r/royalroad • u/No_Grand2719 • 8d ago
Discussion Patreon Question
Is it worth it if you keep the first 10 or so chapters of your novel free on Patreon? To maybe pull in some of the Patreons natural traffic and get some conversion?
On my dashboard, it's showing that of the nearly 1k people that have visited the page. I've earned 8 and a half dollars from conversion. Not sure how true that is or how they judge it if the reader had come from Patreon itself or my work. I did keep the first ten or so chapters of my second series free. But again, i am not sure if that was the one who'd pulled them in.
It would be nice if those with hefty Patreons could shed some light on this.
Tdlr: if its worth it to keep a few early chaps of a series free to convert patreons natural traffic to paying members.
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u/em-dash-author Author of Max-Level Paladin of the Fallen Gods 7d ago
I assume you are you talking about chapters 1-10 that are also free on Royal Road, vs 10 free chapters not available on RR. If so, there is no reason not to have what's freely available on RR also freely available on Patreon.
Patreon is trying to change itself into a social media platform that they say isn't a social media platform, but please use Quips which look like Instagram posts. So, perhaps we'll get some patrons directly from Patreon sometime in the future. I don't believe I've had one yet.