Whether you’re just getting started or have been running memberships on Patreon for years, this guide explains what fees you, as a creator, can expect while using Patreon to offer paid memberships. Click to expand each section to learn about creator fees on Patreon.
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Platform fees
Your platform fee covers the use of Patreon’s membership platform and is a percentage of successfully processed membership payments. We calculate your platform fee based on the payment amount, excluding sales tax. The platform fee percentage depends on your platform plan.
Current platform plans
This only applies to creators who join Patreon or are looking to downgrade to Lite after June 21, 2023. Creators who were already on the Lite plan before June 21, 2023, can continue to use Lite plan features. Visit our Lite deprecation FAQ for more information.
| Founders | Pro | Premium |
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| Patreon’s original plan only for creators who joined before May 2019. |
A core set of tools to help you earn an income for your creative work directly from your community. |
Dedicated coaching and support, plus premium features that save you time and reward your members. |
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5% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
8% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
12% of the income you earn on Patreon plus payment processing, currency conversion, payout fees, and applicable taxes. |
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What is the Founders plan?
In May 2019, we introduced new creator plans and fees: Lite at 5%, Pro at 8%, and Premium at 12%. Creators who joined before this date were placed on a discounted Founders-only plan, 5%, that gave them the same features as when they first joined without additional costs.
If you joined Patreon before May, 7 2019, and have not updated your plan or currency since then, you’re on the Founders plan.
Payment processing fees
Payment processing fees cover the cost of using our payment infrastructure. This infrastructure includes recurring billing, recovering declined payments, and fighting fraud.
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Processing fees: Lite, Pro, and Premium plans
You can confirm your platform plan from your Settings. If you are on our Lite, Pro, or Premium platform plan, your payment processing fees are applied on a per-payment basis and depend on the following factors:
- Your tier price(s): determines whether the standard or micropayment rate is applied
- Sales tax/VAT: Patreon is required by law to add sales tax/VAT to some membership payments
- Currency conversion fees (if applicable): we apply a currency conversion fee of 2.5% on the total amount processed (including sales tax) on all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. Read below for more information about currency conversions
- Your currency: determines what your standard and micropayment rate is. Refer to our Processing rates by Currency table below to find out your standard and micropayment rates
Processing rates by currency for Lite, Pro, and Premium plans
The table below includes processing rates for US creators paying out in USD:
| USD | ||
| Member's payment method | Micropayment rate | Standard payment rate |
| Credit card, Apple Pay |
5% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
2.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
| PayPal or Venmo (US) |
5% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
2.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
| PayPal or Venmo (non-US) |
6% + 0.10USD per successful payment $3 or less |
3.9% + 0.30USD per successful payment over $3 |
If you are not receiving payments in USD, then a member’s payment method does not impact your processing rates. The table below shows micropayment and standard processing rates for all other currencies:
| ⬇️ Currency | Micropayment rate | Standard rate |
| EUR |
5% + €0.15 per successful payment €3 or less |
3.4% + €0.35 per successful payment over €3 |
| GBP |
5% + £0.15 per successful payment £3 or less |
3.4% + £0.35 per successful payment over £3 |
| CAD |
5% + CA$0.10 per successful payment CA$3 or less |
3.2% + CA$0.35 per successful payment over CA$3 |
| AUD |
5% + A$0.10 per successful payment A$3 or less |
3% + A$0.30 per successful payment over A$3 |
| DKK |
5% + DKK 1.10 per successful payment DKK 25 or less |
3.4% + DKK 2.60 per successful payment over DKK 25 |
| NOK |
5% + NOK 1.50 per successful payment NOK 30 or less |
3.4% + NOK 2.80 per successful payment over NOK 30 |
| SEK |
5% + SEK 1.50 per successful payment SEK 30 or less |
3.4% + SEK 3.25 per successful payment over SEK 30 |
| CZK |
5% + CZK 3.85 per successful payment CZK 75 or less |
3.4% + CZK 9 per successful payment over CZK 75 |
| HKD |
5% + HK$1.20 per successful payment HK$25 or less |
3.9% + HK$2.35 per successful payment over HK$25 |
| HUF |
5% + HUF 54.70 per successful payment HUF 1,000 or less |
3.4% + HUF 129 per successful payment over HUF 1,000 |
| NZD |
5% + NZ$0.25 per successful payment NZ$4 or less |
3.9% + NZ$0.45 per successful payment over NZ$4 |
| PLN |
5% + PLN 0.70 per successful payment PLN 15 or less |
3.4% + PLN 1.75 per successful payment over PLN 15 |
| SGD |
5% + SGD 0.20 per successful payment SGD 4 or less |
3.9% + SGD 0.40 per successful payment over SGD 4 |
Processing fees: Founders plan
If you joined Patreon before May, 7 2019 and have not updated your plan or currency since then, you’re on the Founders plan. You can confirm whether or not you’re on the Founders plan from your Settings.
