Welcome to Patreon! In this guide we'll walk you through the basic steps to start your creator page. Now, let's get you one step closer to living out your dream. 🥳
Signing up
* If you already have an account you can log in and click Create on Patreon from the drop-down menu in the upper right corner.
Step 2: Tell us a bit about your page! After you click on Get started, we’ll walk you through a few steps that tell us more about what you’re creating:
- Tell us what you make! You can choose up to 2.
- Let us know if any of your work features adult content
- Pick your currency – we currently support US Dollars, British Pounds, and Euros. Learn more, here.
- Reserve your custom URL (optional)
Build your page
Basics
You can use this section to update your Profile Picture, add a Cover Image, link to your existing social media accounts, and create a custom URL for your page.
Tell the world who you are, what brought you to Patreon, and why potential patrons should subscribe to your page! Uploading an Intro Video is not required, but has been shown to help convert fans to patrons.
Tiers
What would you like to give your biggest fans? Creating new tiers for your patrons is yet another way you can convert fans to patrons.
When you create a new tier, you can set a tier price, title, add an image to your tier, and enter a description that gives your patrons a better sense of what they can expect to receive when they pledge to you. You also have the option of setting a limit for how many patrons pledge to this tier, and can request that patrons provide you with their shipping address if you want to offer physical items.
If you’re not quite sure of what to offer, this article goes over a few options.
You can also connect a server to your Patreon page, and offer roles to your patrons as Rewards. More on how to do this can be found here.
You can also connect a server to your Patreon page, and offer roles to your patrons as Rewards. More on how to do this can be found here.
Getting Paid
You can choose to either bill your patrons for their support monthly, or per creation. If you bill your patrons per creation, they’ll be charged on the first of the following month if you publish a paid post. Learn about the different ways that you can bill your patrons, here: Billing my patrons
Once you launch your page, you'll be able to access your payout settings.
Page Settings
You’ll enter your creator account details, which include your legal first and last name as well as country of residence. If you are a team or brand, you’ll need to choose one individual who will own the account and enter their details in this section. Not to worry - your legal name will not be visible in any part of the site and is only collected for sales tax purposes.
If you’d prefer to have the amount you receive each month remain private, you can select this option next to Earnings Visibility.
Connect your social accounts to your Patreon page, so that patrons can quickly go to your social media profiles.
You can also use this page to create an RSS Audio Feed for your audio posts. This gives each patron their own individual feed for audio posts you publish on Patreon. More on this can be found here.
If you’d prefer to have the amount you receive each month remain private, you can select this option next to Earnings Visibility.
Connect your social accounts to your Patreon page, so that patrons can quickly go to your social media profiles.
You can also use this page to create an RSS Audio Feed for your audio posts. This gives each patron their own individual feed for audio posts you publish on Patreon. More on this can be found here.
Welcome Notes
In the Advanced menu of your page editor, you can access your Welcome Notes page. You can use this section to set up a custom welcome note that appears after patrons pledge to your page, and even add a thank you video to this section. This isn’t required to launch your page, so you can come back to this again any time.
Goals
The goals you set get patrons excited about the next big step of your creative journey. You can use goals to help paint a picture of what you'll work toward together.
There are two different types of goals you can set: Earnings-based goals, and Community-based goals. Earnings-based goals are related to the amount of money you’ll earn, while Community-based goals are related to the number of patrons you’ll have.
Preview your page and Launch!
Once your page has been launched, you will receive an email letting you know that you are live.
Now that your page is live, send it to your friends, family, fans, neighbors and anyone else you think would be interested in what you're creating.
If you need some extra guidance with launching, we have a ton of great resources for creators on our blog!
We're stoked to have you here and can't wait to see what you create!
Note: By design, creators who have marked their pages as Adult Content will not be searchable on the site. Fear not– you can still select a unique URL and share it out with your network!