New Scalper Tier Subscription (Patreon)

Hey friends!

Scalpers have long been a scourge on all artists in the 3D printing field. In case you are not familiar with the term, that's what we call people who buy or steal STLs from their creators and then sell it in their stores or share in private Telegram channels. Some go as far as to remove any logos and links of the real artist to prevent people from finding them, while others don't even bother to try and hide the fact that the model doesn't belong to them.

Practically every artist in the 3D printing field suffers greatly from these people, and many simply lose hope and give up the field altogether, their dreams crushed, seeking a new ways of making ends meets. If you want examples, Hybris Studios is closing this month because they couldn't make enough money to make a living, despite how great their work was! And they are hardly the only Patreon that closed over the last year. So, what everyone can agree on is that battling scalpers is an excercise in futility. Which is why we decided to stop fighting the inevitable and embrace it instead!

For the first time ever, we are proudly introducing Scalper Tier subscription on our Patreon! We have spent no small amount of effort trying to find the best way to please our scalper patrons and meet all their requirements! Check out all the awesome benefits offerered in the tier:

• Exclusive renders with no artist logo or links, all of them replaced with your own watermark! We understand how tedious and time-consuming it is to cut out creator references from each render and put your own watermark over them, which is why we are willing to extend the helping hand and do it for you!
• Alternative bases with no artist logo! Man, doesn't it suck how artists put their own logos at the bottom of their bases? And after you go through all the trouble of removing their logos on renders? Well, no more! All subscribers in this tier will be receiving alternative bases without all this nonsense!
• Early access to new creations! Most scalpers are very nice people and usually give artists a full day after each release before they start sharing it in their channels. So, we would like to return the favor and release each model to the Tier subscribers two weeks before making it public, giving them a chance to turn a decent profit.
• Community subscription! Some scalpers love to limit their needless spending by running so-called "community subscriptions" where they would collect money from others to buy that super expensive $9 subscription tier and share it among all participants (while pocketing any remaining meager change). So, to help them out even more, we'd be collaborating with other artists by having them adopt the Scalper Tier on their own Patreons and dumping all models in a single repository. This way you would only have to subscribe to a single Patreon and get access to all of them! Isn't that neat?!
• Scalper list! It sure is hard to promote your channel when there are so many competitors in the field. Fret not, we've got your back! Just give us a link to your Telegram channel or Etsy shop, and we'll add it to a pinned post for any visitors to see where they can obtain our models without rewarding the artists for their work!

Now, with all those awesome features, you've probably been wondering - how much is this godly tier going to cost? Well, here's the neat part, the subscription goes as low as $1! We'd love to make it lower or free for all you fine people out there, but, sadly, Patreon doesn't allow us to set the price any lower. But I'm sure it will be worth it, as you'll turn a profit in no time with that sweet deal!

Happy April's Fools!
Bulkamancer Sculpts Team