Move your patrons across with their tiers and dates intact
Patreon gives you the richest export of any platform we import from, so almost everything survives the move. The one thing that cannot is the billing — and this page is mostly about handling that well.
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In short
Can I move my patrons from Patreon to Tribearn?
Yes. Tribearn imports Patreon’s members CSV with tiers and dates intact, after a dry run that shows every row before anything is written. Payments cannot transfer, because no platform can move a payment mandate, so each patron re-authorises once. The Free plan is ₹0 a month and takes 10% of each sale; Starter (₹499 a month), Growth (₹1,499) and Scale (₹3,999) lower that to 5%, 3% and nothing.
| Plan | Price per month | Commission on sales |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ₹0 | 10% |
| Starter | ₹499 | 5% |
| Growth | ₹1,499 | 3% |
| Scale | ₹3,999 | None |
Free forever plan
Not a trial. Nothing switched off later.
Payouts to your bank
Real checkout, real settlements.
One link to share
Ready to post wherever you already are.
What you can sell
What a Patreon export actually gives you
Patreon’s members CSV carries a patron id, email, name, tier, pledge start and next charge date. That is unusually complete — it means your patrons can arrive on the right tier with the right dates, and keep access until the day they had already paid through.
Patreon columns recognised
Patron Id, Email, Name, Tier, Pledge Start, Next Charge Date.
- Mapped automatically on upload
- Correct any mapping yourself
- Tiers matched to your tiers
- Day-first dates handled properly
Next charge date is the gift
Because it exists, you can honour what people paid for.
- Access until their paid-through date
- Nobody cut off early
- Nothing given away
- They re-subscribe when time runs out
Dry run before anything moves
Validated on the server, written only when you say so.
- Every row checked first
- Created / skipped / needs-a-look
- Re-running is a safe no-op
- Walk away with nothing changed
Then bill them in rupees
The usual reason an Indian creator leaves in the first place.
- UPI AutoPay for recurring
- Cards and eMandate/NACH too
- Settled to your bank account
- GST invoicing from Starter upwards
And sell more than pledges
The things a pledge page has no shape for.
- Digital products and presets
- Courses and live cohorts
- Ticketed events and AMAs
- Paid DMs with a reply deadline
Your patrons become your members
On your page, in your colours, on a link you own — with their tier, their dates and their access exactly as they were, and an email list that is yours from then on.
In detail
How the Patreon import works, and what it cannot do
The real decision
How to ask a patron to pay you again
Their pledge is a mandate held by Patreon’s processor. It cannot be handed over, so every patron has to authorise a new one here. That is the whole migration risk, and the four options below are how you manage it — with the downside of each written next to it.
- Honour what they already paid for
- Access stays active until the paid-through date from your old platform, then expires normally. Nothing is given away and nobody is cut off — recommended where your export has dates.
- Give everyone a fixed window
- Access runs a set number of days from today. Use it when your export has no renewal date, accepting that some members lose time they already paid for.
- Ask everyone to subscribe now
- Members arrive without access until they subscribe here. Cleanest billing, worst retention — only sensible once your old platform has stopped charging.
- Give them free access forever
- Access never expires and is never charged for. An honest gift, and a permanent loss of revenue from those members.
The dry run
Three hundred patrons, and no way back — except there is
The fear with any migration is committing the file with the dates parsed wrong. The dry run is the answer: the same code that will do the work, run against your file server-side without writing a row, reported back to you before you decide.
- Validated, not previewed
- The server checks the real rows, so what you see is what would actually happen.
- Dates disambiguated
- Choose day-first, month-first, year-first or automatic — 05/06/2026 stops being a coin toss.
- Tier mapping checked
- See which Patreon tier lands on which of your tiers before anyone is moved.
- Safe to re-run
- Rows already imported are skipped rather than duplicated.
Pricing
What it costs after Patreon
Start on the free plan and move up only when the maths says you should. Every plan lowers the commission on what you sell, so the cheapest option changes as you grow.
Free
Testing the waters
₹0/mo
10% commission
Starter
Your first ₹1 lakh
₹499/mo
5% commission
Growth
Going full-time
₹1,499/mo
3% commission
Scale
Teams and agencies
₹3,999/mo
No commission
Why creators leave Patreon
Getting started
How to move off Patreon
- 1
Export from your old platform
Download the members or subscribers CSV they give you.
- 2
Upload and map
Columns are matched for you; fix anything that looks wrong.
- 3
Run the dry run
See exactly what would happen, row by row, before committing.
- 4
Commit when it looks right
Members and their access are created in batches.
Who it’s for
Also imports from
Before you start
Patreon migration FAQs
What do I export from Patreon?
The members CSV. It carries patron id, email, name, tier, pledge start and next charge date, and those column names are recognised automatically when you upload it.
Will my patrons keep the tier they were on?
Yes, as long as your export includes the tier column — you map each Patreon tier onto one of yours during the import, and the dry run shows you that mapping before anything is written.
Can I let them keep the time they already paid for?
Yes, and it is the option we recommend when your export has dates. Patreon’s next charge date is what makes it possible: access stays active until that date and then expires normally, so nobody is cut off early and nothing is given away.
Will my members’ payments carry over?
No — and nobody can do this, so be wary of anyone who says otherwise. A mandate (UPI AutoPay, a card, or eMandate/NACH) is a contract between your member’s bank and the platform that took it; there is no export format and no legal way to move it. Their access, tier and dates all come across intact, but the next charge has to be re-authorised by them. You choose how that is handled.
Can I see what will happen before it happens?
Yes, and you should. The dry run validates every row on the server and shows you exactly what would be created, what would be skipped and what looks wrong — without writing anything. Nothing is committed until you say so.
What does it cost to move?
Nothing to arrive. The Free plan is ₹0 a month for as long as you want it and takes 10% of what you sell. Paid plans start at ₹499 a month and cut that to 5%, 3%, or nothing at all.
What if I run the import twice by mistake?
A re-run is a no-op for rows that already came across — it does not duplicate members or stack their access. That behaviour was checked against the real database rather than assumed.
More for your business
Moving from somewhere else?
What each platform exports, and what that means for your members.
Ready to leave Patreon?
Upload your members CSV, run the dry run, and see exactly what would happen first.
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