Why do you choose Patreon over other platforms such as Indiegogo or PayPal to collect funding?

The purpose of Patreon is adopting the concept of "crowdfunding". Also, because we watched the "in the nutshell" YouTube series, and was deeply inspired by the creator, who highly recommends the Patreon platform.

The aim is to utilize a big advantage our NVR Community Edition has, is that we have "many" users, who may not be able to pay very much. We have tried the "Indiegogo" platform before, but it seems unfit for our working model. As explained in this article, our strength is at "software development & maintenance". In a general type of crowdfunding, almost no one will pay for this "strength".

Stereotyped crowdfunding projects, besides of Patreon, often emphasize on something that is very "glamorous" (or has a glamorous cause), or at least appear to be beneficial in an obvious way. A piece of IP video software that contains many complicated professional features, like ours, is nowhere near that definition.

Also, we want a reputable platform to back Genius Vision up. We want a framework like "paying small while continuous", and someone to advertise that idea, so that we won't have to do it ourselves.

Most often, advertising some concept is the most difficult task. Our primary focus should be on advertising our software and its benefits, so we'd prefer someone else to advertise the patron-like framework and concept, so we can just use it. After research we found Patreon to be a great fit, but of course if anyone has better suggestions we are open to other possibilities.

See also

• On the Patreon platform, why not use "per creation" but instead use "monthly"?
• The reason of adopting "Patreon" integration with NVR Community Edition