--- title: Calculating your donation's value following Patreon's... description: A breakdown of Patreon's updated fee model (effective May 7, 2019), aimed at helping both creators and supporters understand where their money goes. Covers the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/calculating-your-donation-s-value-following-patreon-s-fee-changes-btzq05nrs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Calculating your donation's value following Patreon's fee changes | daily.dev og:description: A breakdown of Patreon's updated fee model (effective May 7, 2019), aimed at helping both creators and supporters understand where their money goes. Covers the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/calculating-your-donation-s-value-following-patreon-s-fee-changes-btzq05nrs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/BTzQ05nrs.png og:image:alt: Calculating your donation's value following Patreon's fee changes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Calculating your donation's value following Patreon's fee changes **[Drew DeVault](https://daily.dev/sources/drewdevault)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A breakdown of Patreon's updated fee model (effective May 7, 2019), aimed at helping both creators and supporters understand where their money goes. Covers the distinction between founding creators and new creators, plan tiers (Lite, Pro, Premium), charge-up-front implications, and payment processing fees. Includes a fee calculator and notes that withdrawal fees are not included. Raises an open question about whether Patreon is still batching payments internally while charging per-creator processing fees. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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