a single source, nothing corroborates it
Start charging before you have a catalogue
Paid support can open in the first months rather than after a body of work exists, which matters most when you are moving an audience over from somewhere else. Glen Allsopp documented a three month old podcast with six episodes already taking over $4,000 a month for three hosts.
The method
- 01
Open paid support in the first few months rather than waiting for a back catalogue, especially when you are bringing an audience across from another platform.
What it returned
- $4,136
Your Kickstarter Sucks was three months old with six episodes and already taking $4,136 or more a month for three hosts. It launched off a popular Tumblr blog mocking Kickstarter listings, next to a subreddit on the same theme with 120,000 subscribers.
Sources
- 54 of the Biggest Earners on Patreon (And What They're Selling) - Detailed.comGlen Allsopp · detailed.com · Your Kickstarter Sucks: $4,136+ per month · 2023-01-04
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
More in pricing
- Make them pay before the thing exists8 unconnected · contested
- Decide whether a free tier earns its keep7 unconnected · contested
- Put a cheap rung below the expensive offer7 unconnected · contested
- Undercutting alone is not a position7 unconnected · contested
- Turn the service into a product with a public price7 unconnected
- Charge for the result, not the hours6 unconnected · contested