Become a ChangeWindows Patron

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studio384
Aug 25, 2017 · 3 min read

For the past 3 years, ChangeWindows has been a small project that I’ve been funding all by myself. But starting today, you too can fund ChangeWindows by becoming a ChangeWindows Patron on Patreon.

What does it mean?

It means that you’ll be donating some amount of money (1 dollar or more) to ChangeWindows on a monthly basis.

What do I gain from it?

Most importantly: information. ChangeWindows will continue to exist and every visitor will have you to thank for it. I’ll thank you too. However, if you join in, you get to choose a reward. Here are the current 3 rewards:

Just donate monthly — You can donate $1.00 or more monthly and get nothing.

Contributor — You donate $1.00 or more and get exclusive content from us Patreon. What exclusive content? I’ve got no idea just yet. Honestly, I’m thinking about altering this tier at some point, but for now, that’s it.

Contributor + — You donate $2.00 or more and get everything from ‘Contributor’, a shout out on our About page (you may decline if you don’t want this, but I can’t see why not) and whenever you provide feedback, we’ll prioritize it (so basically, if you request a change that’s within our scope, it will get higher on our to-do list than other things).

These are the current 3 brackets. We may add more tiers in the future.

So… what are your goals for this?

Right now, there are 2 goals to reach:

  1. $2.50 per month: If we reach this amount, which really isn’t much, ChangeWindows becomes self-sustaining. In other words, ChangeWindows will be able to pay for itself.
  2. $5.00 per month: Still not much, but this will mean that we can more to a better host, and we’ll be able to put back all images (they where using a lot of data the last couple of months which is why we took them down).

Currently, there are no other goals. At $7.00 every month we would be able to go to a higher tier with our host as well, which might be needed in the future. But that’s a long shot.

Something I will look into doing are giveaways if we reach some kind of amount that would allow me to do such things. If we do that, I plan on both giveaways that everyone can join or giveaways that are Patron-exclusive (because you guys deserve a little bit more).

What’s in it for you?

Me? I’ll be happy if ChangeWindows can handle its own. Not that it currently costs much, but over the last year ChangeWindows has grown beyond my expectations (we saw a major bump both on January 1st (due to ‘A year in review 2016’) and late July/early August (after the ‘Windows Insider Program has lost its way’-stories).

The number of visits in 2017 (836 000) has already gone well beyond double that of 2016 (375 000), and there are still 4 more months to come, we should end up with 3 times more visits. This is a large growth, a growth that has already resulted in us temporarily taking down screenshots. We would like to put that back, and Patreon should help us with that.

How do I start?

You can become a ChangeWindows Patron here. If you’re not willing to spend money on ChangeWindows, we also accept donations in code. Spreading the word can also be a big help. I already want to thank anyone who contributes to ChangeWindows. You’re making this possible!

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