 3 months till it arrives? That’s insane, even waiting 1 week is a lot for many people.
I think the “merch rewards” language is the key here. Merch is never supposed to be the actual point of your campaign - your own content is. Merch works more as a reward for continuous pledges, which makes a lot of sense. Nobody would’ve bought a $36 sticker otherwise to begin with. We’re not selling these merch (we’re not “selling” anything on Patreon, they’re all donation incentives). Your example is a bit too far removed from the reality of this situation. It’s more like, you get coupons for each month’s pledge, and when you get 3 coupons, you get a prize. THAT takes a week to ship.
I, on the other hand, think 3 months is too little. I’d rather have it 6 months or a year (just so i don’t have to make $12 worth tiers so people fulfill the conditions to get a sticker in 3 months).