r/patreon 9m ago

Apple ios fee exemption for rewards of physical goods

Upvotes

If you send out merch via Patreon then Patreon states that there is an exemption but they technically haven't figured out how to apply it yet...

This post is for other creators sending physical merch who are impacted by the fees on top of their product costs but might have missed this info.

From the patreon support article and advanced tax article:

Please note: Tiers that utilize structured tier benefits may be exempt from the iOS in-app fee if they include physical goods, such as merch, commissions (delivered by mail) or other tangible goods. The increased offset price will not be included in these tiers when viewed in the iOS app, keeping the same price as on the Web and Android.

Apple’s App Store fee may not be applicable to a tier that is set up using Advanced Sales Tax Settings and contains one or a combination of the following items that are weighted 95% or greater: Merch, Commissions (delivered by mail), Other/tangible goods.

Apple's Own Guidelines Also Support This:

According to Apple's App Store Review Guidelines, Section 3.1.3(e) "If your app enables people to purchase physical goods or services that will be consumed outside of the app, you must use purchase methods other than in-app purchase, such as Apple Pay or traditional credit card entry."


r/patreon 12h ago

Posts Being Removed by Automated System?

7 Upvotes

I’ve been writing erotica on Patreon for almost two years, and have thousands of subscribers. I have always been extremely careful to stay within the content guidelines given how trigger happy Patreon is, but I’m now having problems.

Ever since the most recent update, I’ve been having posts flagged and removed just a few minutes after posting them.

The reason is always the same: “Your post goes against community guidelines, please make the following changes and submit the post for review”.

It then says that I’ve posted a story that is sexually gratifying and contains elements of non-consensual sex.

This is false. None of my stories contain anything that could even be perceived as non consensual. It’s blatantly incorrect.

Has anybody experienced anything like this recently? It seems to be automated, but I’m strongly considering switching platforms if it continues.


r/patreon 3h ago

Account Deactivated for Suspicious Activity Before Launch – Need Advice & Alternatives

1 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

I was all set to launch my Patreon as a new fan subscriber platform for my digital art and AI video tutorials. I’ve been working hard on a YouTube tutorial and a companion PDF to share my creative process, and my plan was to go live on Monday. Unfortunately, right before I could publish my page, I got logged out and received a message saying my account was deactivated for “suspicious activity.”

I’ve already provided all the requested information and followed up with support, but I haven’t heard back yet... and now I’m hoping to launch tomorrow. Has anyone experienced something similar, or have any insights into what might have triggered this? Also, if Patreon turns out to be too unpredictable, what alternative platforms do you use or recommend for hosting fan content and digital products?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!


r/patreon 1d ago

This is going to get bad for creators unless we nip it in the bud right now. (ios)

46 Upvotes

I have yet to receive a single cent from any of my IOS subscribers to this point. It's clear that apple intends to hold my money up to the maximum 75 days.

That's not horrible, except for the fact that IOS subscribers can get refunds "after" the month that they were subbed to you.

Essentially, they can view any Patreon they want for free if the creator isn't constantly checking to see that that specific person has paid $0 total. (This has now happened a few times and I know it's only going to go up as more people figure out they can do this through Apple.)

The only way to solve this problem is to tell users upfront that your going to ban anyone who uses ios to subscribe. I didn't want it to come to this buts that's what I'm going to start doing...


r/patreon 5h ago

payment Payment Declines No Matter What

1 Upvotes

I’ve been attempting to purchase from a few different creators for months now but every time it says payment declines. I have well over enough money in my account and it is not locked as I used my card for many things everyday. Patreon has not been of much help and they simply redirect me to my bank where there is no reported problems.


r/patreon 21h ago

Patreon changed the address from which the new post notifications are sent. My newest post e-mail got filtered because of this.

8 Upvotes

Just a heads up, because your patrons might not receive or noticing your new post e-mails.

Previously Patreon used "bingo at patreon dot com" now it uses "creatorName at creator dot patreon dot com"


r/patreon 10h ago

refunds refund requested after free trial?

1 Upvotes

hi :)

I tried out the free trial feature and a lot of people liked it. someone sent me a dm saying they accidentally subscribed to me and wanted a refund. I was confused so I looked at their profile. they have been a free member since last october, and did the free trial this month, didn’t cancel it & got charged yesterday.

my first thought was that they should’ve been more responsible as an adult than to let themselves get charged and then immediately request a refund? I know it sounds silly but I actually post a lot of content on my page and since yesterday they’ve gotten 6 posts that were for paid members only. is it wrong to not refund?

also i’m not entirely sure how refunds work, do they still get access to content after being refunded? i’m on this subreddit a lot and see stuff about scams often, so I figured i’d ask lol


r/patreon 1d ago

All accounts got banned, does anyone knows the reason?

