JAKARTA For years, Patreon did not have to take a 30 percent cut in the App Store because it did not use the in-app purchase system. However, this will change in the near future. The paid creator platform announced that Apple forced them to switch to the in-app payment system. This system must be implemented starting November this year, otherwise Patreon will be removed from the App Store. “Apple requires Patreon to use the purchase system in their application and remove all other billing systems from the iOS Patreon application by November 2024 at the latest,” Patreon said through its official website. Patreon has to comply with this rule under great duress and users will also be affected. There will be two changes, first in subscription fees and second in the changes in the billing package for creators. The 30 percent App Store fee will be charged to creators, so they are advised to increase the cost of membership packages. Creators do not have to do the calculations manually as there is a tool to automatically increase prices.
If creators want to keep the same price for the same subscription package, 30 percent of App Store fees will be deducted from their earnings. Patreon stressed that this cost only applies to transactions on iOS and earnings on other devices will remain the same. “We want to be clear: Apple fees do not affect existing members. This fee only affects the new membership purchased in the iOS app starting in November,” Patreon explains. Another change is the billing package for the first month. All creators must switch to subscription billing to continue earning from the iOS app. “This is the only billing type supported by the purchasing system in the Apple app.”
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