Founded in 2001, Anime-Planet is a site created by fans, for fans. Though millions of users a month use the site, we're staffed by a small team of volunteers including the founder, developers, and content moderators.
Until now, we've relied on a very small amount of ads on the website to cover Anime-Planet's hefty ongoing costs, given the community's size and growth. But with most folks using ad block programs nowadays and ad revenue performing poorly across the web, last month we launched our official Patreon page for Anime-Planet as a way for the community to help support feature development and rising site costs.
We thank our Patrons greatly for your initial support over the past month, especially since there weren't any tangible website benefits yet. We've spent the last month working with the Patreon API, and are excited to announce new features available starting today, including the much-requested ad-free browsing feature.
Bronze "ad-free" tier
We've added a new, low-cost tier for those who want to support the site and care most about the ad-free browsing experience. It's called Bronze, and is $5 USD/month on Patreon. Silver and Gold tiers also have the ad-free browsing experience included as a benefit.
Bronze patrons also will receive a bronze avatar outline that appears in the site and forum, as well as a "Bronze Supporter" forum banner underneath your avatar in the forum.
New Silver and Gold tier benefits
Our existing Silver and Gold tiers now have extra benefits as well:
Silver and Gold tiers also have access to other exclusive benefits, such as pre-release feature sneak peeks and a feedback program to influence site development, a special Discord supporters channel, ability to choose a custom Discord color, and more.
Notes
Support feature development and the community
Thank you, as always, for your support of Anime-Planet <3
Until now, we've relied on a very small amount of ads on the website to cover Anime-Planet's hefty ongoing costs, given the community's size and growth. But with most folks using ad block programs nowadays and ad revenue performing poorly across the web, last month we launched our official Patreon page for Anime-Planet as a way for the community to help support feature development and rising site costs.
We thank our Patrons greatly for your initial support over the past month, especially since there weren't any tangible website benefits yet. We've spent the last month working with the Patreon API, and are excited to announce new features available starting today, including the much-requested ad-free browsing feature.
Bronze "ad-free" tier
We've added a new, low-cost tier for those who want to support the site and care most about the ad-free browsing experience. It's called Bronze, and is $5 USD/month on Patreon. Silver and Gold tiers also have the ad-free browsing experience included as a benefit.
Bronze patrons also will receive a bronze avatar outline that appears in the site and forum, as well as a "Bronze Supporter" forum banner underneath your avatar in the forum.
New Silver and Gold tier benefits
Our existing Silver and Gold tiers now have extra benefits as well:
- Ad-free browsing
- The avatar outlines
Silver and Gold tiers also have access to other exclusive benefits, such as pre-release feature sneak peeks and a feedback program to influence site development, a special Discord supporters channel, ability to choose a custom Discord color, and more.
Notes
- Ad-free browsing works for the entire website, except for video players. These are owned by our industry partners, including the ads within, so we can't control what appears in there.
- We are continuing to brainstorm and work on other benefits for the community!
Support feature development and the community
Thank you, as always, for your support of Anime-Planet <3