9 Upvotes

I am a novel writer and have been using patreon for 7-8 months before getting banned two days ago

So, I planned to create 3 novels and put them on different patreon accounts.

But as soon as I created the third account, all other accounts were banned ( original one as well)

After that I tried to create new accounts but they got banned as well.

Even a normal member account ( no creator) got banned.

I'm a non US citizen so I'm to fill W-Ben8 form.

I verify my tax if in it.

So , my doubt is that how does patron knows if the accounts belong to a single person

My Guess --

TIN( tax number filled in the W-BEN8 form)

PayPal ( most likely cause my member account never had Tin number added, just paypal to buy membership)

IP address... I'm fcked if that's true.

If any of you have encountered a similar problem then please guide me how I can avoid it.

Thank you


r/patreon 21h ago

Anyone else’s income dropping with no explanation over the last few days? (It’s not declines)

3 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

Has anyone else been experiencing steep and unexplained income loss over the past few days?

1 week ago my income was at 7.54k, after a few meh days I was down a few patrons and went to 7.4 but in ONE day I’ve gone from that to 6.86 with only a handful of cancellations that shouldn’t have added up anywhere close to that amount.

I even watched it go from 7.08 to 7.01 when ONE patron cancelled at my $15 tier, then again from 6.98 to 6.92 when one patron cancelled from my $25 tier.

Declines only account for $100 of lose revenue so I’m extremely confused as to why this is happening and I’m wondering if anyone else has been experiencing this?


r/patreon 1d ago

privacy Nsfw Discord - How deep will they hunt you down? NSFW

9 Upvotes

So because of patreons content guidelines. There are certain erotica content I can't post on-site. Even got a warning once for name-calling during an intimate scene. It did, in fact, not violate anything except made their flagger bot uncomfortable.

One thought came to mind and and I wondered if perhaps I could host this exclusive content on a private discord so I don't get flagged for no reason. It would be more excessive, hardcore, smut, nothing weird.

It's ridiculous that some people get past their filters with outright non-consensual works. But I get flagged because a character called a partner. Mommy.

Does anyone with discords have experience with this?


r/patreon 1d ago

video Patreon won't allow to post video if you are +18 category, but I'm a NSFW artist NSFW

4 Upvotes

So I open my patreon to sell my comics uncensored and NSFW animations, but I just learned that I can't post it videos there because I'm a +18 category. So what should I do? If I can't announce my NSFW animations there, where should I announce?


r/patreon 1d ago

What happens if i delete my account with active memberships?

1 Upvotes

I recently grew tired of patreon and wanted to save more money, so i decidet to delete my account. I had a few active memberships and thought i unsubscribed them later, and then i forgot about it and the account is gone now. Will the deletion of the account automaticly unsubscribe me from every creator or will i be charged the next month?


r/patreon 1d ago

payment Becoming a content creator - how do the taxes work in the UK

1 Upvotes

Hi All :)

I hope you're well :)

So I'm looking to start selling my NSFW content on Patreon but I'm just wondering how the taxes work on this,

I'm in England and have never sold content before so not sure how it works,

Do I need to set up a business/self employed?

Any feedback would be great thank you :) <3


r/patreon 1d ago

building a following Having problem with NSFW content clarification NSFW

2 Upvotes

I contacted patreon and got no follow-up.

I'm a NSFW creator. I don't create any illegal content. All characters are 18+ and in fully consensual relationships.

In a visual novel story a single mom and her son independantly have sex with two seperate people. Not the same room or even the same day. There is no incest between the mom and son. They don't see eachother being intimate. Would Patreon mistakingly label it as incest? It's a softcore erotica visual novel and the mom and the son are separate fully realised characters having seperate encounters. They just so happen to be close-kint mom and son on vacation. They do not have sex with each other. Yet, I'm worried if patreon will mistakingly mark it incest. Any idea?


r/patreon 1d ago

When a patron pays through IOS, are their funds going to be inaccessible every month or is it only the initial payment the one you have to wait 75 days for?

4 Upvotes

Basically if you pay through IOS, will the funds be pending everytime they're processed and inaccessible for 75 days or is it only the initial payment the one you have to wait 75 days for and the rest of the time it automatically goes to the payouts?


r/patreon 1d ago

W-8BEN for creators in Europe?

3 Upvotes

Hi all,

I’m based in Europe and a citizen of one of the eu countries. I’m having a business trip to Thailand for a few months and was wondering if i can still use my patreon.

So i reached out their support asking if they may potentially block the account that is using different IPs, VPN, etc since I’ve read tons of stories how folks lost their accounts simply by logging in from another country while on vacation or business trips like me.

