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I've thought about it, but the amount that they deduct is significant and we rely on a large number of small donations.
Deducting 5% for Patreon in addition to the underlying fee of credit card companies that are charging between 4-7% (which they do via Patreon due to the small payment size) is just too much... a good example here: https://www.reddit.com/r/patreon/comments/4mbssu/fees/ Fees can be as high as 12% and average 10% in total.
By comparison PayPal are deducting a sliver over 2%.
Given that the donations are barely sufficient in Winter, and are enough in Summer when the affiliates earn a little bit too... I wouldn't want to move to Patreon and take off 8-10% more over the year.
On the upside... all affiliates are dying, except Hiscox. A single referral earned more than almost all others last year. So I'm actually quite tempted to put a logo advert on the front page for them, and may experiment with helping to highlight the better affiliates, i.e. the ones with really good product, good service, etc.
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Have you looked at Patreon for managing donations?