--- title: Become a patron tagline: access premium content description: Get access to premium content categories: [ pages ] tags: [ Patron, Premium, Content ] index: [] categories: [ pages ] permalink: /pages/public/about/become_a_patron/ regenerate: false resources: [ lightbox ] resource_options: - attic: opacity: 0.5 slides: - url: /assets/images/attics/premium-1920x1280-bw.jpg alt: Photo by Anders Nord on Unsplash badge: type: unsplash author: Anders Nord href: https://unsplash.com/@annoand/portfolio --- // Page content // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- What is _Patreon_ -- what is a _Patron_??? _Patron_ allows fans -- the *patrons* -- to pay creators for their work. Many of these creators are influencers: photographers on Instagram, comedians on YouTube, podcasters that tweet, creative technicians providing useful software, tools and tutorials. Simple like this. == Become a Patron What does that mean? A _Patron_ support a _Creator_ for the provided content they love, they like to use: excellent content services -- created with passion. What does a creator need to provide outstanding, useful products to the people? No surprise: time and money. What is, vice versa, quite the same. But that's not all.