People keep getting banned in Patreonfor violating their Terms of Use,by a bunch of upset karens, you might have nothing to worry about depending on your kind of game and what you post outside of patreon, and how angry all the karens and patreon mods get. I wouldn't trust my funds to a shady, almost ghostly company like subscribestar and patreon. I'd say avoid if possible.
Balance between payment processor operating cost and subscribestar cut, to stay somewhat competitive. They obviously havn't the same deal patreon got being rather small. My 2 cents.I can not imagine any other reason why they wouldn't allow you to retrieve your subscribers' money as you wish.
They also set a 50$ minimum per withdrawal, so it's obvious they're trying to avoid a myriad of tiny transactions. I guess your assumption is plausible but honestly I'm surprised they couldn't get a better deal anywhere, considering this should be a key element of their business.Balance between payment processor operating cost and subscribestar cut, to stay somewhat competitive. They obviously havn't the same deal patreon got being rather small. My 2 cents.
What is surprising isn't that they couldn't get a better deal, but that they don't let the creator decide by himself. It isn't really difficult to add a few lines in the code of their platform to have something like, "warning, if you withdraw your money now, the cost will be of XX, but if you wait to have 50$, it will be only of XX". Then, the creator do what he want ; after all, it's supposed to be his money now, that's what their patrons thought when they gave their pledge.They also set a 50$ minimum per withdrawal, so it's obvious they're trying to avoid a myriad of tiny transactions. I guess your assumption is plausible but honestly I'm surprised they couldn't get a better deal anywhere, considering this should be a key element of their business.
No wonder they won't ban anyoneWhat is surprising isn't that they couldn't get a better deal, but that they don't let the creator decide by himself. It isn't really difficult to add a few lines in the code of their platform to have something like, "warning, if you withdraw your money now, the cost will be of XX, but if you wait to have 50$, it will be only of XX". Then, the creator do what he want ; after all, it's supposed to be his money now, that's what their patrons thought when they gave their pledge.
Now, for the "why", well... why not this :
If you look at theYou must be registered to see the links, only 13xx over 37xx earn at least $50/month, and around 2xxx, so more or less 45% would need more than two months to reach the $50 limit.
If you look at other kind of creators, like by exampleYou must be registered to see the links, it's worse. 35xx over 13xxx earn at least 50$/month, and around 55% need more that two month to earn $50.
[Note: According to the ordered data, it's 60% and not 55%. But the creators that don't make their earning public are at the bottom of the list. So I assumed that 5% of them earn at least $50/month.]
In the end, a wild but reasonable guess lead to around 50% of the creators on subscribestar having to wait at least six months before they can do their first withdrawal. Then, if they don't want to wait this much again, they'll withdraw $50 and wait at least two months before their next withdraw.
So, if there's already 4 000 creators using subscribestar, it's around 200 000$ that is always left on subscribestar's bank account. Not an astounding amount of interest, but it start to be a concern, especially since it's not their money. If it was Patreon and their 150 000+ creators, it would represent at least 7 500 000$ ; even with monthly interest of 1 per 1000, you can have a decent life with just the interest.