I started a monthly-donations-to-artists company around the same time as @Patreon. How you manage monthly payment fees is the core of the business model, and deciding whether or not to make $1 donations viable is a huge philosophical decision. We talked about this for months. 1/6 $1 is the amount you donate to an artist without expecting anything in return, and for an artist much more valuable than that $1 is the fact that it's another person on your mailing list, following what you make, and supporting you enough to pull out their credit card. 2/6