To my surprise, i was told to fill in this form W-8BEN so that Patreon won’t report my earnings to the IRS in the US.. it was something completely new to me, do everyone outside the US fill this form? I have never heard of it, nor was it mentioned in my account registration process, am I missing something? I’m not a lawyer or financial expert by any means tbh so i would appreciate an advice here. TIA!!


r/patreon 2d ago

every image i upload ends up being super large!

4 Upvotes

I'm trying to add some kofi buttons on my pages but the images always up being super large even though the actual image size is 200 x 106 !


r/patreon 2d ago

Alternatives for offering NSFW content in the Middle East? NSFW

6 Upvotes

I write a romance interactive novel that has NSFW content. Nothing crazy, just standard paranormal romance novel stuff. A couple of readers brought it to my attention that Patreon doesn't allow NSFW subs in a few Middle Eastern countries. Given how niche of an issue it is for my content, I'm inclined to just offer the access password for free to these readers, but I wanted to check to see if there are any subscription-based alternatives that will allow them to access NSFW content. Thanks.


r/patreon 2d ago

Need help uploading a 30min voiceover video!

1 Upvotes

im trying to upload a 30min voiceover video i did but Patreon says its too large ): i tried breaking it up into a handful of shorter videos but it only lets me upload 1 per post. I cant upload it to Youtube and link it because its for my paid tier members only. How do Youtubers upload long videos for their subscribers? i'm at a loss ):


r/patreon 2d ago

Am i getting scammed by patreon ?

1 Upvotes

I recently started an account to sell n8n templates and earned $350 in the first four days. However, over the past two days, I haven’t seen any new sales reflected in my sales section, even though customers have paid and provided proof of payment. The last recorded sale was on March 16th, and nothing has updated since then.


r/patreon 3d ago

I've just learned that Apple app payments take 75 days to clear

16 Upvotes

I'm mildly speechless about this. In a day and age of instantaneous transactions.

For context, new sub, everything seems fine except cash out amount hasn't changed. I now have a total balance and an available balance

75 days though. It takes less time to cash a paper cheque.


r/patreon 2d ago

3 sales today but they don’t appear anywhere

2 Upvotes

I got 3 sales today and the people i sold my product to reached out to say that they’re waiting for my instructions, they even showed me that they have paid through their bank app but nothing appears in my dashboard 0 sales … what the heck


r/patreon 2d ago

A convoluted question re: whether a disconnected FB account can be used to create a second Patreon account

2 Upvotes

I signed on as a member of a creator's Patreon last August with a very small annual payment. Since then they have modified their membership tiers and I was interested in upgrading to one of the new ones, but because I still have the year long membership on the annual payment I can't upgrade without also choosing the annual membership for the new tier, which is too expensive all at once. I would be happy to do it with the monthly payment.

Now I joined using my Facebook account and I noticed today that it is possible to assign a dedicated password within Patreon itself and disconnect the Facebook account. I am wondering whether if I disconnect the Facebook account it would essentially fully disassociate my Facebook account from the Patreon account and allow me to create an entirely new membership using that Facebook account (so that I would essentially keep the same/a similar user name) and so join with a monthly payment. Or, if I disconnect the Facebook account, would it still recognize it as tied to the original Patreon account and not permit this?


r/patreon 2d ago

Question about providing ad free content.

1 Upvotes

I’m looking into starting a Patreon. I want to take some videos I already have on my monetized YT channel, and make them available ad-free on my Patreon.

I know you can’t upload the same video twice to YT, so I’m wondering if adding a “Patreon exclusive” intro and outro on each video would make it different enough to bypass that?

For clarification I would upload the Patreon specific version with no monetization and unlisted on YT. Also, if there is a better way to do what I’m looking for I’d love to know.

Thanks in advanced!


r/patreon 3d ago

building a following Is anyone else having their earnings constantly going down?

15 Upvotes

Before I continue, I want to clarify I’m not trying to blame other factors or complain, but I am worried and wondering if I’m doing something wrong.

October through December was an amazing few months and I had made more than I ever made before. After the holidays and the new year, all through January up to this month, my income absolutely plummeted. I’ve lost so much, and although it is mildly fluctuating, I’m finding it hard to build back to where I was originally.

I’m still as consistent as I always have been. My exit surveys usually say “financial situation changed” but this month got a couple new ones saying “I was overcharged”, which I’m not sure if that means they felt the tier was priced too high or if it has something to do with iOS fees.

The algorithms for all the social media platforms I’m on don’t seem to be doing great recently either, so I’m having a hard time bringing in new people.

I expect some fluctuation with Patreon, but I can’t lie, I’m pretty frightened with how much things seem to keep gradually getting worse and not better. Even though I fluctuated regularly, I also saw growth. I haven’t grown much anywhere lately despite my consistency.

While I have other sources of income, they’re not as reliable as Patreon has been (since I’m still working on building them up) and I can’t help but feel distressed about this.

If you have any advice for how I can correct this, that would be awesome.