NobleTalon
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Hey guys,
If you are using Patreon as a means for the readers to support your work and get access to premium chapters, don't forget to enable 'charge upfront billing' on your page. (page > edit page > getting paid > verify your account with phone number > enable charge upfront billing)
I recently opened a Patreon and I didn't know the point of this option in the settings. At first, I didn't activate it cuz I thought it wasn't fair for those who subscribe in the middle or at the end of the month, I thought they would get charged for only a few days/weeks before the monthly subscription.
I was wrong. This option is needed for webnovel writers or any other kind of work that requires to release stuff regularly : it is a means to ensure that your locked chapters don't get stolen for no contribution.
I'm writing this because someone subscribed on my Patreon to activate the highest tier, read all the locked chapters, and then canceled his subscription a few hours ago, just before today at 00:01, the 1st of march. (Patreon charges only the 1st of each month)
If you don't activate this option, someone can read all your locked chapters for a whole month before canceling his subscription a day before the 1st of the next month : he can basically read your premium stuff for free and never get charged for it if he keeps repeating this loophole.
I hope this post can help, in case some of you didn't know or just forgot about this option
As for those who read my post and think they can use this technique to get free chapters from the authors who didn't pay attention to this option and didn't activate it, please don't be assholes. Patreon is a means for readers to support their favorite authors, it is not fair to use a loophole to read all the premium chapters without subscribing when the author worked so hard to write and post them first on Patreon.
Thanks.
Nt. :
Also, another tip for other Patreon noobs like me : don't forget to change the tier permission every time you post a new chapter. If you have different tiers but you don't take the time to change permissions on each chapter when releasing, a tier 1 subscriber will have the same privileges as those with the highest tier of your page.
If you are using Patreon as a means for the readers to support your work and get access to premium chapters, don't forget to enable 'charge upfront billing' on your page. (page > edit page > getting paid > verify your account with phone number > enable charge upfront billing)
I recently opened a Patreon and I didn't know the point of this option in the settings. At first, I didn't activate it cuz I thought it wasn't fair for those who subscribe in the middle or at the end of the month, I thought they would get charged for only a few days/weeks before the monthly subscription.
I was wrong. This option is needed for webnovel writers or any other kind of work that requires to release stuff regularly : it is a means to ensure that your locked chapters don't get stolen for no contribution.
I'm writing this because someone subscribed on my Patreon to activate the highest tier, read all the locked chapters, and then canceled his subscription a few hours ago, just before today at 00:01, the 1st of march. (Patreon charges only the 1st of each month)
If you don't activate this option, someone can read all your locked chapters for a whole month before canceling his subscription a day before the 1st of the next month : he can basically read your premium stuff for free and never get charged for it if he keeps repeating this loophole.
I hope this post can help, in case some of you didn't know or just forgot about this option
As for those who read my post and think they can use this technique to get free chapters from the authors who didn't pay attention to this option and didn't activate it, please don't be assholes. Patreon is a means for readers to support their favorite authors, it is not fair to use a loophole to read all the premium chapters without subscribing when the author worked so hard to write and post them first on Patreon.
Thanks.
Nt. :
Also, another tip for other Patreon noobs like me : don't forget to change the tier permission every time you post a new chapter. If you have different tiers but you don't take the time to change permissions on each chapter when releasing, a tier 1 subscriber will have the same privileges as those with the highest tier of your page.
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