What Is Patreon And How Do You Use It To Make Money?

For YouTubers, when money is tight, luxuries such as purchasing Sony Vegas Pro, buying Casey's preferred Canon EOS 80D DSLR or GorillaPod, and paying for exclusive music rights becomes a far-fetched bucket list. I get it if people leave the platform for their reasons, I support their freedom to do what they want — I also think that platform holders should be active in eradicating hate speech from their platforms. In return for their support, those who give money (called "patrons") receive exclusive rewards.

Well, on Patreon, those subscribers are paying you, not watching ads, so if you get 500 people to pay you $5 a month, that's an extra $2500 you're making. In 2016, Patreon boasted that 7,960 users were now making over $100 a month, which struck me as such an insignificant monthly income to brag about.

Online personalities as well as traditional creators such as musicians and writers have been flocking Patreon patreon earnings as a quick and easy way to let their fans, or patrons, pay them. Let's look at some helpful tips to make the most of Patreon, and some examples of interesting uses of this persuasive (and sometimes controversial) crowdfunding platform.

McMahon's voice joins the number of creators who are asking Patreon to leave the current fee system alone. One critique I'll make here is that competing platforms allow you to offer different support tiers to backers while still charging a 5% platform fee. For fans, the site is a good way of funding the work of your favorite creators, while also getting rewards in return.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Patreon has seen the largest growth of new creators on their platform in the company's entire history in March of 2020. Some creators don't even give any special rewards, but rather use it for simple crowdfunding. After that, small business owners can set up a page with different membership tiers.