Yeah, the three "video artists" (for lack of a better term) I follow (two funny reviewers, and a fellow who does awesome consumer reports reviews of gaming products) are all making thousands a month from their fans. And as long as the content trickles out once a week or so, the money seems to keep coming.
The nice thing about Patreon is it's basically a subscription service, like Netflix. You can pick a few of your favorite content creators, throw them $2/mo each, and it's just -$10 to your bank account a month. Not too bad. Easy to forget and just let it keep going. And then enough fans do it, and it really adds up.
And like I said, except for a few bonus videos for subscribers, the vast majority of content is free.
Paywalls... I dunno. My experience is, people either ignore them, or try their best to spitefully bypass them. It might work if you're The New York Times or Jay Z, but I'm just not sure how well locking away a big chunk of your content would work for the average joe trying to make a few bucks.
Yeah, the three "video artists" (for lack of a better term) I follow (two funny reviewers, and a fellow who does awesome consumer reports reviews of gaming products) are all making thousands a month from their fans. And as long as the content trickles out once a week or so, the money seems to keep coming.
The nice thing about Patreon is it's basically a subscription service, like Netflix. You can pick a few of your favorite content creators, throw them $2/mo each, and it's just -$10 to your bank account a month. Not too bad. Easy to forget and just let it keep going. And then enough fans do it, and it really adds up.
And like I said, except for a few bonus videos for subscribers, the vast majority of content is free.
Paywalls... I dunno. My experience is, people either ignore them, or try their best to spitefully bypass them. It might work if you're The New York Times or Jay Z, but I'm just not sure how well locking away a big chunk of your content would work for the average joe trying to make a few bucks.