Alternative to Patreon? Clica.net, a membership platform based on Bitcoins

[clicanet]

Hello everyone, after so much time working we're finally announcing this week the new version of Clica.net, we exist since 2010 (but as a blog only) and now we are open for everyone who wants to sell monthly membership plans, digital or physical products, create paid posts, create subscription tiers, etc. It's easy to use and mobile friendly. We're adding more features in the next days too. Below a print of the deposit screen.

https://i.imgur.com/5GTozst.jpg

You can enter and create your page (it's free).

Hope to hear some feedback from you.

Thanks

[clicanet]

We will create an "explore creators" place showing the pages created there too.

[eternalgloom]

Just created a page for testing it out, looking pretty good actually.
I mean, the design is way less appeasing to the eye than Patreon's design, but that shouldn't matter too much.

I wish I could test it with video content, but I don't have any such content that I could put on there.

[clicanet]

Thank you very much for testing

I'm adding bb code in the next days too, with that you will be able to embed videos from YouTube, Vimeo, etc on your posts with a code like that: [youtube]video_url[/youtube]

And then I'll add the possibility to put more images on the posts too.

[eternalgloom]

No problem, the signup process for very straightforward and went without any issues.

Do people have the option of setting up recurring payments by depositing a large amount of BTC onto the website?
I've signed up as a creator, so I'm not sure if I can see if that works.

Also, how do I actually share my page with people?

[clicanet]

Yes, the subscriptions are monthly. So, if I deposit $10 in my wallet and subscribe your page for $2 / month for example, I'm charged $2 in that moment and $2 again every day 1 of next months. If I run out of funds, the system will automatically cancel the subscription and the member will lose access to posts on that tier.

About the page, I just created right now a page where you can see your page's link and you can tweet or share on Facebook too.

Click on "My Page > Settings > Invite your friend"

https://i.imgur.com/5CuCNlq.png

Thanks

[eternalgloom]

Aha, great I see it!

I'll ask someone tomorrow to test it out, that will probably give you some more info as well
Will update soon and report any bugs or issues when I come across them!

[clicanet]

Nice! Thank you very much, all feedback is welcome and I'll be adding much more features, like an API to create automatic integrations with websites: https://github.com/clicanet/clica_api

Widgets for websites too (in Javascript) and the possibility to add images on the tiers.

Well, there are a lot yet, I'll be updating everything on the blog, twitter, etc.

[eternalgloom]

Okay, testing it in a few days, I have someone who's willing to test it out, but they're not available at the moment.
If you're interested, you can always send a small amount in Bitcoin just for testing purposes.

I have no problem using my own money, but it will take a bit longer in that case

If you're interested: bc1qltpzzzyglvtqttxe2wk7zdd0njr4u2xt5g4m9x (a couple of dollars would suffice)
Then I'd just create another account myself and 'support' myself through your website.

I'm not going to put my reputation here on the line to scam you and it's completely up to you anyway. It would just speed up the testing process.

[Patatas]

Some general feedback

1. Please accept other major coins like ETH/Doge along with Bitcoins.
2. The website is nicely designed but still lacks the professional structuring. This is important because your project has potential and you don't want someone else to do it better than you.
3. You said the prices will be displayed in dollars why? It's a Bitcoin-based platform and you should motivate people to get used to bitcoin units.

[eternalgloom]

Some general feedback

1. Please accept other major coins like ETH/Doge along with Bitcoins.
2. The website is nicely designed but still lacks the professional structuring. This is important because your project has potential and you don't want someone else to do it better than you.
3. You said the prices will be displayed in dollars why? It's a Bitcoin-based platform and you should motivate people to get used to bitcoin units.

I don't quite agree with points 1 and 3.

1. It's not bad to just start out with accepting Bitcoin exclusively, this is obviously a new service, he doesn't have to accept multiple cryptocurrencies all at once.

3. Nothing wrong with that. It's just easier for people. I imagine he also wants to attract regular users; I personally don't even want to do the calculations myself anyways.
Besides with the volatility being so high, it also makes sense to use the fiat equivalents.

[clicanet]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, like eternalgloom said, the price in dollars will be to attract people that doesn't know too much what is a bitcoin, it's more for easy undestanding / conversion.

Eternalgloom, the address you sent me is your BTC address? I tried here to check on blockchain and appears to be wrong: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qltpzzzyglvtqttxe2wk7zdd0njr4u2xt5g4m9x

I'll send you some Bitcoins so you can test (I already tested it with 3 accounts, I can subscribe to your page if that's the case), and you will see how it works, what do you think?

[eternalgloom]

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, like eternalgloom said, the price in dollars will be to attract people that doesn't know too much what is a bitcoin, it's more for easy undestanding / conversion.

Eternalgloom, the address you sent me is your BTC address? I tried here to check on blockchain and appears to be wrong: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qltpzzzyglvtqttxe2wk7zdd0njr4u2xt5g4m9x

I'll send you some Bitcoins so you can test (I already tested it with 3 accounts, I can subscribe to your page if that's the case), and you will see how it works, what do you think?

It's a Bech32 segwit address, blockchain.com doesn't support that

Normally you can send it using most wallets, I personally use Electrum.
If it doesn't work you can also use this, but I'd spend more on fees

1L4YivhNy444LqkU12jJvHCX81zTYG1Sxz

Edit:

Yeah or you can just support me directly, I'll give you a review afterwards

[clicanet]

Right! I just sent you $2 so you can test: https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/58a8ffcb708801f2277edcb030032660cae969270ec18d8c6fa1fa584089473d

Click on Deposit and transfer to the wallet there. Then, wait some seconds and click on "Refresh Balance".

And, paste your link here so I can subscribe you too

Thanks

[eternalgloom]

Yup, received it and sent it to my other account, same e-mail address, but with an 8 between my first and last name
Just made the deposit, waiting for confirmations.

Here's my creator account:

https://www.clica.net/user/1102583103

How many confirmations do deposits need before they show up in your account btw?
You might want to add that information somewhere.

[clicanet]

Nice! Now you have a new member

Right now is 0 confirmations, but I'll change to wait for 1 confirmation then, to avoid double spend.

[eternalgloom]

Aha yeah, I was a bit confused.
Refreshing the page itself didn't show my deposit, but clicking the little refresh button next to my balance did the job. (probably something with the browser cache)

It's working pretty good, I have to say. I'll write an article on Steemit about your service, probably next week or so, I'll let you know when it's published.
https://steemit.com/@daan

And thanks for being my first subscriber!

Edit:

I'll look at this some more tomorrow and i'll probably build my page a bit more.
Really cool project, I'm a big fan!

[clicanet]

That's amazing, thank you very much! Yes, right now to refresh the balance works only when you click on the button to refresh. I did that to make the pages load faster (otherwise, the system will check the balance everytime the user click on any page and this may take some extra seconds to make the page load).

I'll probably add the refresh balance arrow on the top.

Do you received the e-mail notifications too?

Thanks for testing and for the article too

[clicanet]

Nice, I'm really glad you enjoyed it, can't wait to see more people using to add the "explore creators" features, so I can promote all pages there by turning them public on the first page.

[eternalgloom]

I didn't receive the e-mail notifications, since they were turned off by default.
I've turned them on now though.

I personally wouldn't mind if they were turned on by default, since I'd want to know when someone supports me.
That's definitely not considered spam IMO.