Calculating your donation's value following Patreon's fee changes

1 · Drew DeVault · May 6, 2019, midnight
In January 2018, I wrote a blog post which included a fee calculator. Patreon changes their fee model tomorrow, and it’s time for an updated calculator. I’m grandfathered into the old fees, so not much has changed for me, but I want to equip Patreon users - creators and supporters - with more knowledge of how their money is moving through the platform. Patreon makes money by siphoning some money off the top of a donation flow between supporters and creators. Because of the nature of its business...