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 <fs smaller>**BRAND NEW** Ares Studios' new home is a much smaller warehouse still under construction but expected to be ready for move-in by Axanar on May 1, 2019. </fs><fs x-small>//Image/LoopNet//</fs> <fs smaller>**BRAND NEW** Ares Studios' new home is a much smaller warehouse still under construction but expected to be ready for move-in by Axanar on May 1, 2019. </fs><fs x-small>//Image/LoopNet//</fs>
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 +<fs x-small>FEBRUARY 9, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 4 MINS READING TIME</wrap></fs>
  
 ====== Amid Pokey Patreon, Peters Concedes Loss of Warehouse ====== ====== Amid Pokey Patreon, Peters Concedes Loss of Warehouse ======
  
-**//Patreon Likely to Produce Enough to Pay For a Much Smaller Facility Nearby//**+**//Patreon Likely to Produce Enough to Pay For a Much Smaller Facility Nearby to House Axanar, Ares Studios//**
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 +<fs smaller>**//See also: [[reel_trek|Planning for Worst in Patreon Effort to Save Axanar's Home]] and [[patreon_progress|Patreon Progress Slows Precipitously]]//**</fs> 
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 ===== Slow Growth Not Enough ===== ===== Slow Growth Not Enough =====
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   * A total $11 more was pledged between the new patrons toward the [[https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16067837|Patreon campaign]], which stood at $1,432.   * A total $11 more was pledged between the new patrons toward the [[https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16067837|Patreon campaign]], which stood at $1,432.
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 +[{{ ::patreon_numbers_2-9-19.jpg?direct&400|**SLUGGISH GROWTH** A day after Patreon growth bottomed out, Alec Peters announced his move into a smaller warehouse. <fs smaller>Click graph to view full size.</fs>}}]
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 +==== Back to Zero ====
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 +The day after the upward blip from //Reel Trek//, the campaign's donor and pledge growth once again fell back to zero.
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-<WRAP>//**__« We really think moving into the smaller facility, no matter how much money we make, is the right move. »__**// <wrap indent>//— Source//</wrap></WRAP>+<WRAP>//**__« We really think moving into the smaller facility, no matter how much money we make, is the right move. »__**// <wrap indent>//— Axanar's Alec Peters on// Reel Trek</wrap></WRAP>
  
 ===== Best for Business ===== ===== Best for Business =====
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 Combined with the $1,200 a month Peter has claimed he earns from monetizing the Axanar YouTube channel, the Patreon is expected to produce enough to pay the $2,500 Peters needs for the smaller warehouse. In an update to his Patreon blog, he wrote: Combined with the $1,200 a month Peter has claimed he earns from monetizing the Axanar YouTube channel, the Patreon is expected to produce enough to pay the $2,500 Peters needs for the smaller warehouse. In an update to his Patreon blog, he wrote:
  
-> Together we are making over $2,200 a month now, which means we have //secured// the future of the U.S.S. Ares bridge set, as we are set to move to a smaller, brand new building, right next door, in May. There our rent will only be $2,100 a month. Add in utilities and insurance and we are at about $2,500. \\ \\ Having a lower overhead is important to ensure the long term future of the studio. So //thank you!//  Because of you, Ares Studios is on the rise!(([[https://axanarproductions.com/ares-studio-launches-patreon-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR0mpNppyLKVmXwcIJdMM00upUQNcvRCQ0GZbjoDqKFQ6Fr3B4zPggjILhs|"Ares Studio Launches Patreon Fundraiser,"]] Axanar blog, first published 2/1/19, with undated update.))+> Together we are making over $2,200 a month now, which means we have //secured// the future of the U.S.S. Ares bridge set, as <wrap hi>we are set to move to a smaller, brand new building, right next door, in May</wrap>. There our rent will only be $2,100 a month. Add in utilities and insurance and we are at about $2,500. \\ \\ Having a lower overhead is important to ensure the long term future of the studio. So //thank you!//  Because of you, Ares Studios is on the rise!(([[https://axanarproductions.com/ares-studio-launches-patreon-fundraiser/?fbclid=IwAR0mpNppyLKVmXwcIJdMM00upUQNcvRCQ0GZbjoDqKFQ6Fr3B4zPggjILhs|"Ares Studio Launches Patreon Fundraiser,"]] Axanar blog, first published 2/1/19, with undated update.))
  
 ==== Smaller Facility ==== ==== Smaller Facility ====
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   * The new warehouse, about half the size, is only big enough "for the bridge [set] and storage," casting doubt on the facility's usefulness beyond shooting Star Trek fan films.   * The new warehouse, about half the size, is only big enough "for the bridge [set] and storage," casting doubt on the facility's usefulness beyond shooting Star Trek fan films.
   * The right move: "We really think moving into the smaller facility, no matter how much money we make, is the right move." The new warehouse should cost about half as much.   * The right move: "We really think moving into the smaller facility, no matter how much money we make, is the right move." The new warehouse should cost about half as much.
-  * Not enough room for the other two disassembled Axanar sets, the captain's quarters and corridor.+  * Not enough room for the other two disassembled Axanar sets, the captain's quarters and corridor. {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}}
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 +**Keywords** {{tag>Patreon warehouse studio Ares_Studios}}