that has several roadblocks in front of it unfortunately, but definitely on the radar. There are some bigger plans in place which have been hold for some time (which is the main reason for the lull in updates (+ holidays)), which ideally would directly lead to a new server and HTTPS cert. Will let everyone know as soon as there's something to update on that front

Curtis @ 24/10/2023 17:48

im317 @ 24/10/2023 0:00 317 @ 23/10/2023 23:59 this is all just a plot to get my contact info isn't it? is there an option to do this via PayPal? i dont want a recurring charge but i would donate some here and there. there is a PayPal option. ok i will deal with this tomorrow. probably join the group and do a 1 off platinum. I think you're joking, but just to be clear the only info we can see is username + email so no worries there Working on a Paypal option! Patreon links to either a bank account or a Paypal and obviously we're not going the bank account route, so we'll be creating an Ndim Paypal and the money from there will feed into the server costs each month. We'll post the Paypal info when we have it

Do Venmo, not paypal.

Good job keeping this thing going.

I might as well keep giving for a while longer since it's a small donation.

Ndim Patreon Update: Q4 2023

Hello! We wanted to post these after each quarter but all got a bit busy with irl stuff over these last few months. I also think it's important to lay out just how fine a line it is between Ndim continuing or Ndim meeting a tragic demise, and to show how much each donation helps everyone out.

For a tier refresher:

Bronze: $3 a month
Silver: $5 a month
Gold: $10 a month
Platinum: $20 a month




The chart above shows how our first three months panned out after launching the Patreon. NOTE: There were (I believe two) direct donations in those first two months, they just weren't from membership tiers.

The server costs $100 a month. We're still looking into migrating to a cheaper server which would be a huge relief and would help put my fears of Ndim's death to rest. This is currently our #1 priority, there's just quite a bit that goes into it.

What really fucks us over is Patreon's Payment fee and Platform fee, about $10 each for a total of $20 a month. That means our REAL target line is the red line on the right, $120 a month. Below is a breakdown of Q4 2023's earnings and fees:



You can see that we're clearing the $100 by a bit in Gross revenue, but the Your Earnings column is all that matters. After fees, we're just baaarely scraping by (the numbers in this screenshot take into account the direct donations on top of the membership donations)

Ndim Patreon Update: Q1 2024






And here's Q1 of this year, right up to where we're currently at. As you can see, Silver, Gold, and especially Platinum (v thankful for our few Platinum folks) do a lot of the heavy lifting (though every bit from Bronze counts). In the last week, we had two Platinum cancellations which means we're unfortunately currently under the target line of $120. We'll of course never shame or blame anyone for cancelling or pulling back their memberships, very appreciative of anyone who's given anything up to this point. This just shows how much one or two changes can push things into the red, it's a pretty fine line sadly

The bottom line!



https://www.patreon.com/Ndim

This month will be okay, we have some small spillover from previous months and I can personally cover a bit in an emergency. But neither of those safety nets are sustainable, the spillover will run out asap and I really can't be covering the difference each month, unfortunately.

If you've been considering joining the Patreon, upgrading your membership, or kicking in a direct donation via the Patreon, those would all go a long way towards keeping things away from the danger zone and past that $120 red line. Like I said before, a cheaper server is our top priority so if we can get through this period and make it to that point, it'll be much smoother sailing and we can hopefully get this to a point where we don't have to worry about it from month to month anymore.

Thanks again to everyone who has donated up to this point and to anyone who donates now or in the future! We know content and changes haven't been rolling out since those first two months, but there's a ton that goes into that as well. Our hands have been sadly tied quite a lot with what we're able to/not able to update so far, but we're actively looking into alternatives and will post updates on the content/progress side when we have more info.

stupid Patron and Paypal not letting you use Amex gift cards. did a one off $10 membership

Ndim Patreon Update: Q1 2024 pt 2

Great news! Thanks to you all, the recent spike allowed us to push past out goal and make things much more comfortable going forward:



We were at $87 (after fees) at the end of March, but quickly went up to $163 (goal is $100 after fees). As you can see, Patreon are crooks and the payment and platform fees went up from $20 to $30 as we earned more. Dumb!

The spillover allows us to pay for the domain, which is expiring in 3 days. That's a yearly payment, somewhere between $30-$50 a year (we're looking into that now).

Thanks to all who've donated up to this point and to those who jumped in this past week to help out! Keep telling your pals about the Discord/Patreon/Support board, I know some Patreon subscribers we just got were people who hadn't heard of the 2.0 project yet and didn't know the Patreon existed. Word of mouth helps a lot! Ndim has many different little pockets of communities outside of our own so if word continues to spread then that's gonna help us all out.