Really strange, isn't it?* As someone pointed out on here the other day (sorry I'm unable to credit, can't remember who it was), many people may think oh, she's not earning anything from Ads so I'll pop a small tip in her jar instead - hence making it more profitable for her to let the site remain "broken".
Going back to Patreon 'cause it's been bugging me. She's got around 60 new patrons so far. I would hazard a guess that the majority didn't sign up at £1, not when they were doing it to either defend her or shore her up, given her pitiful situation and blog post.
Just supposing she is being truthful ~she can't lie~ and that
most many of her patrons pay £1/month. Someone like Mummy Nigella-from-the-bin would most likely be donating the highest tier, £44. If there is just ONE top payer for every 49 lowest ones, that's £49 + £44 per 50 donors. That's an average of just under £2 per person (£1.86 to be precise).
Even with 350 donors, with 7 of them paying £44 and the rest paying £1, it would bring her £651/month. For doing nothing except existing (and grifting). But let's be real - no way are 343 of her 350 patrons paying £1, I'd bet all my socks on it!
Didn't she say the other day "half of them don't pay the minimum, they pay less" or something like that? (Not quoting, just trying to recall what I read.) So let's play with some numbers (I like playing with numbers).
I know there's already a spreadsheet - not trying to step on anyone's toes - just curious so I thought I'd play with some very low donor numbers while I had Excel open.
150 @ £1 £150
130 @ £3.50 £455
30 @ £7 £210
25 @ £10 £250
20 @ £12 £240
10 @ £24 £240
5 (!) @ £44 £220 - the handful of top tier donors drags the monthly average up dramatically!
370 donors, £1,765m / £21,180pa, less fees, taxable at current rates
FOR DOING NOTHING!
That's a VERY conservative estimate.
PS Please let me know if my numbers are incorrect, my mind is currently
blown pumbled!
*Does anyone know of a second site where she posts recipes?
The other day I saw some she'd uploaded in April either 21 or 22 but I don't know which site it was on. I was cleaning my old bookmarks folder out as I knew I had some of her stuff saved from years ago - I know it's childish but I did enjoy deleting them.