What are the best fan funding sites?

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Best fan funding sites	Price	PRICE	Last Updated
-- Kickstarter	-	-	May 25, 2022
-- Patreon	-	-	Nov 2, 2021
-- Liberapay	Free	-	Jun 21, 2022
-- Memberful	-	-	Feb 9, 2023
-- Ratafire	Free	-	May 3, 2017

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score 7 · Answer 1

Kickstarter

Top Pro

Popular site

Kickstarter is one of the most well known crowdfunding site. Over $1.2 billion has been pledged so far, with 10 million monthly visitors to the site. See More

Top Con

5% fee is applied to successful funding

Any successful crowdfunding operation run on Kickstarter will have a 5% fee. The payment processor will take an additional 3-5%. See More

Top Pro

All-or-nothing model allows commitment with certainty

Knowing that there is enough funding will allow long-term budget planning. Knowing that there's not funding allows users to move on. See More

Top Pro

Helps to promote projects

Potential pledgers are encouraged to browse Kickstarter much like Pinterest. While most of the funds will be generated by personal effort, Kickstarted certainly offers a good boost for those who need it. See More

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score 4 · Answer 2

Patreon

Top Pro

Low risk to patrons

Campaigns are ongoing and funded based on observable work, so the potential patron doesn't have to worry about the project dying after payments are collected. See More

Top Con

Difficult to make long-term projections

Because patrons can pull out at any time, you can't necessarily rely on a certain rate of pledges even if you maintain consistent work. See More

Top Pro

Projects can change and adapt over time

Without the advance payment of a large lump sum of donations, creators are free from the associated commitment to the specific goals those donations were based on. This also reduces the need for exhaustive time and budget estimates, which can be daunting for new and inexperienced developers. See More

Top Con

Unproven model for game funding

Patreon is one of the newest crowdfunding sites, and its unique model makes comparison to other sites difficult. As of August 2014, no high-profile developers have chosen Patreon for funding. See More

Top Pro

No Need for Reward Schemes

The deliverable is the reward; so you can focus all your attention on developing an awesome game, rather than posting and packaging. See More

Top Con

Potentially inappropriate for commercial products

Patreon's structure and culture assume free distribution of the creators' output. Collecting secondary revenue (e.g. unit sales, in-game ads) is not strictly prohibited, but may be seen as a violation of trust if not handled carefully. See More

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score 6 · Answer 3

Liberapay

Top Pro

No platform fees

Liberapay does not take a cut of payments, the service is funded by the donations to its own account. So, recipients get the full value of the donations, but there are payment processing fees when moving money in or out of Liberapay. See More

Top Con

Small

Founded in 2015, Liberapay is still small and not a lot of teams have found serious funding. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Find it here on github: https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.com See More

Top Pro

Small donations possible

The minimum donation is 1cent/week See More

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Supports multiple Languages

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Memberful

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Ratafire

Top Pro

Free to use

Ratafire is a free to use fan funding site. See More

Top Con

Not very well-known

The site is still very new. See More

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Premeom

Top Pro

Supporters do not need to commit to monthly payments

Top Pro

Your content can be seen by the public

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Free

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Ko-Fi

Top Pro

No sign up for supporters required

To support someone on Ko-Fi you need a Paypal account, but no additional account with Ko-Fi. See More

Top Con

Minimum donation $3

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BackMyArt

Top Pro

No Rewards

No costs. No logistics. Artists provide exclusive video content and special offers See More

Top Con

Support start at $5

Backers support start at $5 per month. See More

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PRICE:Free

Top Pro

No Tiers - Equality of users

Rich or Poor – Backers are equal, they get the same content! BackMyArt works with "Pay what you can model". Giving Backers the option to pay what they can, leads to higher income for Artists and more Backers See More

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Only Artist!

No Porn. No Gaming. No poducast. Only Artist can create a profile on BackMyArt See More

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My Recommendation for Kickstarter

My Recommendation for Kickstarter

Popular site

5% fee is applied to successful funding

All-or-nothing model allows commitment with certainty

Helps to promote projects

My Recommendation for Patreon

My Recommendation for Patreon

Low risk to patrons

Difficult to make long-term projections

Projects can change and adapt over time

Unproven model for game funding

No Need for Reward Schemes

Potentially inappropriate for commercial products

My Recommendation for Liberapay

My Recommendation for Liberapay

No platform fees

Small

Open source

Small donations possible

Supports multiple Languages

My Recommendation for Memberful

My Recommendation for Memberful

My Recommendation for Ratafire

My Recommendation for Ratafire

Free to use

Not very well-known

My Recommendation for Premeom

My Recommendation for Premeom

Supporters do not need to commit to monthly payments

Your content can be seen by the public

Free

My Recommendation for Ko-Fi

My Recommendation for Ko-Fi

No sign up for supporters required

Minimum donation $3

My Recommendation for BackMyArt

My Recommendation for BackMyArt

No Rewards

Support start at $5

No Tiers - Equality of users

Only Artist!

My Recommendation for FanBeach

My Recommendation for FanBeach

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