Does becoming a supporter on Facebook cost money?

Facebook has found a way to skirt Apple’s 30 percent tax on in-app transactions.

On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, announced that creators will soon be able to share custom web links directing their fans to pay them for subscriptions using Facebook’s native payments system. If a fan signs up through the link rather than Apple’s in-app subscription, the creator will keep all of the money minus taxes. Facebook subscription feature, which lets creators charge on a reoccurring basis for access to exclusive content, is available in 27 countries and accessible to creators who meet certain eligibility requirements.

Facebook is operating in a gray zone under Apple’s rules for the App Store, though a spokesperson said the social network believes its approach has always been allowed on iOS. The App Store currently forbids iOS apps from offering alternative payment options for purchasing digital goods, but in this case, it’s the creator, not Facebook, the app developer, that will be sending people to pay for a subscription on the web. The spokesperson for Facebook confirmed the social network isn’t removing the ability for users to sign up for a creator subscription using Apple’s native payments system.

“As we build for the metaverse, we’re focused on unlocking opportunities for creators to make money from their work,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. “The 30 percent fees that Apple takes on transactions make it harder to do that, so we’re updating our Subscriptions product so now creators can earn more.”

Facebook will start paying creators a bonus of between $5 and $20 for every new subscriber they add using their custom web link

In addition to not collecting a cut of subscription transactions until at least 2023, Facebook will start paying creators a bonus of between $5 and $20 for every new subscriber they add, regardless if they pay through the custom web link or through Apple and Google’s systems. An earnings calculator will show creators on Facebook a breakdown of their earnings and fees, including how much they pay to Apple and Google. And starting in December, Facebook creators will be able to download the emails of their subscribers directly from the company.

Facebook is taking advantage of cracks that are starting to show in Apple’s grip on iOS app payments. Apple recently settled a lawsuit with developers by agreeing to let them directly email customers about alternative payment options and is facing even more restrictions after its high-profile lawsuit with Epic Games. At the close of that case, the judge ordered Apple to allow developers to link to outside payment methods, giving the company until December 9th to comply. Apple has asked for a stay while the ruling is appealed, but the judge has yet to rule on the stay.

Update November 3rd, 3:00PM ET: This story incorrectly said that Facebook will only pay creators a new subscriber bonus if someone signs up through the web. Facebook will pay a bonus regardless of where someone signs up for a subscription. We regret the error.

Dear Kitty Lovers of the World

We are very excited to participate in Facebook's ground-breaking Fan Subscriptions. With your monthly subscription fee of $19.99 a month, you will be receiving live videos and pictures of the kitties that only Facebook Fan Subscribers can see. You will be kept up to date on all of the happenings here at The World's Greatest Cathouse, Puffy Paws Kitty Haven.`

In addition to all of the fabulous content that will only be available to you when you subscribe, you will also receive content from the regular Facebook page that normally, you may not be able to see because of the way Facebook limits our posts in our regular Facebook page.

Our goal is to reach 1,500 subscribers. The funds raised by the subscription Facebook Fan Subscriptions will give us $40,000 in monthly recurring subscriptions.

It cost well over $40,000.00 a month to run Puffy Paws Kitty Haven. $53.76 an hour, every single day, 365 days a year. Your devotion to the kitties here at Puffy Paws with your monthly subscription will give us the boost that we need in the year 2021.

Your ongoing subscription of $19.99 a month will keep the doors open at Puffy Paws Kitty Haven one day at day at a time. So, please share, and tell everyone that you know to become a subscriber.

If we fail at raising the funds needed every day for the kitties under our care, there will be no other option but to close down. What choice would we have?

An entire cat hospice will be wiped out, and only painful and sad stories will be told because we could not round up the worldwide awareness and monthly financial help that these beautiful cats deserve.

If everyone did a little, there would be little left to do!
Your monthly subscription will go a long ways in securing the kitties future.

In these hard economical times, we all know the personal sacrifices each and everyone of you make when you donate to the kitties at Puffy Paws Kitty Haven, and for this, we will always be eternally grateful.

We know you are going to thoroughly enjoy the video content and the pictures that are only going to be available to the folks that become Facebook Fan Subscribers.

Thank You
Rick & Chrissy & Da Kitties
Founders Puffy Paws Kitty Haven

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