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Re:Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of I... by turnitoff on Sunday July 01, 2018 @09:06AM (#17435449)
That's not the real reason (source: used to work in adult).

High chargebacks in high-risk industries are related to three things:

1) The goods are digital and delivered immediately. This means that if I just got a hold of a 100 stolen CC numbers and want to test whether or not they're legit before moving on to physical goods, I'm going to test them out at one such service - which shoots up the CB/refund rate.

2) This also creates a secondary market for illicitly opened accounts / access, which is easy money (and anything else you can imagine down the lane on piracy etc.)

3) Because the margins are so low due to high marketing costs + competition, many sites (especially in the past) would sign the user up to endless recurring billing schemes which are nigh impossible (or costly) to cancel, also driving up the chargeback rate.

Re:Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of I... by brettz on Sunday July 01, 2018 @11:44AM (#17436009)
Yes this is true. Also most porn subscriptions have "cross-sales" meaning you get signed up to another subscription when you join the first. This leads to higher chargebacks.

I run product for Pornhub Premium, we have a clean, no cross-sale offer and it's very easy to cancel, our chargeback ratio is near 0.

Re:Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of I... by kthejoker2 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @12:52PM (#17436337)
AMA? Would be interesting to hear more.
Re:Patreon Is Suspending Adult Content Creators Because of I... by sizzle on Sunday July 01, 2018 @03:02PM (#17436978)
Seconded for AMA