Welcome to Patreon! In this guide, we'll show you 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 don’t have a Patreon account:
Visit patreon.com and click on the Create on Patreon button at the top right corner. You can also click on our Starter kits link to browse templated pages to expedite your launch process– we have templates for podcasters, writers video creators, and more!
From here, you can sign up with Facebook, Google, or your email.
If you have an existing Patreon account:
If you already have an account you can log in and click on the Create on Patreon button from the drop-down user menu in the upper right corner.
Next steps:
We’ll ask you a bit 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 – here’s a list of our currently supported currencies.
- Reserve your custom URL (optional).
Build your page
Now that we know a bit more about you, you’ll be taken to your creator page editor, where you can start building out your page.
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.
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. If you’re not quite sure of what to offer, this article goes over a few options.
Available for creators on our Pro and Premium plans, our Merch solution offers an easy way to deliver physical benefits, backed by Patreon support.
Interested in setting up Merch? Learn about Merch on Patreon to get started!
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.
You’ll enter your creator account details, which include your legal first and last name as well as your 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.
There is also an option to create a private Audio RSS feed for patrons with our Acast integration.
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 at any time.
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!
When you feel like your page is ready, click on the option to preview by clicking on the Share preview link in the top right corner. If you’re feeling good about how your page looks, click on the Launch button.
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 access what you create!
Note: By design, the search feature for creators marked as NSFW will populate very limited results at any given time, so that Patreon remains a safe place for patrons of all ages. – you can still select a unique URL and share it out with your network!
