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 +<fs smaller>**DRAMATIC DROP** Yesterday, the Ares Studio Patreon campaign suffered the biggest single-day drop since it began. What's behind it?</fs>
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 +<fs x-small>MARCH 2, 2019<wrap indent> | </wrap><wrap indent> 2 MIN READ</wrap></fs>
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 ====== Ares Studio Patreon Faces Crucible ====== ====== Ares Studio Patreon Faces Crucible ======
  
 +**//Beware the First of March: Donors Re-evaluate Ares Studios' Value Proposition//**
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-**March 1 offered the first real test of sustainability** for Axanar producer Alec Peters' effort to get fans to pay for the warehouse he calls Ares Studios in suburban Atlanta.+**March 1 offered the first real test of sustainability** for Axanar producer Alec Peters’ effort to get fans to pay for the warehouse he calls Ares Studios in suburban Atlanta. 
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 +===== Sluggish Growth ===== 
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 +Already plagued by sluggish growth  for some time, the Patreon campaign yesterday actually lost donors and its monthly pledges tumbled, too. 
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 +==== Net Losses ==== 
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 +  * **Net loss of donors**  by the end of the day was -5, though at one point it was down by eight. 
 +  * **Net loss of donations**  by the end of the day were down by $64 — the largest single-day drop ever for the campaign. 
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 +===== What's up with March 1? ===== 
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 +**The significance of March 1**: Patreon deducts patrons’ pledges from their accounts on the first of each month. That’s the day we saw these numbers tumble dramatically.
  
-{{page>subscribe}}+**Following declines from YouTube dispute**: Yesterday’s precipitous drops follow falling support in the wake of Peters’ [[:youtube_retaliation|very public dispute]] with influential YouTuber MechaRandom42 as he continues his crusade against his scandal-plagued rival, //Star Trek Continues//  star Vic Mignogna.
  
-  * **Already plagued by sluggish growth** for some time, the Patreon campaign yesterday actually lost donors and its monthly pledges tumbled, too. +===== Why it matters =====
-  * **Net loss of donors** by the end of the day was -5, though at one point it was down by eight. +
-  * **Net loss of donations** by the end of the day were down by $64 — the largest single-day drop ever for the campaign.+
  
 +Peters is counting on a [[:incredible_shrinking_studio#volatile_revenue|consistent revenue]] stream from Patreon to underwrite the lease for his warehouse.
  
 +However, as Patreon reminds his donors that money is being withdrawn from their accounts each month, some reevaluate whether they’re receiving the value they expected. {{page>footer}} {{tag>Patreon Ares_Studios OWC_Studios crowdfunding}}