Patreon is elevating its charges for brand spanking new creators this summer time

After August 4, creators establishing a paid membership web page on Patreon should pay a ten % payment on their earnings underneath the platform’s new normal plan. Whereas Patreon at the moment provides Professional and Premium plans, which carry charges of 8 % and 12 % of creators’ revenue, respectively, it is merging the 2 right into a single possibility shifting ahead. The value improve solely applies to creators publishing a brand new web page; Patreon says it would proceed to honor the decrease Professional fee for anybody who has locked it in by August 4.

As soon as the change is in place, issues may even get a bit cheaper for creators who had been working underneath the Premium (12 %) plan. Relatively than persevering with to pay 12 %, Premium creators shall be shifted to a customized “Professional + merch” plan that can include an 11 % payment. In the event that they take away the merch possibility, the payment will drop to eight %.

Patreon additionally says it is growing the quantity of free storage it will present for creators utilizing Patreon Video. Whereas it beforehand mentioned it might present storage for as much as 100 hours of video throughout the account’s lifetime and cost for something past that, Patreon now says it would start providing 100 hours of video per thirty days without spending a dime later this summer time. The transfer comes shortly after the platform teased new tools including a built-in livestreaming feature, Dwell Video. Patreon started assessments of Dwell Video amongst choose creators this spring, with plans for a summer time rollout.