Have you ever heard of Patreon ??

Alexis Elliott
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read

I am currently in the process of developing a Patreon account. If you don’t know what Patreon is, it’s a way for people to support their favorite creators by participating in a monthly subscription. The monthly subscription will consist of different tiers that determine what level of benefits you receive, and what your monthly subscription price will be. It can range anywhere from $1 month to… I don’t know $500 a month… maybe even more. Each creator will usually have a monthly goal that they’re looking to achieve. One is usually a goal for how much they’re looking to make, and anther is usually how many fans are looking to gain.

It’s a really great platform because it helps creators of all kinds to, 1 get the financial support they may need to continue creating, and 2 develop a loving fan base who may not have known about what the creator was doing otherwise.

I’m currently in the process of developing my Patreon page and I’m hoping to have it launched by November 1. Right now I’m trying to figure out what the benefits for each of my tiers will be. What I do know is that anyone who is a subscriber to my Patreon account will be able to participate in helping me create each and everyone of my apps, which is something I’m very excited about. As for pricing, I’m going to start my tiers off pretty small mainly because I’m new to the Patreon platform.

My primary goal is to build a fan base of people who will be interested in downloading my apps once I am able to release them. My secondary goal is to have a source of income that is specifically to fund my development needs. Since I am not in the ideal financial place I need to be to focus more on my developing, I’m hoping that this will be able to give me a little bit more creative freedom. I’m really hoping that within the next five years this can be my full-time job, or at least my primary job. I really think this will be a really great steppingstone to allow me to be able to do that.

Alexis Elliott

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