YouTube is opening membership benefits and profits to smaller creators. Now creators with 50,000 subscribers will be able to offer their viewers a $4.99 monthly membership fee in exchange for exclusives and perks. Previously, the cap was 100,000 subscribers. YouTube’s membership program borrows from Patreon and Twitch, and is part…
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Patreon Acquires Kit to Help Its Content Creators Better Sell Merch
Patreon’s new acquisition of Kit, a New York-based e-commerce startup, will hopefully enable content creators to make more money. Patreon is a platform that allows supporters of an artist to “subscribe” to content. The concept was sta…
Less Than 2% of Content Creators on Patreon Earn Monthly Minimum Wage
Think twice before quitting your day job if you’re on Patreon. 2017 was a wild ride for popular crowdfunding platform Patreon. Founded by musician (and former YouTuber) Jack Conte in 2013, the service reached 50,000 monthly active content creators las…
Breaking: Patreon Issues Apology, Scraps Proposed Patron Fees
Patreon founder Jack Conte: “We messed up. We’re sorry, and we’re not rolling out the fees change.” Several weeks ago, Patreon announced new service fees that quickly set off a firestorm. Under the new system, patrons would have to pay an additional 2…
Patreon Enters Crisis Mode as Patrons & Creators Start Bailing
Instead of actually solving the problem, Patreon’s “fixes” seem to have further exasperated content creators and patrons. Jack Conte understands content creators on YouTube. As a musician on the popular video platform, he had millions of people watchin…
As YouTube Stars Jump to Patreon, Could Cryptocurrency Solve the Adpocalypse Problem?
This startup promises to solve YouTube’s massive demonetization problems and get content creators paid. Tired of YouTube’s terrible payouts? So are major stars on the platform. Controversial Singapore YouTuber Amos Yee, famous for insulting late PM Le…
Kickstarter Wants to Destroy Patreon — Starting With ‘Drip’
To fight Patreon, Kickstarter has re-launched Drip, a subscription-based patronage platform for artists. Several years ago, rising YouTube musician Jack Conte became frustrated. While millions watched his videos on the platform, he only received check…
Kickstarter Wants to Destroy Patreon — Starting With ‘Drip’
To fight Patreon, Kickstarter has re-launched Drip, a subscription-based patronage platform for artists. Several years ago, rising YouTube musician Jack Conte became frustrated. While millions watched his videos on the platform, he only received check…