Future Changes (Patreon)

Before I begin I'd like to make clear that I do not plan to introduce any of these changes until later in the year, likely around October or later.

So, I've begun slowly developing plans to change up my Patreon again. This time with a big focus on merchandise. While it's likely most of the existing tiers will remain when I make these changes, here's what I'm planning so you have a heads up when it eventually happens.

First off I will likely remove the Wing It tier. While definitely worth being there at the moment, I do find it hard to leave gaps for these commissions in my queue (aka predicting how many spots I will need per month) and would rather have a bit more control than that over such large commissions.

Files galore and pure support will stay as is.

Club tiers:
So I've teased this idea before but basically here's how it will be implemented. First off we will start with 3 club tiers, the Copper Club, Bronze Club and Silver Club. And there will be 3 reward options of roughly the same cost: a telegram sticker, a print and an enamel pin. The telegram sticker will be custom to the patron, but the print and pin will be made unique to my patreon each month (and available to the public later on).

Copper Club - You can choose one reward
Bronze Club - You can choose two rewards
Silver Club - All three

I will create a form for the clubs so that choosing your rewards is simple and you don't need to contact me all the time.

In addition to these clubs I will also introduce new Patreon goals. Basically as I get more patrons to join the clubs and more money comes in each month I can add more rewards and thus more clubs. Future reward additions may include: acrylic charms, sticker sheets and engraved dog tags. The themes of these rewards will all be animal related. The pin series will be called something like PawPins or Pinimals or something like that, and feature toony animals. The prints will vary from furry artwork to semi-realistic drawings and studies. All generic characters/animals. And that nature of item will basically be the same for all options.

I feel like this is the optimum way to have new merch for everyone to buy, not just you guys, without putting stress on my wallet and also being able to dedicate maybe two days a month to its creation instead of a rush of 2 weeks before each convention. It will also mean that my patreon support has a solid purpose and I can budget accordingly.

The reason I can't implement this any sooner is basically because I can't get any more pins into production until my kickstarter is sorted. I may explode.

In the mean time please give me your feedback on this. Any suggestions or ideas will be considered and appreciated. Thank you.