danielbauer

some administrative changes

Added 2017-04-04 21:21:59 +0000 UTC

Until now my (honest) patrons paid at the end of the month for the past month. This was the only possibility Patreon offered to me until now.

Now I could change it to what they call "upfront payment" which means that payment is for the coming month.

For existing patrons this should change nothing, as much as I understand Patreon's explications. It just means that instead of that you paid for the past, now you paid for the future.

I was urged to this because until yesterday (when I changed the settings) it was possible to sign-up for example as a "power"-patron and immediately get access to all "power"-contents. After having secured the access one could change to a smaller level or, as it just happened, too, simply not pay at the end of the month after having all the access for free.

It is not nice, it is not correct, but ok: it is as is. From now on this is not possible anymore.

For the same reason I had to make a little change in the gallery. The password provided in a post from now on is always only valid for this new series and all former series. So it will not be possible to gain access to newer series using an older password. Furthermore passwords are generally only valid one month.

For you this means:

To see the latest gallery of your level (and below) you must always use the password provided in the latest post for your level.

If you use an older password (as long as it remains valid) you will still see the older series, but not the latest one.

I am sorry that I must implement such restrictions, but there is too much people who try to get access without paying and I think it is not correct, when "smarty-pants" obtain access by fraud to what my honest patrons make an effort to support me and my work.

Thank you for your support!