As a founding creator, your payment processing fees depend on the following factors:
- Your tier price: tier amounts can increase or decrease your effective processing rate
- Sales tax/VAT: Patreon is required by law to add sales tax/VAT to some membership payments
Learn more about sales tax/VAT requirements - Currency conversion fees (if applicable): A currency conversion fee of 2.5% on the total amount processed (including sales tax) is applied to all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. Read below for more information about currency conversions
- Shared membership: for payments to multiple creators that are grouped on a single transaction, creators on our Founders plan will share the transaction fee, which may result in reduced processing fees for the creators involved
- A member’s payment method: determines the processing rate for payments. The founders plan processing rates table below details the
Founders plan processing rates
Our Founders plan is only available to creators who receive payouts in USD. As a creator on our Founders plan, payment processing fees are applied on a per-transaction basis according to the table below:
| USD | |
| Member's payment method | Standard payment rate |
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Credit card, Apple Pay |
1.6% + 0.30USD |
| Paypal or Venmo | 2.65% + 0.28USD |
How does shared membership impact my processing rate?
If you are on our Founders plan, you may pay a portion of the standard payment rate rather than all of it. Founders receive aggregation savings on transactions that include memberships to multiple creators.
The amount deducted for payment processing fees for a given month are represented on your Earnings dashboard under the Payment Fees column.
Currency conversion fees
Patreon applies a 2.5% currency conversion fee on all membership payments made in a currency other than your payout currency. This fee will be reversed on any payments that are refunded to paid members. All fees will be reflected in your payout currency. Currency conversion fees and processing fees are both reflected in your Earnings dashboard under the Payment fees column. You can Export data for a breakdown of the currency conversion fee.
You will receive your portion of membership payments in your payout currency based on the average exchange rate from the day before the payment was successfully processed. This calculation is sometimes referred to as a “spot rate.”
Please note that if a paid member pays you in your payout currency, then there is no currency conversion fee applied.
Learn about how your tier prices are converted for paid members.
Payout fees
Funds in your account balance already reflect the deduction of your platform fee, payment processing fees, and currency conversion fees. Patreon deducts a payout transaction fee when your balance is transferred from your Patreon account.
Your payout fee is not listed in the breakdown of fees within your creator earnings dashboard; however, you may find the payout fee for your payout method and currency of choice in the tables below.
Payout fees for creators paying out in US Dollars ($):
| USD | ||
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Payout method |
US creators receiving payouts in Dollars | Non-US creators receiving payouts in Dollars |
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Direct deposit |
$0.25 USD per payout Creators based in the US Virgin Islands or any other US territory or possession — with the exception of Puerto Rico — are not supported by our ACH direct deposit partner. |
Not supported |
| PayPal |
1% of the amount transferred with a minimum of $0.25, capped at $20.00 USD ($10 minimum to be able to pay out) |
1% of the amount transferred with a minimum of $0.25, capped at $20.00 USD ($10 minimum to be able to pay out) |
| Payoneer | Not supported |
$1.00 USD per payout to your Payoneer account. Option to withdraw funds from your Payoneer account to your local bank account or the Payoneer Prepaid Debit MasterCard®, or $3.00 USD per global bank transfer* ($25 minimum to be able to pay out) |
Payout fees for creators by currency (non-USD):
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⬇️ Currency |
Payoneer payout fee | PayPal payout fee |
| EUR |
€0.75 per payout |
€1.00 per payout |
| GBP |
£0.75 per payout |
£1.00 per payout |
| CAD |
$2.00 CAD per payout |
$1 CAD per payout |
| AUD |
$1.00 AUD per payout |
$1.50 AUD per payout |
| DKK |
$5 kr (DKK) per payout |
$7 kr (DKK) per payout |
| NOK |
$7 kr (NOK)per payout |
$9 kr (NOK) per payout |
| SEK |
$7 kr (SEK) per payout |
$9 kr (SEK) per payout |
| HKD |
HK$8 (HKD) per payout |
HK$16.00 (HKD) per payout |
| SGD |
S$1.5 (SGD) per payout |
S$3.00 (SGD) per payout |
| NZD |
$1.5 NZD per payout |
$3.00 (NZD) per payout |
| CZK |
16 Kč (CZK) per payout |
26.00 Kč (CZK) per payout |
| HUF |
235 Ft (HUF) per payout |
365.00 Ft (HUF) per payout |
| PLN |
3 zł (PLN) per payout |
5.00 zł (PLN) per payout |
FAQ
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The paid member transaction history CSV, located on your Documents tab, provides a per-transaction record of your paid members’ payments and refunds issued from your account. The paid member transaction history includes an itemization of your fees, including; platform fees, payment processing fees, and conversion fees.
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There are no additional fees for refunding a paid member. When you initiate a refund, you only give back the amount you originally received, and we return any remaining amount retained by Patreon to the paid member, including Patreon’s share and any sales tax/VAT.
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If a paid member pays in a currency that is different from the currency associated with their payment instrument, then the financial institution associated with that payment instrument may charge them a foreign transaction fee for that payment. We are not applying this fee and have no control over it, have no knowledge of whether the fee is applied, and do not receive any of the funds from that fee.
Even if a paid member pays in the same currency as the currency associated with their payment instrument, when a paid member’s payment is processed in a country different from the one associated with their payment instrument, then the financial institution associated with that payment instrument may charge them a foreign transaction fee for that payment. We are not applying this fee, have no knowledge of whether the fee is applied, and do not receive any of the funds from that fee, but our choices about payment processing may impact or otherwise give rise to this fee.
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If you sell products, Patreon will keep 5% of commerce earnings plus fees and applicable taxes. There’s no cost to list products, and you only pay when you start earning. Please see our Commerce fees article for a breakdown of what fees to expect when selling products.
