Why Content Creators Are Leaving Patreon for Their Own Sites & Apps

To clarify first - when we talk about Patreon , it’s just the most known example. But all that follows is equally valid for other platforms like Ko-Fi or Substack .
In the same sense, talking about Content Creator s - wehave inmind video, text, podcasts andmusic.

Have More For Yourself - save on fees

Patreon charges 10% from your income.

And you can go lower than the minimum. You can almost erase that.

Card payments are usually around 3%. But you can also have different payment methods to save on fees. And then? Nothing. It’s all yours!

Beside saving on fees for the platform, with a custom website or app (or both), you can create different strategies how to monetize your content and your followers / customers .

Which is a reason why often more business focused Content Creators leave for a different solution.

This Content Creator has partnered with us for 13 years

Started with video subscription and 1 tier.

After years, we are partnering on running 2-tier subscription, ecommerce, vouchers, workshops, classes, online meetings with more subscribers and orders than ever before.

https://zuzanaklingrova.cz

Platforms Have Limits - low entry & low ceiling

Custom graphics?

Making your specific followers more comfortable?

Disagreement with platform’s behavior?

Different monetization tactics ?

A specific way you want to create?

All these are hard limitations. Platforms like Patreon are built for masses. For those who don’t need specifics, for those who are just starting . Having a low ceiling is the nature of that.

Imagine that you want automated newsletters made of your content plus a personalized offer. No way to have it done on such platforms. While this is something often done, because it saves a lot of time to the Content Creator or their team.

But… Isn’t Custom App or Web Expensive?

Not necessarily.

We have made a custom platform for Content Creators for as low as 120€ per month while they were making thousands.

You can start small. It just has to be More You .

Because that is why people follow you and pay for your content - for You.

You can always extend it later. Because here, there is no ceiling .

Zuzka as a Content Creator grows fast and uses our every 2-years redesign offer

We are always happy to see our clients grow. Zuzka is a great Content Creator understanding what her subscribers need.

She uses Timeless to the fullest and every 2 years work with us to update graphics and design of her website now serving videos, podcasts, workshops, vouchers, products and more.

Relying on our support for 13 years and counting.

https://zuzanaklingrova.cz