Ampled - music only coop Patreon alternative
Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:46 pm
https://www.ampled.com/
Today I learned about this musician patronage cooperative. Jonathan Mann is moving there, away from Patreon. To support an artist you have to pledge a minimum of $3/month, plus, supporters pay all transaction fees, which are, $0.30 + 2.9%. (So $3/month support winds up costing you $3.40/month, for example.) They are private and for-profit but cooperatively owned, and managed, to some degree. Artists can become artist-owners if they get 10 monthly supporters. Apparently creators have been fearing that Patreon was going to be pushed by their investors to ruin everything. I don't think that's happened yet? But I'm all for there being many options and models in the patronage space, and the coop element resonates with me from my time in Berkeley. (My favorite pizza there is from a coop!)
Today I learned about this musician patronage cooperative. Jonathan Mann is moving there, away from Patreon. To support an artist you have to pledge a minimum of $3/month, plus, supporters pay all transaction fees, which are, $0.30 + 2.9%. (So $3/month support winds up costing you $3.40/month, for example.) They are private and for-profit but cooperatively owned, and managed, to some degree. Artists can become artist-owners if they get 10 monthly supporters. Apparently creators have been fearing that Patreon was going to be pushed by their investors to ruin everything. I don't think that's happened yet? But I'm all for there being many options and models in the patronage space, and the coop element resonates with me from my time in Berkeley. (My favorite pizza there is from a coop!)