Who is a teammate?
Running a creative business often means multiple people are helping to get things done on Patreon. For example, maybe one teammate manages benefits and another is primarily in charge of posting content.
Rather than sharing a login for one creator page, a team account allows teammates to manage their responsibilities within their individual accounts.
Team leads have sole access to financial and income-related actions. Because of this, teammates are best assigned to individuals who manage member interactions (posting, messaging, and responding to comments), or revamping the creator page (editing tiers and benefits, creating a special offer, or managing the benefit tracker).
What if a teammate used to be a creator?
Teammates can't have a current or previous creator page (i.e. unlaunched creator pages or accounts previously reverted back to member-only). You'll need this prospective teammate to create a brand new account and accept the invitation on their new account.
Teammate permissions
Teammates won't have access to any financial data or actions. Only the team lead can access the Payout settings and the Earnings dashboard. They also don't have permission to block or unblock members, manage the creator's Account settings, or add/remove teammates.
Teammates can't be a member of the creator account they help manage. If the prospective teammate is currently a member, they must cancel their membership to become a teammate.
Teammates can manage the following:
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Note: Teammates can create regular posts, but some features — like Quips and starting Lives — aren't available to them.
Posting as a teammate
When teammates post on the creator page, they'll be posting as the creator. In other words, members and everyone accessing the creator page will see those posts as from the creator, not the teammate.
Interested in learning more about posting? Visit our guide for tips & tricks about posting.
Settings
Teammates will have access to two settings pages: their personal Settings, and a limited version of the Creator's settings.
A teammate's personal settings live on the right-hand side, and the creator's settings live on the left-hand side. To access the creator's settings, select the settings link on the left-hand side.
From the Creator page settings menu bar, teammates will have access to the creator's App integrations.
Teammates will also have access to the creator's Email notifications. A message reading "These are the settings for the creator account" will indicate that the teammate is in the creator's settings.