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But the goal isn't to replace patreon with people that have to sign up for discord, it's to reach people who are already on discord and aren't funding the creator on patreon. Surely that's a huge untapped market, discord must have millions of daily users by now. You're not losing 7%, you are gaining 90% per each new customer obtained this way.
Sure, discord has millions of users but they're of a particular demographic. One that requires moderation, is typically higher maintenance, and less likely to spend money (speaking from experience from a few years back). Discord demographics screw young and young audiences spend a whole lot less than other groups. Not saying that as a knock against them, it's just the way of it.
But the potential to gain more is just that, potential. And comes with much more to manage. I don't have to moderate my Patreon comments for example. I did have to actively keep out trolls and shitheads from my Discord server though. More power to any creator who wants to try and deal with that, but it's an easy pass for me and most creators I personally know (which is primarily artists/musicians for context).
I see, thanks for explaining. I didn't realize you need to actually have a server with a community to sell these things, I assumed it's just a marketplace ran by discord staff. If it requires additional work on creator's side then I can understand the drawbacks.
For sure, it'll be interesting to see where it goes but I'll be watching from a distance instead of trying it out myself because no thank you lol