Memberships
Supporter tiers for filmmakers.
Three prices, clear differences, monthly and yearly.
Supporter tiers turn a one-off fan into someone who pays every month. The design matters more than the platform: too many tiers and people freeze, too little difference between them and everyone picks the cheapest. Here is a structure that works for film libraries, with the arithmetic.
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By uncompressed.io · Updated October 2026
Short answer
How should a filmmaker design supporter tiers?
Use three tiers with clear differences: an entry tier most fans can afford, a middle tier most members choose, and a top tier at two to three times the middle price for your closest supporters. Give each tier whole collections rather than small perks, and offer a yearly price of about ten months next to monthly.
- Three tiers: entry, middle, top
- Each tier includes whole collections
- Middle tier near the price of one rental
- Yearly at about ten months, next to monthly
- Free trial on the entry tier only
- Gifts of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months on any tier
Price points
A three-tier ladder
with the yearly price beside it
An example for a filmmaker with a back catalogue, a few series and regular new work. Your numbers will differ; the shape is what matters.
Illustrative prices. Ten months for a year is a common convention, not a requirement; set any yearly price you like.
The arithmetic
What a ladder earns
from 100 members
An illustration, not a benchmark: most members on the entry tier, a third on the middle, a few at the top. With 100 members split 60 / 30 / 10:
USD 300
Supporter: 60 members
at USD 5 a month
USD 360
Member: 30 members
at USD 12 a month
USD 300
Patron: 10 members
at USD 30 a month
USD 960
Monthly revenue
0% commission on uncompressed.io
Ten members on the top tier bring in USD 300, as much as the 60 on the entry tier. That is the reason to have a top tier at all: a few committed fans will pay far more than the average, if you give them a reason.
On a platform with a 10% fee, such as Patreon, that would be USD 96 a month to the platform before processing. Here it stays with you; you pay a flat plan instead.
What to put in each tier
Give access, not trinkets
not small perks
Entry
Enough to be worth it on its own: the shorts, the back catalogue, a completed series. A member here should feel they got a library, not a teaser.
Middle
The tier you want most people on. Add the feature archive and every completed series. Put the free trial here or on the entry tier.
Top
New releases as they come out, the series still releasing, and behind-the-scenes material. People pay for being first and close to the work.
Monthly or yearly
The toolkit around your tiers
Read from the live price list. Verified 2026-10.
| Commission on sales | 0 percent, at any volume. Buyers pay into your own payment account; your card processor's fee applies. |
|---|---|
| What you can sell | Purchases (stream forever), downloads, rentals with a viewing window, memberships with monthly or yearly tiers, bundles and series. |
| Member tools | Free trials per tier, coupon codes, gift memberships, refunds and free access from your earnings page. |
| Your storefront | A shop under your name at yourname.uncompressed.io/on-demand, or on your own domain. Buyers need no account. |
| Picture quality | Films stream as you exported them: no re-encode of video or audio, with an optional lighter copy for slow connections. |
| Viewing hours included | Lite 1,000, Pro 5,000, Max 15,000, Studio 25,000 hours a month, then USD 29 per extra 20,000-hour block. Playback never pauses. |
| Plans | Starter free (5 GB, one film at a time); Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month; yearly is one month free. |
| Leak Shield (optional) | Every buyer gets their own invisibly marked copy; the open web and torrent indexes are searched; a confirmed leak names and blocks the buyer and sends the takedown. USD 99 a month or USD 1,188 a year, any paid plan. |
| Inclusion window | The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month. |
Plans and add-ons: pricing. The whole cluster starts at the creator platform guide.
Setting it up
From idea to live tiers
in order
Group the library
Sort films into collections that a tier can include whole.
Set three prices
Monthly for each tier, and a yearly price beside it.
Add the extras
A free trial on the entry or middle tier, coupon codes for launches, gifts on every tier.
Launch to your audience
Share the shop link with a date and a reason to join now, such as a premiere members see first.
Review after a month
The analytics hub shows MRR and the journey from visit to member. Move a collection between tiers if one tier is empty.
Who this is not for: if your supporters pay for posts, chats and shout-outs rather than films, a post-based membership platform will suit them better. The streaming platform is included with every paid plan for members who switch it on before 31 December 2026, and stays included for them afterwards; after that date new activations add USD 39 a month.
Questions
Frequently asked
How many supporter tiers should I have?
Three is the usual answer: an entry tier most people can say yes to, a middle tier you expect most members to choose, and a top tier for your most committed fans. Fewer than two gives no choice; more than four slows the decision.
How should I price supporter tiers?
Set the middle tier at the price of one film rental or a little more, the entry tier at roughly half, and the top tier at two to three times the middle. Then check that each step up gives a clear, visible difference in what members can watch.
Should I offer yearly billing?
Yes, next to monthly. A yearly price of about ten months (two months free) is a common convention. Yearly members pay up front and do not face a renewal decision every month, which is why many creators push it on the middle and top tiers.
What should each tier include?
For a film library, give each tier whole collections: the back catalogue on the entry tier, the archive and completed series on the middle tier, and new releases, series still releasing and behind-the-scenes material on the top tier.
What do supporter tiers cost on uncompressed.io?
Nothing per member and 0% commission. You pay your plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month) and every membership payment goes to your own payment account.
Is Patreon better for supporter tiers?
Patreon suits tiers built around posts, community and perks, and takes 10% of the income you earn on Patreon plus processing fees. If your tiers are mostly about what members can watch, a video library with tiers fits better.
Build your tiers in an afternoon.
Monthly and yearly tiers, free trials, coupons and gifts come with the streaming platform on every paid plan (Lite USD 9, Pro USD 39, Max USD 99, Studio USD 219 a month), with 0% commission.
Sources
- 1.Patreon pricing (read 12 October 2026)
- 2.Membership tiers, uncompressed.io pricing (read 12 October 2026)